Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-20

dent Of public health, will leave this
morning FOR Kansas City, where he
VIII obtain supply Of the serum
from Or, SOphian, the eminent serum
spccidl!St who helped materially In
Tallaying the spread OF infantile pa
rhlysls In New York city Mayor
Hubbard communicated with the
health department OF the city OF
New York and Is also In cOmmunIca-
tion with the Mayo institute In an
endoavor to obtain u sufficient quan-
ity OF the serum for local treat
ment Every influenza patient in
this city will be obliged to take this
treatment for the prevention of
pneumonia.
Another item Of public interest
brought before the meeting yester-
day morning was tho deplorable lack
of nurses for the emergency Red
Cross hospital. At present there are
"a graduate registered nurses In the
city Of Tulsa, and but seven OF these
have given their services to the emer-
gency hospital. 1t must he remem-
bered that with the epidemic In all
parts OF the city, many OF these
trained nurses have been working
hard and faithfully ever since the
spread OF tho malady, but 1t is also
known that In many cases nurses
have Stacked their evident duty OF
going whore they were needed most
! to care for slight Illnesses where the
the financial returns were much
larger. There is an urgent demand
for nurses In every city at present.
citizenS having gone 80 far as to call
the emergency hospital and try to
begulle the trained nurses from this
Red Cross hospital where they are
needed so desperately. into taking
private cases; some even going so
far as TO offer salaries as high as
$40 per day. Friday there was but
one trained nurse for each 40 pa
tlents at this emergency hospital.
In discussing this deplorable stu
alton, Mayor Hubbard said last
evening that. while the city admins
tratlon sincerely appreciated the
help OF the volunteer nurses. both
trained, practical and their nurses
aids, who have worked so nobly
throughout the epidemic. that more
nurses were an absolute necessity TO
properly care for the isolated cases
In the hospitals, and that unless more
nurses volunteered their services at
once. that he would be forced TO
put into effect the orders given him
by the state board OF health and the
/
ment. and draft all nurses. trained,
! practical and nurses aids. But I
trust" he added. that we will have
sufficient volunteers within the next
few hours TO make useless such dras-
tic measures"
Registered Red Cross nurses who
have actually worked faithfully and
with heroic ardor since the very ne
ginning Of the epidemic arc Mrs.
| Kate II. Scott, superintendent Of the
! hospital. and Mrs. Dolly Brown. SUI
| pcrintcndent OF Morningsde hos
pital Mrs. Brown received mes
sage To the effect that her youngest
brother Is critically III with influ-
enZa at Fort Worth, Texas. and while
her experienced care might prove OF
incalculnhle benefit to him. she will
not desert her post OF duty. ana is
working nobly. Mrs. Frank Long.
superintendent OF the west wing,
who worked 12 to 16 hours daily, al
though her small baby was very Ill
at home; she IL now III herself, and
only gave up her duties yesterday;
Miss lola May scott, Mrs. Amos Mir |
Drew, who Is still carrying out her
arduous work, although she has
hcen very Ill for two days: Mrs.
Lane. who prcsides as superintend-
cnt. relieving Mrs. Scott Mt night; |
Mrs. Close, and Miss Gowdy, In |
charge OF the two wings during the |
night Mrs. II. f.. Carey is still III |
nanclal superintendent OF the insti- |
tuition. representing the mayor and |
tho city and Competcntly doing the |
work OF several business managers. |
TCRchc from the public schools are |
still devotlng their time and energies
20 this great humanitarian work,
Miss Lamb and Miss Ellsworth, In
particular. OF the domestic science
department OF tho city schools,
worked lndustriously from Monday
morning until Thursday night, ~
hours daily In the diet kitchen. Miss
Allen and Miss Westbtook, also
trained dietitians, relieved them by
working throughout Friday and Sat
urday. A complete list OF these
splendid patriotic girls will he pub
lished later at the conclusion OF the
epidemic
The National Red Cross Nursing
association IL authorized to pay the
regular standard nurses salaries to
all these nurses in the Red Cross
hospitals; SIS per month for the
trained nurses, and S35 per month
ror nurses aids A wonderful oppOr-
urlty is now open for all Young girls
to become Red Cross
nurses IN the base hospitals. Due to
this emergency. an intensive course
" training Is now being given them
so that they learn by actual expert
cnce In three or four weeks from
'hc nurses OF long training, the
things that are only learned by two
years training in anv hospital.
Saturday afternoon at o'clock
TOO new cases Of Influenza were re-
nOr'ed In Tulsa. Will" 65 now Casas
were reported from West Tulsa, In
d!cAttnS that while the epidemic has
been corrallcd in this city drastic
measures are needed to stamp out
the plague.
Al present It IL estimated there
are 1900 cases OF Spanish influenza
In Tulsa.
Reports from the emergency Red
Cross hispital show taht a total OF :
lA4 patients have been received. 81
o' whom have been dismissed cured
Eleven deaths occurred in this in s
stimtion. three Of these being {
brought 90 tho hosni'aI in critical
.