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muslin or cheese cloth will make a
mask. The cloth should be about
five by six inches, sewed around the
edges. Tape long enough to tie the
mask on should be attached Masks
should be boiled for five minutes
every night.
zoo Collins Received.
Two hundred collins have been re-
ceived by the National Casket Com
psny, at 6I2 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, DR.. William c. Fowler,
District health officer. stated today.
These coffins have been command
eered by the Health Department and
will be sold by the Casket Company
only on authority OF the health Of
ficer.
Sixty soldiers and fifteen District
laborers are working in cemeteries
digging graves.
The new influenza hospital at
Eighteenth street and Virginia ave-
nue. northwest today received ten
more patients, making the total num-
Der OF patients under treatment there
forty-six.
Though the hospital is primarily
for the use Of Government employees
suffering from Influenza, no one with
the disease is refused admittance.
The nursing and clerical STATS OF
the hospital are under supervision
OF Mrs. ]. P. Yoder and Miss Nell B.
Turner, who was formerly in charge
Of the health OF girls attending the
University OF Chicago.
Practically Complete.
The hospital is now practically com
plete, the greatest trouble now being
IN securing a sufficient number OF
nurses to care for the ever-increasing
number OF patients. Those in charge
estimate that one nurse is unable to
care for more than five patients. At
this rate at least 100 more nurses will
be needed. 1t is hoped that the full
quota will be secured by the end OF
the week, sooner II possible. Those
who wish to volunteer should report
to Mrs. Yoder at the hospital, or to
the Red Cross recruiting station at
Fourteenth and F streets
Twenty-Five portable hospitals
brought from Camp Humphreys to
Washington to help combat the dis
ease are now in course of construction
under the supervision OF the War De-
psrtment- Before Saturday they will
be up and ready to be occupied. They
will provide room for at least $50 ad-
ditional influenza patients. Nurses
for this hospital will be recruited
from among War Department en-
ployes. Fifty soldiers will act as
temporary orderlies.
Under Control At Camps.
Only twenty-three new cases Of
influenza have appeared at army
camps in Washington during the las.
twenty-four hours, and medical au-
thorities believe they have the dis
ease under control.
At Camp Humphreys, Virginia,
there are 1880 cases Of influenza
under treatment This number is
several hundred less than reported
last week, and only fifteen new
cases were reported yesterday. There
were five deaths at Camp Humphreys
during the last twenty-four hours.
Figures received at noon today
by the Surgeon General OF the army
show that influenza is decreasing in
camps throughout the country. There
were 4.454 new cases OF Influenza
reported during the last twenty-four
hours. This is only a little more
than one third the number OF cases
that were being reported daily last
week Pneumonia cases reported in
the last twenty-four hours total
500, with 6S4 deaths. To date, there
have been 27b,152 cases Of influenza
in army camps, with 41.O75 cases Of
pneumonia and 1884 deaths.