Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 21

r-. EDITORIAL AND SECOND SECTION WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES VOLUME IyXXXX. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1918. A PAGES 21 TO 28 NO. 69.

mil hwm "FLU" STATISTICS TO DATE These figures arc for twenty-four hours ending iat 9 a. Total Total New bSbm Oakland women connected with the Rea Cross have spared no effort to check the Spanish influenza epidemic. The women shown here are part of the staff at De Fr emery Convalescent Hospital From left to right they are: MRS. I.WEAWERBEETin charge of the hospital; MISS HELEN KINSELL, MRS. HOWARD BARBIER, MRS.

CAROL H. SMITH, MRS. NEWTON KOSER. (Seated) MISS HELENE BASSE MISS RUTH FINDLAY and MISS ADA Deaths Released SHC9 Cases I IICinFR Fi ll On Hand 3 4 I :4W4.fcWK? jew If FLU CASES FLU CASES 6 9 10 10 17 23 49 65 1 49 182 ..112 ..180 .218 .173 25 .362 ..391 ,.578 ..318 ..23.4 With the Municipal Auditorium Hospital achieving a high efficiency O. 8.

Need "This was the anguished wall that kept the telephones from the city 4k. if: 1 492 584 740 869 1022 1047 1369 2425 2779 2673 and keeping Its unusually low mortality rate record; with the three- 1 Date 2... October 9... October October Octdber 13. October 14.

October 15... Oetober 16. October 17.. October 18.. October 19.

October 20. Octobet 21.i. October "22T" October 23. October 24 October 25 October 26. "October 27.

October 28 October- October 30 October 31.. November 1 November 2 hall busy last night, as 4S8 Oak- nd citizens, menr day-old Red Cross convalescent Home at Sixteenth and Adeline streets fully equipped to receive the discharged patient who otherwise I 2 3 I 7 8 18 "1 8 18 23 19 18, 22 24 34 27 26, 39 Thirty-two new deaths of Spanish lnHuenia Kre reported to the Oakland Health Department from i o'clock yesterday morning- until 5 clock, last nlttvt. There war, but 82 new cases reported and tt releases. Tbls makes a total of BJ41 rases reported, whloh, after deducting releases, loaves on hand 2696 chHex. death toll to date Is J42 Vesterdar was the lowest number 5 38 650 830 1040 1 22 1 1246 1608.

-2057- 244a- .3026 3544 3778 3878 4279 4498 4715 4893 5212 66 24 45 20 "ii 72-- 42 i89 145 U- 160 1 34 337 255 178 281 phoned frantically to- friends or relatives for ball. "Flu" masks worn over chins or foreheads or not at nil were the causes of the woe an.d the demand for ball money. Vp to 10 o'clock fest-nlght the police had arnestert 4S8 persons" tit the rigid enforcement of theflu i mask law. one arrested was i-held for ten JoUars' ball. Arrests will continue." 43 -61 79 .102 121 139 161 185 219 '246 272 310 342 of now cases reported since the epl- would not be assured the proper cire to protect thepi against pneu- i monla; with the Red Cross Nursing Bureau on the sixth floor of the City Hall taking carg of the emergency calls from private famine, where nurses, aides, -helpers, housekeepers! are a necessity to the best of their and wtth' ttie small corps of volunteers which they have In con- I trast to the wide need; with the Red Cross Home Service Bureau supply- I lug blankets and necessities to homes i lit .100 .401 .217 .217 194 2529 2772 2618' 2553 2547 2585 pHttment-reached Its height.

The de-partmetn attributes this to the fact that thousands of persons who would otherwise have been exposed are now wearing- and because of .19 the ffrastlo action taken 6y the po Those figures, from 9 a. ni. to 5 p. m. lice, who today arrested 260 persons November 2..

82 86 32 5341 2595 No separate figure for Sunday. for violating, the ordinance, It Is pected that by tomorrow everyone will wear their masks. With masks being generally worn and fche impromptu and with the Woman's Army of the Oakland Woman's Committee, Councils of National and State Defense, distributing hand bills on first aid. to influenza patients and following their service up by opening kitchens In the First Congregational Church and th -Lincoln School to supply families with food, cooked and uncooked, and to distribute milk orders to sufferers; with the caring for sick infants in the Baby Hos The law Is being enforced to the strictest letter. Anyone' who tips the corner1 of his maek to smoke-on the street, or3dr.afa 'it to his.

chin for a minute, courts arjest. cases stayed in Jail over night, unable to- raise ball. Tolay the drive will be continued, by the. police, Shrouded faces of those who had learned the error of their way looked gloomily from prison bars last night like the Veiled Lady of Khartoum, for the first thing the police do Is to see that a mask is properly worn' In Jail, where useful Saloons Close' or the health officers feel that we may expect a rapid decrease in the number of new cases, as these officials havs faith In the efficacy of the Day in Alameda ALAMEDA, Nov. 2.

Saloons, In ii i ifl lJu 1 1 mask as a pretentatlve. The city Jail is crowded to Its ut signed to the old do Fremery mansion were-In excellent condition and fast Improving: The full equipment, which was lacking In the' Japanese hospital has been supplied by Oakland chapter, American Red Cross, the care of the several patients being directed by Dr. S. H. Buteau in co-operation with the Japanese physicians.

All) FOR TOWN. An emerKency call from San Alameda will be under the Influenza ban from six o'clock Saturday most capacity, as only about one third of those arrested are able to pital Association; with the receiving of more than half a hundred children of stricken famillesjn the Pres-cott the Japanese' es- but we are getting away with It. The lessons in the art of wearing masks jpoliee have done excellent work and put up the necessary $10 ball SPECIAL APPEAL. are enthusiastically administered taouanlng In the Methodist Church, are to be commended for theprompt and efficient manner in; which they by the Jailers in charge. at Tenth and West street" an are performing their duties In I'red F.

Morse, commissioner of Public Health and Safety, 'yesterday oriental hospital; the Oakland chapter of the American Red' Cfoss cooperating with, the health 'depart SiSfSn "Wear your mask wherever you are on the street and better do It inside, too," Is 'the police warning. The police say there Is still of room In the jail. night until six o'clock Monday niorn-lng. All churches will still be closed unless the services are held out-of doors and those attending woar masks. Complying with this- ordinance the First Chufch of Christ (Scientist) will hold regular meetings on the lawn at 1519 Grand street at 11 o'clock Sunday.

OuU of-doors services will also be observed by the Home of Truth, at 11 a. as on the preceding Sunday made an appeal to all good citizens to procure masks and wear them ment has the local situation well In hand with a complete machinery hereafter, or until Such time as the health, authorities Rive orders to the eluding belated advices, brought the total number of cases In the -Mate since the outbreak of the malady to approximately 100,000, officials said. There were 3,300 new cases reported Friday. Among the new cases reported today were: 8an Bernardino, 11, eight. deaths; Long Beach, 39, two deaths; Kose-ville, 10, four deaths; Stockton, 154, twenty pneumonia cases, six deaths; Los Angeles, 798, and 67 pneumonia cases, with 43 deaths; Oakland, 319.

39 deaths; Sacramento, 200, 37 deaths. More than 200 cases were reported here today, but city health department representatives said to care for every emergency which ing in mask law ENCOCKAGED. Health Officer Dr Daniel Crosby, who Is now attending to business, Is very much encouraged by the situation, and feels that with a proper observance of -the mask law that the disease wllf shortly be well under may arise. K. 11.

Kessler, chairman of the Committee on Home Relief, has given- assurance that there will be afforded ample accommodations to all patients who are discharged from Loandro chapter, American Red Cross, to the Oakland chapter came yesterday with lr. Herbert s. Samuels through his department meeting the temporary situation by dispatch by sending a trained nurse and- a helper immediately. It was reported that-there wer'PiOO oases of Spanish Influenza iji the neighboring An appeal was made for nurses (trained and practical), helpers, aides and housekeepers, to assist Jn the crisis. The machine which bore help to San Leandro continued on Its way to Centerville where a.

trained nurse was sent to answer a call for help from there. JITNEY MEN DODGE TAXES. JUNCTION CITY. Nov. 2.

When deputy revenue collectors found some twenty JUney drivers faileil to nav their monthly war Many Needed to Help Make Masks Workers to make masks for thd Municipal Hospital In the Auditorium are wanted by the Red-Cross. Five thousand masks dally are required by those who are attending to the patients and the masks must be supplied. The Red Cross will keep headquarters open today at 1560 Broad contrary. Commisslonfr Morse said: 'The splendid showing thai the creased figures for new oases make at this hour encourage me greatly. I am now certain that the mask Is the great preventative measure we have been seeking for, and I hope that the good people of Oakland will cooperate with us In stamping out the awful disease.

"I further wapt to add that the number of, arrests made have completely swamped the police department. Our Jail is crowded land our officers are having to give 'most of their time to this work. It has become almost impossible to these included a number reported by physicians who, because of urgent calls, had not been able to report 1L Of "Nov. 2. The Spanish influenza -epidemic has begun to subside, officials of the Htate Board of Health said today.

There has been a material falling, oft in the number of new rases reported, it was announced. Reports today, In- control; "We have had splendid cooperation, from the citizens," said Dr. Crosby. "Men and women have patriotically contrjbuted their services In this strenuous and dangerous work I of nursing patients. All who have been brought to the Municipal Emergency Hospital have been given the (very best of treatment and these (good people are deferving of the Flu Cases in Army Camps Falling Off WASHINGTON.

Nov. 2. New cases of Influenza reported in the past 24 hours In army camps was 1557, against 2076 yesterday. The new pneumonia cases were 292, an Increase of 11-. over yesterday.

The "deaths for the day were 103, equaling yesterday's total. These figures mark a new low record for the epidemic. for several days. way to receive all who. are willing the Municipal Auditorium Hospltat who need more With Dr.

S-H. Buteal; Mrs Florence Hill makes a tour of the big infjltution each morning, making lists of those who will be discharged within a few. hours. WILL CHECK CASES. An 'Investigator visits the.

homes to which they are to return to determine If they will have sufficient care and proper diet In the important five or six days following. There have, been many instances In which It has been found that men and women were going back to small rnnma tViAv mint purA to help. CHURCHES MI ST CLOSE, LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 Following conferences among city officials during the morning, at noon both Mayor Woodman and' Chief of Police Butleri Issued statements emphasizing the 'announcement that the rules closing churches and other public gathering planes on account community's neanieu manna. MANY ARRESTED, hook the number of violators caught I I tav fhfiv decided to take etern meas Nov.

2. At the police VALLEJO, of influenza would be rigidly themselves or homes In which all station last evening Acting Police Judge John A. Browne held a nishfc-sesston for the purpose of disposing of ttie many offenders who had been brought in for. violating the mask ordinance. In all sixty-five people faced His Honor and the session continued for two hours and a half.

In most "cases a fine of 35 was Imposed. ures to siop ine practise, in con-Junction with the military police at Camp Funston, all 'cut's -whose drivers could not show a receipt for the last month's tax were prevented from entering the cantonment. One man from Ogden spent most of the night seeking a collector in order to pay his tax and get home. Spanish Influenza in London Improves LONDON. Nov.

2. Physicians today reported that the Spanish influenza in London has greatlylmproved In tho last 48 hours. I 563-572 the members were 111. Dr. A.

Larkey, who has taken over the medical direction of the Red Cross Convalescent Home, today reported that patients who had heen as- Between Clay and Jefferton ourteenth Street Advert Iscmeht Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Mom ictls 1 I 1 jmk. The statement followed notice served on the city authorities by the Christian Science churches that they purposed to hold services hereafter as usual. Chief of Police Butler declared he had 600 policemen ready to. make arrests If the rules were broken. DECREASE IS SHOWN.

Todays reports of Influenza cases showed another Only 369 cases, with twenty-one deaths, were reported during the morning. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, who ar-rlvad yesterday, was to address a meeting of health authorities. It was said Dr. Hutchinson would strongly urge the compulsory wearing of masks and that his recommendations were expected to be followed by either an order of the health department for their use or a request to the public to don them generally.

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$25 $25 J' i 1 AMERICAN RED CROSS OFFICIAL TELEPHONES For reporting cases to the influenza hospital at the audi' torium ring Lakeside 868. Private exchange connecting all" departments. Red Cross Influenza Committee Joseph E. Caine, chairman Chamber of Comr merce; Oakland 1915. Red Cross Nurses' Bureau Dr.

Samuels, City TIall; Lakeside 3600, Locals 98 and 99. Red Cross Home Service of Civilian Relief R. II. Kessler, Harvey B. Franklin, Federal Realty Building, No.

216; Lakeside 2836. Food Supply for Families and Nurses Mrs. M. A. Andersen, 420 Central Bank Red Cross General Head quartert, Jos.

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