ï~~ 8 I )EI.\R'1 l 1 ' 4 N 'I I". ' t LT 'I 1I 1.1 F.l OI " INLENZA 'lh( e' (IN 91S is t e(WOrt hiilthelielstocr(If infectious(lisease" In late August, thle so-calledl Sj ecuisle Influeneza, hav'ing raged in plarts of Europe, Ilue eits5 apepearane eeear 1sit oo I1ill Ithe lUiitedcl it4'i:. It qickyi' lieganto 1eeinvolve tititarv camps j)antidteivil eonI1Ytmue'it ies, candithe loss of if ~ e was llci(rt eel I 01) e eav. It was tlie 0ol1 story of war and ~esi lenceeI ravetitig t:1,t heris ii teiaetVal clays, aind moder n siutaj on an1 d c( it ja ett:ct11 e1 )cve 110tol):e ri'er I lo'theprcoeal of thlis paic uhar (Iics'.~ iDAiTES (WO I11'1 ' (C'SES 'ice f11'..41 ease' 11ill [he ea pi e is was ye; uel eel t1 (msept etiber '.27th and was t leat of a licau whI oial visit eel hi 5seedat ( 'citep Dix, New Jersey, when 1Influe1izaL\Vit5 prieet. Ileris 5 lo listoryV of any siilari' lidiag n1osed 1roeule l Mieteelt(et)is 1rior t() thliis Ia t '. From eptembe r 2t01 to (etobeer 7thiit1he ce we're a fe'w eis(-,reptI e eitel te heldth (.)fliece. 011 )etober' 7t It t lire w re 16t;eass:teel 7 elat his, atol it bec'amre evident that we wvere inivolvedl in thle xvorl c' e1il'tieie. lU;JPOhTING OFM'A~SES lee oreder tee keepe ille.)I eei wit l1i tlie Situoat ieee1 lie' eloetors (of the city wer'('request eeltoee eel ecert tlcd,:1' t ut S teet) if!e-I lecil t11IiDepacrt wennt. (On Oct obet'Stihl1ilee, StaIte( Be3)ire I e et eaIt le it efe()eeleel it, that Influenza ras Iticde:a rel-leert tiilel isecese 1ev NSt.:tt' 1'egeil:it 1(eeli. IBecius{;' of the rmild elmsaret (e1' (ef 11101evCast, silllte i ll '~011)Cl1114)etlco1ld, not all of them, howeverI, were' mtie ci c Iliwi oe lo' I at Ii I )e'Ie:e 11itrit, hut in ( )etoher when t leetediseaise was e1te,'lee;t i th 1le tlcilielS eef lt't'ielela'ien, most eof thle eiiagiesale t'ases,we'tre i1eteec', ls re'erelc'l,. As sceon as the sens eof elccngc' h e'gao 1I()to tar melec,tssea e ~e 'e relert eel iii prop)orti11110tothe ciuilher ccl 'clea:t us. Ae''Iilte' xc e'leave iee lasis poI wheiche letel form exact. figures. we Il:tay vcii eire iel('gice th.0l t ia ie 1115t1e1an e{'cha If eof lce sick, e x l t e s i (' e f li i i tl e t e iI s:e l e ' a r r j e t w e I0 1 11, t i 'e I e e 4 { i gy I )tciteO()etob er t here' were 's,.;; and's e l s leathls repor ted, wlc1iele is 2;.2 eas150(o 1 1(01li. Ie Neevettile'r t here'were 306I rueses and.83 cleaths o (. u:ts. t() I Ile':eI Ic. I ti l)ec'tilee'r t1 ere were 40)10 case s 1t1Id 297 cleathls or 13.4 cases tee I1cleathl. I )tit' tee:a sectaiCI wa1ve in Decemc her inlte'rest. heaaucecalive':gaitn acrt;I Ilure' Weric eli1rriar'1tively rnore re ports 5of (eases'5t late iteNeev~tueher. Veer t 1he lirte' ttonlt bchis Ie ~'r:Lt ee thIere ewere Itherefoere:ilel ut t IW';fat alit it'stee)Iilee',iitellee' 'reportecd, which is a lit h el hle'av ier ' 1' 'Ii t t he l:t' ie 11 V CIeett't' 'e1 IIOSPIA L Pl '.P \I'A I'I fI S Ite>feerI lie0 avWOef t te ejeieleIrtoic egit tee itiotilt' eHealth 1.epa't lionct.began pIe'l:CIat iC)15feor llatdlit it.'flee vIf eaalt IiCommis i er calle'd chead~.s (If all the hioeslit als together ite a meet ing lat the City Dasict al andelthcey' court e'rusly and Int.erect lii abIly a1greed to ccncsult wtheir ow11 hoacrds with ia view tco reeivitig thIe'cu'liecdl, seurgicael and obst et ricald patients of thle City II ospit al into their own hospital, thus vacating wxardes inc the City fHosteitaci for I Itetlceza patienlts whcen the necessity demcatndeel. '1'11i8 waes carried out11 as far as clentariels we're' rnude onc these hospitals. 'There are 87, heels itc I he City 'Ilopit fWih?)' r for ('otit ceious eisease. sitlofwih2)ar SH1ORTACE 1(Hi' DOCT(I S AN!) N IS2 Aniotheer situation here arose:1Ie(1 that, was t he s':cre'it V' cf doctors anid nurses tree to the war ancel tle severity oef thle eielt ie1an'r' of' lice smcall towccls of the State. lieI'e were 19() nurses in lie City fi05 - pit al, exposed at sonie ticmee d.l107 of these dleve'lepee l Ifileez. Thus it happenued that beeatuse ref thee cursicng slecrt-ic'. Ilitrre were never sneore than between 2)0 anel.3(1(1Inefluentza i pci Oeuts ice the City hosecpital w crdlr 0