New-York tribune., 1920-01-27

Only LIP Listed Over
Sunday, a Decrease Of
l,l43, but Deaths Due
to Epidemic Leap tol3l
Less VirtlIent Than
Outbreak of 1913
Copeland Against Whisky
-SenateN otes$5OO, 600
Cor Fight on the Malady

In New York City yesterday i3l
persons died of pneumonia or influenza
This toll WAS twentv-six in excess of
the figures of the day preceding. At
the Department Of Health it was de-
clarcd that the invasion is gaining, al
though only LIP new cases of nnu.
cnza were reported, ,1l3 fewer than in
the twenty four hour period of the day
before
Health Commissioner Copeland said
last night that. for the period ending
at 10 o'clock this morning he ex.
pected that "above 5000" new cases
would be reported. This, he said
would not indicate a sudden jump
but would represent an accumulation
of reports held up by poor mail serv
Ice on Sunday and the absence from
work of physicians office assistants
AT the request of the Public Health
Service the United States Senate yes
tcrday appropriated S5O0,0OO for ma.
tion-wide fight on influenza
At o'clock this morning the "stag
gered' opening and closing hours fol
industries and places of amusement
became effective. This change con
Germs the daily routine Of practically ly
every man and woman in this city, anc
the purpose is to prevent congestion or
transportation lines.
Longer Day for City Employees
In line with the orders governing
the opening and closing time of busi-
ness houses Commiss ioner Copeland
telephoned to Mayor Hylan and askec
that all city employees at the Munici-
pal Building be instructed to report
Tor work half an hour earlier thar
usual This will make their working
day begin at $3.50 a. m. and end al
1870 p m. The order was issued from
the Mayors Office Immediately.
DR.. Copeland refused to speculate
about the approximate date of the
peak" of the visitation However. il
the malady keeps pace with the epi-
demic of October, 1918, it should reaci
a climax on February Is, which CORE
spends to October 81, 1918. On that
date $50 persons died in New York o1
influenza and pneumonia. All tolc
there were $4,000 deaths in New Yorl
from influenza and pneumonia in E
little more than six weeks, 1000 less
than the number Of American soldier:
killed in ali the battles of the Worle
War
Last night Dr. Copeland issued an
other appeal for trained nurses ant
for women without training but with
practical knowledge of nursing There
were forty urgent cases on file at the
Health Department then for which
there were no nurses available. II
response to 500 kilograms and wide
newspaper publicity for his previous
appeal there were only 100 replies yes
terday, and only half Of that number
were trained. Some had come from
Boston, there were two from Maryland
and one was expected from Bingham.
ton, N. Y.
Nurses Badly Needed
The need for nurses is so great thai
DR.. Copeland said that if more report
ed for duty than were needed they
would be paid any way while they
waited for assignment Quarters have
been prepared at several hospitals fol
nurses from out of town who came te
New York to help fight the disease
New cases of influenza and pneu
monia and the deaths from each dis
ease reported in the twenty-four-h -houl
period ending at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning were as follows: