Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-07
HEALTH OFFICIALS
BELIEVE INFLUENZA
HAS BEEN HALTED
Blu, Every Well Person Should
Not Cease Precautions TO
Avoid Attack.
HELP is SORELY NEEDED

Conditions arc better today. said
Dr I, Fllegood, president of the BOARD
,f Health nj noon today. in discussing
the epidemic OF influenza that struck thus
.,tv with such force last week
What We need now is help Doctors.
nurses and helpers OF al kinds about the
regular and emergency hospitals There
! ARE not 81 many new eases coming 10 our
attention OIr luh now Is caring Tor
3 those who are III now
The uhvsicIanS and nurses arc OK
haustei and cannot begin I" do me
amount Of work they did last week, incN
have been on the jump day and night
star rs tho aud the government prom'seu
as. We have not seen any doctors ~
nurses except the army health expert VINO
came here for a few hours on saturday
evening
Il think VIC arc doing very well. con
STEERING all conditions. nc situation 2,
tho Country Club. where help was need'd
81 badly on Saturday has improved con.
si1rrahlv and We are holding our own
The need for exercising precautions
now was emphasized tu,iaN hN u
" oils the state health expert Or Wells.
in commenting on conditions. sand. that
wn1Ic he with the others working 70 check
The spread Of the epidemic. nchcvcd and
honcd that the numher vi cases had reach
al The ton notch that thcrC was still
serious danger Tor those Ill and even ~"
well
There should not 10 any false con.
fidence OF rather. over confidence SAID
Nir. " ellis There arc still grave tunes ter
those who are sick. AMI the danger Il ngI
,nv~anv means over The people must stu
lake The precautions they have been. N
SPRAYING and garglingand other means That
ncrhaps has aided them ~ avoiding an
attack STAY ont Of crowds, walk 7 pos
4iblc rather than ride on street cars
don't catch another person breath. and
keep awav from - person Who Snroz'N 'r
coughs
CARING TOR CHunRFN-
While the needs Of adults, mon and
women arc being cared for At various
emergency hospitals. tho children who aIr
suffering from the disease arr helng
cared for at / he hospital organized At 'he
Peoples Settlement under tho auspices
81 tho Welfare division Of tho Women S
Committee. State Council Of Defense
There arc eighteen q he httie ones
there They need warm blankets moro
cots bed linen and supplies that Inc
nuhhc IS asked 10 contribute The
rHtF%F% ffftif'F MISS , tte-atFN'tt NA'ast'
arp dong everything IN Their power 70
make tho little patients as comfortable q,
possible bat when such thIrgs as blankets
end he'd lncu arr needed, substitutes
arr hari to find that Will answer.
Miss Margaret WISE who Is N charge 81
nursing for the Women Commttec,
was stricken with the disease. and the
nurses that remain arr dong loyal
service for the children
There were three deaths last night at
the Country Club and this morning
the place was filled 10 capacity There
were several applications tins morning
Tor room for patients and II IS hopcd that
II will be possible to discharge some
convalescents this afternoon. thus making
room Tor the new sufferers
WORKERS rIAYTp OFT.
Doctors and nurses throughout he
CITY have had their strength SO severely
faxcd last week. that there Is great need
Tor rrhrf for them In this contingency,
Msvor lawson today appealed to the
University OF Pennsylvania. 80 permit
= fourth wear medical student here
70 remain her, ana help the physicians
The Same appeal viii doubtless be
made for OF her fourth wear men now study
ing al other medical colleges and UNI
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