Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-16
GRADUATE NURSES TEACH
AOV|CEs IN NEW HOSPITAL
Ten. Trained Women Now on job to
s. Show Volunteers How to
slS,ig Treat Sick.
DIR. sAlillcr's Device 10 Show Influenza
Increase and Decline Makes En-
4couragtng Indicatiou--John Mar
shall Hospital Cases Number Az.

increase and Decline Makes En-
couraging Indicatiou--John Mar
shall Hospital Cases Number 4:s:e,.
Rsfsihe best news We know here IN the
hospitai." said Miss Agnes Randolph
aasistan, director OF John Marshall
emergency hospital. yesterday after
Room. lis that we have graduate nurses
in8each ward now ins;ructins tho vol
an organized teaching force of ten
sEaduatc nurses on duty from four to
six hours daily; giving the volunteer
nurses practical Instruction in caring
for the cases in the wards"
IN I'M hosn, N SITTING 5an to- Service
shel matte. said Dr. Dr. HiIio M Who Who is is
absolutely impossible TO get enough
itanitors around here TO care for this
ee artd ga as "a Hospital Tho normal
high school cannot possibly take
care of the present situation, and jan
city have fatty refused to help us out
oyer here. There should be some So
luton of this, ianitor problem. and,
of the people OF Richmond through the
press or the city MAY. bring a response
from from men who would not otherwise
Know OF our pressing need for good
1anitors during ,hc present crisis"
DR.. MIILER's CHART
SHOWS ENCOURAGING PROGRESS
,a,'s, IA about t., tie situation IN HOPE
bad he. stated. There IS a lot OF
paenmGnis NTH SnexpeS,ed sompisa
stance, and 30. per cent are dying"
o, Dr. Miller M 10 Justly proud OF his
steadily Downward Asked is he had mad
noted any decided increase in the mum
Der of colorcd cases brought in, nc
dnrstood that DR.. Flannagan's Office
showed the epidemic TO be on tho in
crease among the colored population
In the matter of complications. Rich
th 1eno o,I IS not bro Wholly exempt as one of
child who had Influenza complicated
WITH cerehro- spinal meningitis.
+, RECORDS showed a total Of 42a cases
The baby which was born in one OF
the wonen's ilu" wards Sunday is re-
norted In good shape, but on the other
who walked into The receiving room
We; save his name and answered
not 5er;ousiy ill---and WAS dead in TWO
hours Thus does the malady strike
asronG men down in this epidemic.
treatment Of Flu" and pneumonia ore
watched with the greatest interest by
the personnel Of the hospital. Blood
from convaieScent patients is now be-
ing used by DR.. Budd in his expert
m 1r'iH With The serum with a mortality
4alr on,s ns sT cen;: or The seventeen, pa
died. according 10 Or. Builds reco-ds dis.
Eonr deaths had been reported in
$50 o'clocf. and twenty new cases
brought In.
Since it takes pneumonia. induced
reach the crisis" said one OF tho house
nnysicians. we may expect heavier
,oll of deaths within the next few days
GOLoRED PATIENTS TRANSPORTED
TO BAKER SCU0OI. BUILDING
Solo:ed patients who we're not too
y! TO he moved We're being transferred
the Baker School emergency hospital
for colored cases as rapidly as posi-
ois yesterday afternoon as soon as It
vas announced that the building WIS
ready FOR patients
ms branch OF the John Marshall
nospital is being manned en;irciv nv
T nN people, under the direction Of
u. HuShes. colorcd physician NJ rho
ely, who has well organized SIAN
mn ,dn, OF private cars have shown
w w., aa I'm, Spirit of cooperation
snei! cars for AT least q part OF cycrI.
DAY at the Bov scouts dcsli in ~
ioSDE OF John Marshall
The list yesterday OF owners OF .uch
SFs when could be called out in case
Ct al sFm n r,;n y, VS. , as follows:
Helen .picEenson Miss lis tbnsl' Mr al' s;
Iygethell. Mr.. Heller. F. n. Andcr.
son; Mrs 6, ". Davis. Mrs. Darlington
NWlIiiams. Miss Mary Baughman. Mrs.
NJ. Giorplan. Mr. Iioheon Miss Miller.
Mrs, ". e. Gray and Charles Schremp,
,fStins Superin'endcnt Albert IT. Hill,
n,s offlce at The administration huild-
ms complete list Of the activities of
the teaching force OF every school in
epidemic go
Sot Ign, ono single teacher according to
nave been actively engaged in lighting
the scourgt. AR HiiTs ire has been
aroused lately by rumors which have
reached him OF criticism directed to-
aens who had no definite knowledge
Of what the teachers had done since
the schools closed
o, ~ 1,uninsr Of teachers have been i'll
Super intendeut T.. u smith who is NOT
only sick himself with the disease but
ms wife ard iiNc children are also i'll
It their home j; go West Grace
street.
UEALTf DEPARTMENT WANTS
49, HELPERS WHO WILL. IIELr
Public health nurses have hecn Justly
impatient with some volunteer workers.
who have offered their services. but
who nave apparently Yer. haZy idea
could do.
While John Marshali emergency
hospital is fairly wcD organized non.
nr Flanna gan's Office. III room so
City Hall. viii be glad 10 register tho
names Of women who will really 20
out and assist In relieving the distress
OF the hundreds OF families Of poor
ans well-to-do alike who arc down
THE e@igencies OF this terrible situa-
ion IN the city demand unusual things