Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-24
CHURCH BAN TO GO
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The abandonment OF one emergency
hospital here, the fact that Others will
soon be closed UP, and the continued
Improvement in the situation near VIII
mington and throughout the state gencr-
ally. all prove that the danger from re-
sumng normal business and social con-
ditions Is virtually over.
SHOULD n recurrence of the epidemic
threaten. then the closing ban could be
reinforced again, at once. Communities
where the disease fingers have the power
TO retain the closing order, and local au-
thorities arc capable of settling the ncccs-
sity for so doing.
powN-srATE IMPROVING.
Reports from down-state have main
tanned their encouraging tone now for
several DAYS So Far as we know, there
is no single community which remains
more firmly in the grasp OF the disease
than any other place.
when the ban is removed, however,
people must not relax the valuable
hygienic methods they have adopted
during the epidemic, They have learn
ed how the influenza may be spread by
promiscuous splitting, coughing and snccz-
ing. and other even more serious IN
fectous diseases are spread in the same
way. cleanliness IN everything. should
be the watch word of the public for all time
to come Those who are clcanly Of habit
and live in clean surroundings with clean
people arc infinitely less liable to attacks
such as W. have suffered than people who
violate these laws of hygiene
DISEASE FLoURIsHEs ~ COUNTRY.
Reports from the United States Health
Bureau for the week ending October 10
throughout the country show nearly
twice as many deaths from influenza and
pneumonia as the week preceding. In
Philadelphia there were 2,953 deaths
from influenza as compared with l,609
the week before, and | ,6t4 deaths from
pneumonia. compared with 93S
In Baltimore there were 564 influenza
deaths, compared with 1872, and 793
deaths from pneumonia, compared with
37l New York reported 2,l56 deaths
from influenza against $40 for the week
previous, and 2,06l deaths from pnou,
monia. against i.142 the week before,
Washington had 525 influenza deaths
against 3S7 the previous week, and go
pneumonia fatalities as compared with
lOl for the week before.
MATCHMAKER 4 VICTIM.
Arthur +. Fi6cld. aged "a years,
died at his home 1881 West Sixth street,
TODAY of pneumonia, following an attack
of influe MA.
Mr.. Fifield was native oi New
Hampshire and came TO Wilmington
20 wears ago. when he obtained employ
ment with the late Charles +. Rudolph
hv whom he was employed as watch
maker. After the discontinuance OF the
Rudolph ieweIry store he entered the
employ Of Samuel II. Baynard, isweler.
and subsequently, was employed by
Raynard, Banks & Bryan and later by
Banks & Bryan. He was prominent IN
Odd Fellowship being a member Of
jefferson Lodge for Is years and its
treasurer for eight years. MrS. Fiheld
survives
Following an attack Of influenza.
Miss Helen Alexander, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Granville p Alexander.
died at her home, 1905 West Sixth street,
last night of double pneumonia Miss
Alexander was member Of Second
Baptist Church and besides taking a
prominent part in its activities performed
Red Cross and y W c. A. work She was
employed by the American Car and
| Foundry Co. as filing clerk
Elizabeth Daley of us French street
was removed from that address to the
Country Club Emergency hospital, this
morning, suffering with influenza. -
STATE TO ACT SOON.
DR.. A. E Frantz. secretary OF the
State Board of Health. stated last night
that reports received by him show
imDroyed conditions throughout the state
both as TO new cases and deaths. He
was unable to saw when the state board
wuold take action as TO lifting the ban
The board however, viii probably take
the matter up this week but there seems
10 be no Indication of the state quaran-
tine being raised before Monday at the
earliest.
The number of deaths from pneumonia
continue to decrease each day according
to reports of the city health department
For the "A hours previous to 5 o clock
last night 20 deaths had been reported
to the department, which is a consider
able decrease in comparison with the
figures for both Monday and Tuesday
Physicians report that there arc very
few new cases.
At the various institutions and emerg-
ency hospitals ln rural New Castle county
reports Yesterday were equally as encour-
aging as those in Wilmington.
The New Century Club was closed
as an emergency hospital yesterday
and the few patients remaining there
were transferred TO the Country Club
The clubhouse will be cleaned and fuml-
gated at once.
Firemen who remained on duty as
fire guards at the New Century and also
the Country Club for the past two weeks
deserve special credit The men who
rendered service in this connection in
cluded Adolph Rose, Charles II. Rnsen-
blatt. Johq Hammond, William COrson,
Edward Papa, Frank Lyons, Harry
Fennemore, Robert Griffith and. F. w,
Card,
An informal dinner was given at the
Country Club last night for Miss Jean
nette Duncan, who has been in charge
OF the emergency hospital there The
dinner was given by some of her CO.
workers IN appreciation Of the valuable
work that she has done. Miss Duncan
will leave next Monday to report to the
| government for war duty IN France.
DR.. Richards, of the United States Public
Health Service will succeed her in charge
of the Country Club hospital
The report from the Country Club
was rather encouraging They admitted
twenty-nine, but twenty-six Of these
| were patients transferred from the New
Century Club They had fifty-four
patients in the morning, with the add
ton of the twenty-nine, making a total
Of eighty-three There were nine dis
charges and three deaths during the day,
that left seventy-one patients to be cared
for last night: