The Washington herald., 1918-09-25
112 INFLUENZA
VICTIMS DEAD
REPORTS SAY
Nearly One-Fourth Of Span
ish Grip Patients Die
Of Pneumonia.
CAMP DEVENS HIGHEST
Lee Affected, While Navy
Station Escapes Epidem-
ic, Says Daniels.

The Public Health Service last
night announced that 2.943 new
cases Of Spanish influenza in the
United States had been reported
during the past twenty-four hours.
Pneumonia has developed in 3eo
cases during the same period. The
number Of deaths during the TWEEN
ty-four hours was announced as 1l2,
chiefly from pneumonia.
These figures are identical with
, those given out by the Surgeon
General for the Army
The Surgeon General also report
ed that the greatest number Of new
cases was again reported from
Camp Devens, Mass. Yesterdays
figure of 616 brings the total to date
for this camp up to 1878 cases.
Two hundred and fifteen new cases
of pneumonia were reported from
Camp Devens.
Camp Lee Report.
Camp Lee. Va. with IS cases of
Influenza and fifteen new cases OF
pneumonia, was the next in point of
numbers on the list. Camp Beaure-
gard reported influenza for the first
time yesterday. Two cases have ap-
peared there. New cases were re-
ported from twenty-one camps and
deaths from nine points where there
arc eneampments. -'------
The figures compiled yesterday
show total of 22,972 cases Of iu-
fiuenza in the army in the United
States since the epidemic first made
! its appearance.
The acting surgeon general has sent
Col Victor Vaughan. chief of the
section Of Communicable Disease.
Division OF Sanitation. who is also
dean of the Medical School Of the
University of Michigan and president
of the Michigan State Board of
| Health: Col. William H Welch, of
Johns Hopkins University. an emil
ncnt bacteriologist. organizer Of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, and DR.. Rufus Cole. an eN-
pert on pneumonia and other respira-
tory diseases from the Rockefeller
Institute. to Camp Devens to study
the conditions and make what recon-
mendation they may think necessary.
These men are members of the War
Departments board for the study of
as the Pneumonia Board"
Additional physicians and nurses
have been sent to Camp Devens.
Every known precaution to limit
the spread OF the disease is being
taken. Sheets are being spread be-
tween the beds OF the men in the
barracks so that the passage of
germs through the air will be
checked. Additional physicians and
nurses are being sent to other
camps on request.
Naval station Escape.
Navy officials here have been in
formed of the existence of Spanish
influenza at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station but they say they
have no statistical report as to the
extent.
Secretary Daniels said there was
nothing at the Department to verify
any alarming statements either as
| to the number sick or the number
ment is also apparently not inform
ed that a quarantine has been raised
| against the station. 1t is admitted
that. as the disease has broken out
| at many camps it was to be expect
| ed that II would invade the Chicago
| station although 1t is perhaps the
| best administered station in the
world. If there was any large num-
! ber of cases it was stated the num-
| Der should be taken in connection
| with the large number of men at
the sta tiOD