Evening journal., 1918-10-16

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10 an other prescriptions than those
made out by themselves has been based
upon a misconception. Clerks in a
drugstore with a physician proprietor
did refuse TO I'll prescriptions, but IL
was because they were not registered
pharmacists, and could not lawfully do
so. The store at the time was without
a registered pharmacist except the
| physician proprietor himself, who was
busy attending to the sick.
The health authorities late yesterday
! afternoon secured the services Of Wis
itlng nurse for the family OF Joseph
! Chestnut, OF No. 407 Tatnall street, who
were reported seriously Ill with pneu-
monia.
100 Prescriptions For Nhiskey.
J Secretary .. j. Cahill. Of the Board
I Of Health, has received more than
/ hundred prescriptions, returned by
! liquor dealers under the Board OF
| Health liquor selling order, which went
/ into effect at o'clock on Monday
night. The doctors prescriptions, with
out which no liquor may be sold in
the city, must be filed with the Board
OF Health within 2i hours after their
receipt by the liquor seller.
Dr.. c. /. Robinson, who has been in
charge Of the work among the sick in
the shipyards, is himself suffering from
influenza at his home in Harrisburg.
The women Of the city who have
helped the Liberty Kitchen workers TO
supply broth to influenza patients in
private houses have responded gener-
ously in aiding one Of the best volun-
teer works done in the city during the
influenza epidemic. There has been an
ast0nishngly large number OF cases OF
entire households down with the dis
ease and the broth, oranges and other
dellcacles sent by the Liberty Kitchen
have been a godsend to them. Through
fear OF contracting the disease, or be-
cause their hands were full with sick
ness at home. the neighbors in many
cases have not given much help to
stricken families. Housewives are
spending hours daily, making broth. A
crate Of oranges was donated yesterday
10 this work, which is in charge OF
Mrs. j. Ernest Smith and Mrs. A. d.
Warner.
The Red Cross Motor Corps women
have distributed the foods TO the sick.
The Motor Corps also have done flne
service in conveying nurses and gov
eminent doctors around the city. Pri-
vate automobiles have been loaned In
adequate numbers by private persons.
One good thing this epidemic has
done, is to show that Wilmington peo-
pie are unsparlng OF themselves or their
resources when the call OF humanity
comes 10 them.
In appreciation OF the heroic work
OF those stationed at the New Century
Club Hospital, employees OF the IB de-
partment plant maintenance at Har-
lan's, presented them with 1925 to be
used as they deemed IT. The fund was
originally raised by the men under !
James Marshmsn for the purpose Of Civ |
Ing aid to members Of their own force |
who might he stricken, As there was
no call for this. the men got together
and voted that II be distributed among
the nurses who worked night and day
that the suffering ones might be given
every attention.
Mr.. Marshman is foreman OF the de-
partment and Fred Shackleton and Fred
Sohafford are his assistants. This Is
only one CT the many indications OF
whole-heartedness and unselhshness
that this division OF the Harlan plant
has evidenced. The nurses thanked the
department In a generous letter. stating
that 70 made the glorious task lighter
TO know that it was deemed praise
worthy.
The Wilmington Country Club hos
ptal had the best day since It's estab- /
lishment yesterday, according 10 those /
in charge. There were only 30 patients [
there yesterday, "a Of whom were adj
mitted Monday. There were five deaths
at the hospital from Monday night to
noon and 20 patients were
as cured yesterday.
Deputy Attorney General p. Warren
Green got in touch with Dr.. A. r.
Frantz, secretary OF the State Board Of |,
Health yesterday, and they met with
two trustees OF Mt Olive Cemetery, the
colored buryiug ground. Ten embalmed
bodies had been stored in a shed for
some time awaiting burial because
there was no one TO dig the graves. The
conference resulted in the securing OF
force OF six men, who dug the graves
and buried the bodies in the cemetery |
yesterday afternoon.
The attorney generals ONCE received /
three requests for help in securing
undertakers yesterday and with the |
assistance Of State Detective Frank w.
Mccoy secured the undertakers. Two |
OF the cases were very pathetic. In one
household a girl OF Is died Of diphtheria |
and no undertaken could be secured. |
while others in the family lay sick OF ]
Influenza. The second case, which was
investigated by State Detective Mccoy. !
was even more distressing A child in |
a household had died on Sunday and
even by yesterday no undertaken had
been secured. The father was out OF
the house. The mother had fallen and
injured her spine and her head and
was without medical attention. Mr..
Mccoy secured a doctor for the mother
and an undertaken for the dead child.
There are now II babies at 2ii Wash
ingtOn street, the cOnvalescent home
for the children. Some of the children
have lost either a mother or father and
now the charitable workers Of the well
fare division of the Women's Commit
tee. State Defense Council, are trying
TO help the parents in placing the chill
dren
One father, who lost his wife. has
two little ones, one a few months old,
and the other three years. He has
.ried TO place the children in a home, |
but until the epidemic is over the home
will not receive them.
on EBB IN WEST CHESTER
WEST CHESTER, Pa, oct. iG.--With /
.oo1ar x.yaafber the number Of new |