Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-23
SCHOOL JAN|TORs ETURN
FOR SERVICE IN HOSPITAL
Only Ono Old Man Volunteered for
Work Following Appeal of
fearful STAFF.
NEED FOR oRDERIIEs unGEN
DIR. Miller Himself Performs .lddi-
tional Duties i'm Effort to Curb
Progress of Influenza at John Mar
shall Emergency Haven.

Had the John Alarsh..li emergency
,u,o nos been dependent solely upon
press Yesterday for jamitor service. the
nospitni would indeed. have been in
| u.Spera,c straits. since but one in
dividuai. a dccrcpit old man. ncariug
ms three Scorc-and-tcu mark put in
an arD"arancc To ask for u job in the
,ani,or brigade. but the school iauitors
happily returned to their posts in Spitu
OF the resolution Of the school Board
The action Of the ianitors in voluu-
,arliE continuing in the service Of the
hospital was highly commended by the
ofncial DerSonnc lor the hospital
Principal iiarwood OF John Marshall
,iish SSR""'' VINO has been chiefly in
problem satisfactorily for the emery
chcN hospital. since he is anxious TO
have the building kept as clean as pos
siolc IN anticipation of the early re-
turn 10 school conditions. stated with
amusement tina, he seemed TO have been
me only one concerned in the janitur
dcAi VINO acquired ~ black eve"
ihe shortage OF ordcrlicS is deplor-
abe. DIR. r.. I. L.. Miller. himself lii
,Sc'or OF the emergency hospital. set
snr eNnmpi" Yesterday OF volunteer
service IN the wards as orderly. in add
dltion TO his many other duties as hrnd
o. inc hospital Ills private secretary
MISS iurcciI made the rounds to lind
duty. '''
she found none whatever on the first
OF miro tioors' where there arc several
children. There was one whi,c ' a ,md
one on, col"red orderly on duty part of
o inc Tine on the second floor, and no
orderiN AT ali IN the colorcd ward i'm
the basement. This makes the wor,;
aids. " 'i'e'i
Nurses aids are also badly ucodo;
We should he glad TO have twenty
.Uur o-norroW said Mrs. Fisher
snh Of nurses. The nurses
SSShcdulc. as published in The Times
Dispatch Tuesday morning"
NOVELTY WEARS OFF AND
PUBLIC SEEMS TO TIRE
The trouble is that the novelty of
Mii!er yesterday afternoon, ''and we are
SettinG down to the grind. The merry
o4s strain is beginning To tell on all
OF us. This is The first time I have
relaxed to-day. We have to- admit thai
~ Is not only nervous strain to work
IN IN ihe hospital. but to come into the
thu a, at all with the natural fear
d de. every one has Of contracting the
aisease' but We cannot afford to Let 20
AT This stage of the game"
II" inc on hr Millcr's chart took
an upward slant yesterday which
showed that the epidemic ia still run
ninS strong, despite the fight Rich
n M ~ mas made against the onslaught
quarantine Will be lifted is dependent
on this line. When it slants deiinitcIv
aoMhward. then Richmond will again
uarc TO nope that the disease has taken
rs full toll oc suffering and death in
tho city. 80
Special mention and unstin,cd praise
is due the chairman OF the genera!
uiliIties bureau, Henry Conn. With a
airectness and competency that
amounts to talent, this most efficient
,iu n,n mas acGomplished. and con-
t,nues TO accomplish, colossal work
each day, nor does he rest when those
we've hours are ended. All night long
n .;, Is on the job. giving his services
M ., I,
which call forth the admiration and
respect OF everybody with whom he
Il, Is. IL In touch; which includes. every de-
partakins OF his en:husia sm. have CO.
operateu win him. performing most
ch &c. the tasks imposed.
taken taken III with influenza during his first
Few days as head OF the hospital. is
cohvalescent now after Il sharp attack
OF the disease in Tucker Sanatorium
Or. Price was AN Interested visitor TO
John Marshall yesterday
~ young colored woman, DR.. Tharp
~ one OF the efficient staff of the la kcr
school emergency hospital for culorcd
cases DR.. Tharp is Il graduate Of the
school OF medicine Of the University
OF Boston and his studied -, tho liar
ward medical school Dr Hughes. an
other well -traincd colorcd physician of
inc city. Is head OF the Baker hospital!
The Medical College OF Virginia in a
way has suffered most from the cpl
dcm'c. so far as the work OF the school
is concerned. This school viii hc com
PEELED To run far into the summer
that the students may complete the
prescribed work Of tho college.
There were four deaths yesterday in
the John Marshall emergency hospi-
tai. They were John Davis. 1lOg West
Williams street; BESSIE Smith, Dos
North Thirty-fth street: w. NJ Rick
man. COS North Eighth Street, and Mrs
Robert liuntlcy, III South Harrison
Street.
Twelve new patients were admitted
TO the hospital Yesterday, making Il
total OF G15 admissions. There has
been total Of seventy deaths. Forty
threc were discharged yesterday
hrinGiug TIC Total n oS2