New-York tribune., 1920-02-07

since Jan. ! .54,4l7 l,41I 1854 2,76l
Cores spondg date
1918 epidemic 1880 ss3 6s4 213
Saving in Flu Fight
DR.. Copeland announced that great
financial saving in fighting the present
visitation had been accomplished as
against that in 1918, and said that it
was due to the experience gained at
that time. The 1918 epidemic cost the
city about $4,000, which was spent
for nurses, doctors, hospital supplies,
ambulances, clothing for destitute per-
sons, pay for extra clerks and tele-
phone operators and other charges.
This year the cost will not run above
$4,000, he said yesterday, and Of the
appropriation of $4,000 which he re-
ceived he said he expected to turn
back to the general fund at least
$4,000.
The Health Commissioner said that
he was disturbed about the storm con-
ditions, in view of the fact that the
ambulance service of the hospitals is
being seriously interfered with, due to
the condition of the streets. He also
said the traffic conditions were making
it more difficult for the visiting nurses
Of the Health Department to get
around to see patients, and that at
only great personal hardship to them
selves were they able to get to all the
homes where i'll persons are being
cared for.
Calling attention to the city ordin-
ance which compels householders to
clean the snow off sidewalks and from
cutters in front of their premises, Dr..
Copeland said that he had conferred
with the Police Commissioner and that
failure to comply with the law would
subject the property owners to prose
cution. The penalty for failing to re-
move snow from sidewalks and cutters
within four hours after it falls, unless
the storm is at night, in which case
the snow must be removed before II
o'clock in the morning. is from 81 to So,
or one day in Jail. DIR. Copeland said
milk reaches the city were being made
passable as quickly as possible to pre-
vent any shortage of milk.
Keep Dry Shod Is Warning
The Health Commissioner addressed
two groups of women at the Hotel As
tor yesterday afternoon, and after
warning them about the influenza and
the Importance Of safeguards asked all
who wore rubbers to raise their hands
About one-third of the members at the
two meetings, which Numbered about
500, admitted they wore no rubbers.
Dr.. Copeland said that he had counted
124 women whom he passed coming
down to his office yesterday morning
VINO had not availed themselves of this
protection against wet feet, and he
urged upon all women the importance
of being dry shod in this weather.
Hospital patients suffering from in
fluenza and pneumonia increased to
1.521 yesterday. ffty-four more than
the preceding day. The highest num-
Der recorded to date was on January 81
when there were 1,618 hospital patients
suffering from the two diseases.
Twelve nurses gistered at the Health
Department yesterday, two of whom
partment supplied thirty-onc nurses
yesterday out of sixty-one calls that
were received.
DIR. Copeland said busy physicians
We're only reporting now the cases of
lnf1uenz@ they had attended and said
that seventyfive and ninety cases were
reported, respectively, by two Brooklyn
physicians yesterday.
There will be no let-up in the re-
strictions Ill respect to smoking in
theaters or in the subway, expectorat-
ing, failure to supply sufficient heat in
apartment houses or any other prevent
ative measures. Dr. Copeland declared
yesterday, and said that they will be
continued in force until all danger of
recurrence Of the epidemic is past
DR.. Hermann NJ. Biggs. State Health
Commits ioner, issued yesterdaya bulle-
tin on The influenza epidemic giving
advice !, to personal care to avoid the
disease and instructions for caring for
patients who have it, The instructions
in the main are those which were is
sued by Health Commissioner Copeland
early in the visitation