Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-15
IE;kEGIttsasIss,.sI .ssIlS.1 To MAYORS
OF TOBACCO MARKET TOWNS

,IEktElifAJS,,sE ,sE.S1 To MAYORS
OF. TOBACCO MARKET TOWNS
This telegram was sent by Colonel
Kelley Of the council, to the Mayors OF
the following towns:
Danville. South Boston, Chase City,
South Hill. LynchhurS, Lawrenceville,
Gretna. Chatham. Petersburg, Bedford
I city. Brookneai. AppomattoN Amelia
Courthouse pampIin, Cumberland
Eil!na,. Glover, Earmville. Blackstone.
Keysville. Scottsburg. Rocky Mount,
Msrtinsrille. Stuart and Rice.
The re.iot.sss OF Richmond people 20
the urEeat call mas put the situation
under control of tine medical PROBES
sion ard its volunteer iaymen. yet i: is
The survey begun yesterday by the
Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. under
chief executive OF the Boy Scouts. dis,
closed about l.766 cases the doctors
! have been too, busy TO report.
There were forty-hve deaths reported
yesterday by ) o'clock in the afternoon
or this number, thirtythree were the
direct result of Spanish influenza and
consequent nneumonia The new cases
survey numbered 324 At o'clock This
made the total a that time 4.76e.
GO.To BED WITH FIRST
SYMPTOMS OF INFLUENZA
The necessity Of going TO bed with
either persons OF previous, conditions
Sans Dr. sne sHEan of a phya
| Richmond College. stated that. OF 1850
cases Of the so-caiied grippe in that
gis ;is : d death. s. DR.. Roy X. % iSiannagan
stated that this was the result Of the
student soldiers being hospitalized
with the primary Indications OF Illness
Or. Flanagan stated that this was
true of the John Marshall High School
emergency hospital. The patients
pneumonn pneus", m and are % getting wei. Whie
| the plague is taking its indemnities
! from among those who won't give up"
| Apropos the volunteer WORKER con
| dition. DR.. Flanagan stated that the
| great need was for womer who are
| willing 10 do consecutive work as
| where there is none but the sick to
attend He wants corps OF women In
different districts that he can send to
! various homes. Volunteers are request
| ed to report at room 40. City Hall.
ALI TRAINED NURSES NEEDED
no DIRECT WORKERS..
I The scarcity OF trained uurses is
| such that il is regarded as unpatriotic
! work connected with attending pri-
| vate cases when she could he showing
| la@men the tricks and multiplying her
| he!pfulness. Except for certain per-
Il
| distance in the emergency hospital and
the health department for the clerical |
work. the diet kitchens etc. but the
! need for pastoral nursing in tho s!nit
ten comes, SO to speak, continues TO
be felt by the department. said DR..
! Flanagan.
/; The survey begun hy Mr.. Weaver
Yesterday covered about one half the
physicians in the city. An actual count
had been made. OF the reports. last night
and il, was given out by Mr.. Weaver
that l,I66 additional names were on the
! lists. The others of tho overworkch
medical profession are trying TO get
their reports in by mail. and the esti-
mate is bning made that the survey
list OF the afflicted. That being the
case, there are only 5000 OF 9.o00 per-
| sons in Richmond with the Spanish In
| fluenza, whereas some doctors .have
| feared that there were probably twice
that many.
Colonel Kelley received telegram
| from DIR. c. ID. Townes, OF Waverly
stating-that the influenza situation was
| we'll IN hand In ;Surry and surrounding
| ent demand for an emergency hospital
asr.s the, case inIother districts.
HUDn'S sEHUM WORKS WEtJ.
AGAINST SPREADING DISEASE
1t Ia reported that the anti-toxicant
serum Cor the treatnent Of pneumonia
developed by Dr. Samuel Budd, path
oioglst at tho Medical College of vir-
! ainia. Is working we'll. Out OF I2{
cases treated with tho serum In the
Ilast few 3d6ya Only, ono has died, so
q eredItabIe report has It. This OF
y tcontinued on Last Pago,l