The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-08
FIGHT
| To CHECK SPREAD
o. SPANISH FLU
Travel To and From
Richmond Discouraged
ByH Health Authorities.
OUTLOOK SERIOUS
John Marshall High and
Other Schools to Be
Converted Into Emer-
gency Hospitals.
OUTLOOK SERIOUS

The John Marshall High school will
he thrown omen at o'clock this morn
ing as an emergency hospital to ac-
commedate persons suffering from in
flucnza and for whom the hospitals
are unable to provide room DR. Law
renee T. Price and a corps OF assist
ants lahored increasingly all thorugn
last night, getting the building In
readiness for the reception OF the hrst
patients Beds were installed 10 take
care of 800 persons.
The following other public schools
will be Htted as hospitals and thrown
loren as the demand warrants:
Baker street school for colored
patlentsl, Binford school. Bainbridge
school lsouths,de Bellevue school
and Ginter Park school.
Miss Agnes Randolph will be Or.
Price's Immediate assistant. with the
following as chairmen OF committees
Ssate--Dr. Ennion Williams
Cify-~Dr Roy X. Flansagsn-
Bac.eriologist - DR. Samuel wv.
Budd
Nursing Miss Minor. head of the
obstructive Visiting Nurses associa-
tion.
Transportation--Har Won Lloyd
and CLARENCE Wyatt
Cam II. :. Tanner ana
T1r. * r, Emmett
Employ ment and Hauling Henry
Cohn.
Purehasing~Riehar Gwathmey
Hospisais-Dr. A. NJ. Willis and
Frederick Mcrlich.
Accounts--Laddie Gordon.
Press-A representative OF each of
the four local newspapers,
Food--Miss Maria Peake.
Advisory board. the administrative
hoard. city school hoard-Major Cros-
by and chairmen OF the above COM
mittees.
Cots and bedding for the John
| Marshall High school and other con-
verted school buildings have been sup
piled by Murphy's hotel. The Y. NJ. c.
A., the Army and Navy club and 81.
i.uke's hospital Bed linen has been
supplied by the city home and the
Virginia hospital
To Curtan Travel
Persons residing outside of Rich
mond are requested to refrain from
coming to Richmond and people liv-
ling In Richmond are asked not to leave
the city.
Persons are requested not to visit
relatives or friends who are patients
In the several schools or hospitals,
night to check the epidemic and min
lister to the needs OF those suffering
from grippe Will he DIR. n T. Emmett,
chief medical director of the city
school board. Under him will be Drs.
Bright and Trant and corps of ten
nurses. The nurses will be in charge
OF those responding to the call issued
late yesterday by DIR. Ennion Williams
for volunteer nurses
DIR. A. l. Gray, dean of the Medical
College of Virginia, and DR. Ennion
Williams will meet with the student
body OF the Medical College OF Vir-
ginia at . o'clock this morning and
requests volunteers from among the
entire student body to report to DR..
Price for duty in the present crisis
A battery of six telephones will be
Installed In the high school by 3
o'clock this morning.
Captain A. f. Eweil commanding
the soldiers training camp. with the
entire personnel of the canrp. has been
placed at the disposal of DR. Price,
and the khaki-clad boys were in evil
dence last night in the preparations for
4 school as refuge for influenza suf-
ferers
Cost to Whom Can Pay.
Those able to pay for medical at
ton will be charged at cost per diem.
Indigents will receive the same atten-
stion without cost,
Whatever assistance DIR. Price and
{ his corps needs will he requested II
HI ia not promptly forthcoming It will
me- commandeered by authority Of the
national public health board on rec
y ommendation from Washington.
Y At meeting OF the administrative
board. the school board and the board
OF health yesterday afternoon the high
school and the necessary other public
l buildings were turned over to the
health authorities by the administra-
tive board At special meeting Of
the board of aldermen. the action OF
1.-THE council is expected to be approved.
DR.. Price gave II as his opinion last
might that before the influenza wave
IN checked. from one-third to onc-half
~ The c.ty's population will be affect
I'D BY the disease. Commissioner Gra-
ham Hobson stated that In turning
ever the schools and other public
I. n6ildtngs to the health department to
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