Evening journal., 1918-10-21
CITY ALMOST FREE
OF influenza
lConiinued Frnm Flrst page !

tLonunucu FROM fifct rage
board today. For the first times since
The epidemic broke out. the Board Of
Health experienced two quiet days, yes
lcrday and today.
The most encouraging news OF all ~
TO be found in the steadily decreasing
city death rate. There were only 80
death certificates filed at the Board OF
Health from Saturday noon up 70 noon
today, the lowest number Of death cer-
tificates fled since the death period OF
the epidemic began. Forty-siX deaths
were reporded the previous 2i hours.
The death rate in the city last week
was a thousand per cent. above normal,
and the highest in the history OF the
city. From all causes, last weeks re-
corded deaths were ga, compared with
"a the normal city date rate. The deaths
directly due 90 the epidemic numbered
9Sq.
The county workhouse reports rapid
clearing up OF the influenza, with the
few remaining patients practically re-
covered. There were no deaths nor any
new cases at the workhouse in the past
% hours.
The New Castle county emergency
hospital has five influenza patients to-
day, all OF them convalescent. During
the past two days, there have been no
deaths and no new cases admitted to the
hospital
The total number OF influenza patients
az the State Insane Asylum at Farnhurst
during the epidemic has been %. OF
these, - were nurses az the institution. |
and 81 were patients. Today there are |
a3 influenza patients. ten OF them III /
with pneumonia at Farnhurst There |
were four deaths among the asylum pa |
tients, all of them violent cases, impos- /
sible 10 control and care for as II they /
had been persons Of normal mentality. 4
DR.. C.. l. Richardson, in charge OF the /
work among influenza patients at the |
Harlan plant has recovered from in
fluenza and has returned 10 his super
vision OF the sick employees at the
plant.
There are 40 patients remaining at
the New Century Club today, only one
or two serious pneumonia cases being
among them. There have been two
deaths at the New Century Club since
Saturday, William Blair and John A.
Boyle, both Wilmington men.
There were g. patients remaining at
the Wilmington Country Club today.
Further information could not be oh
tained at the club Two patients died
az this hospital on Sunday.
DR.. r. i. Ellegood. president OF the
Board or Health. made the request to-
day that all churches, theatres, and
other public gathering places, thor {
oughly clean their premises. Follow 1
ing this cleaning, the Board OF Health
upon being called. will fumigate these
places. After the fumigstion the Board
Of Health further asks that such pub
lilo gathering places be thoroughly aired
for as hours. 6
Persons who. after the closing order +,
is withdrawn. shall attend such public ;
ssthering places as have been properly !
'umigated, will be protected from in !
iluenza germs. The Board Of Health I,
hopes that no public place will neglect !
the precaution OF fumigation before re-
opening.
Some few people have complained Of l
open street car windows. not realizing \
that the chances OF catching cold are /,
much less than the chances OF catching
influenza, with the windows shut.
A reader called up The Evening Jour J
nal this morning 70 say she had seen !
a doctors prescription which ordered
two cases OF beer as medical treat
ment
The bringing Of sick sailors from the
British ship Glenetive to Whining :
lon, raised the question locally as TO u u
Shy these men had not been detained |.
It the Reedy Island quarantine hospital -
instead Of being permitted 10 come =
urther 70 Wilmington. ~
Surgeon General Rupert Blue. OF the "a
r4f ~. D aas ] az
written a letter explaining the matter. as
Ie says in the letter: =
The facts are that the British steam
hip Glenetiye, from st. John, New
Brunswick. passed Recdy Island quar-
milne on September q and there was
10 sickness whatever on board. The
essel was passed, went 20 Philadcl-
,his, was fumigated in that city on
september - by employees OF the Pub
10 Health Service for the destruction or
sfter which she returned TO
Il Is apparent. therefore.
hat the influenza infection in the crew
vas undoubtedly contracted at Phila-
elphia and after the vessel passed
rom the jurisdiction OF the quarantine
uthorities at Reedy Island"
Nearly the entire crew. who were
i0stly Hindus, came down with the in
uenzs. and several died at The VIII
'ington Country Club, from the dis
lse
The Catholic SisterhOods OF the city.
ring the closing OF the parochial
hools in which they are teachers.
We given much OF their time to car
g for the sick. especially among poor Y
miles. The Sisters OF the Order OF
Francis and Of the Order OF ST
nediet, who are numerous in the
y, have worked night and day. nurs-
! the sick, and caring for Catholic and
)testanf patients alike
twenty-five OF the little girls in So.
er's Orphan Asylum have been sick
h the influenza, and one Of them has
l. Several OF the Sisters OF Charity.
charge OF the orphanage, have been
with the disease themselves, but
e managed to give outside help 10