The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
Disease Continues to Gain
in Kenosha but Health
Officers are Not
Alarmed. n
PEOPLE LEARNING TO FIGHT
waukegan and Chicago Call on Keno
sla Red Cross for Nurses to Aid in
Battling Epidemic of the Flu in
Those Cities.

Twenty more cases Of influenza were
added to the list reported to the Keno
sha health department in the past
twenty-four hours, but no great appre-
hension was being felt among the health
officers, as it was declared that every
case Of the disease so far reported had
been in the mild form and that there
was no indication of the development
Of an epidemic similar to the one in
Kenosha in the late fall Of 1918. With
g total of between fifty and sixty cases
the department. is maintaining close
guarantees over victims of the disease.
Few cases Of pneumonia are being re-
ported following the influenza.
Think Publicity Helps.
Members Of the health board are in
clined to believe that the people are
being aided materially to the publicity
given to the bate against the /" flu"
1t is evident that the people are learn
ing better how to take care Of them
selves and better how not to take
chances,' declared one of the members
Of the board this morning. elf it can
just be driven home to the people who
have influenza that they must not take.
chances Of exposure before they have
entirely recovered a Big part Of the VIC
tory will be won. The influenza is
annoying but not dangerous unless it
develops into pneumonia. "
Many Reports Not Credited
Many Of the reports of the spread of
the g duv in Kenosha are not credited.
Reports OF whole offices being made
vacant on account of the ravages of
the disease are given little credence on
account Of the fact that the number Of
cases reported to the department do not
indicate any such an epidemic in Ke-
nosha IF. such conditions exist the
patients are not seeking medical aid,
as the department feels certain that
the physicians are reporting every case
they find.
Waukegan Asks Aid of KenoSha.
On Tuesday afternoon Waukegan ask
cd aid from Kenosha in fighting the
battle against influenza in that city.
It was stated in the call sent to the
Red Cross in Kenosha that a hundred
and fifty new cases of the disease had
been found at Waukegan and that there
was not sufficient number of nurses
to take care of the new cases. Efforts
were made by the local officials of the
Red Cross to get nurses to take care of
this call but none could be found as all
nurses available in Kenosha were busy
with sick calls here.
Want All Available Nurses.
Chicago has sent call to Kenosha
for twenty nuress to aid in the battle
against the E'fu'' in that city. The
call is not only for trained or graduate
nurses but for any nurses who are able
to do this kind of work. Such nurses
are urged to report to the Red Cross
rooms at once in order that they may
be assiged to service in one of the
neighboring cities. The very limited
supply of nurses at the Kenosha hospi-
tails and for private work, makes it
all but impossible for any nurses to be
recruited for work in other cities.
Not Closing Anything.
Some agitation was being heard to-
day to lead to the closing of the schools
and theatres on account of influenza
Members of the health board and of
ficials of the schools declared that such
q thing would be most unwise. They
held that there was no call at this time
for closing up anything. The health
officers of the city have let it be under.
stood that they are watching every de
velopment in the influenza here and
that they will keep in close touch with
every one Of them If it is deemed
necessary to close up anything The
board will take action.
One new case, Of smallpox was re
ported. The victim is Richard Heather
of go South Exchange street.