INFLUENZA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 301, 22 November 1918, Page 5

INFLUENZA.

IN AUSTRALIA. SEAMEN STEER CLEAR OF NEW ZEALAND. Sydney, Nov. 21. The crew of the Atua agreed to sail to-day provided the New Zealand call was abandoned. I The Moeraki pays off to-morrow. I The shipping companies are unable to give sailing dates. STRICKEN SAMOA. ; Melbourne, Nov. 21. i In response to the Governor’s appeal for assistance in an outbreak of influenza at Samoa, a steamer left Melbourne immeditely and is expected to clear from Sydney on Saturday with medical officers and necessary equipment-. WELLINGTON REPORTS. Wellington, Nov. 21. Dr. Makgill, Chief Health Officer, said to-day that so far as he was able to see the position regarding ■ the epidemic was eminently satis- ' factory. Some reports had come in ■ from the country districts and were ■ very satisfactory on the whole. Other reports go to show that the cases now being dealt with are less severe than the cases of several days back. The death rate is falling considerably. The Minister of Public Health says that the reports, to-day indicate improvements in all parts where the disease first took a firm hold. Walter I. Dawson, personal clerk to the secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department and John Archibald Currie, Money Order ■ Branch, Wellington, G. P. 0., died to-day from influenza. The Waterside Workers’ Union ’ agreed to resume operations on ; vessels which the Health Committee certified as not likely to be a menace ' to the health of the men employed ! about them. Work therefore was 1 resumed at 1 p.m. on boats which ' had been thoroughly disinfected. : At an emergency meeting of the executive of the Federated Sea- ’ men’s Union to-day it was resolved that for the purpose of conserving 1 the health of the men of the mercan- ; tile marine all living quarters on ' ships be properly fumigated for not ; less than twenty-four hours and sub- : sequently cleaned out prior to the ! seamen joining or taking the ships I to sea. i A committee was set up to carry i out the terms of the resolution and ; to supervise the fumigation and ! cleaning. ■ I Wellington, Nov. 22. •I Reports regarding the influenzai in Wellington city and the surround- ■, ing districts continue favourable. ; Government steamers intended to • help in the Lyttelton-Wellington ■ ferry service are still held up for ; want of men. Some are available, • but they ask £1 a day and 2/- an hour overtime, which the Marine Department refuses to pay. The : Mararoa sails for Lyttelton as usual to-morrow. CLOSING OF BANKS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. November 22. In answer to protests against closing the banks, Sir Joseph Ward declares it was absolutely necessary ion account of depleted staffs and i because of the congregation of people there, spreading the disease. They simply had to be closed because they could not carry on. All the auction markets of the Dominion are ordmed to be closed. Wellington is threatened with a shortage of flour and potatoes unless the cargot s are speedily unloaded. Government steamers which were to be employed in the ferry service to Lvtteltoncannot get crews. The 1 men’are available but demand rates equivalent to 30/- a day, which Go- ■ vernment refuses to payBAD AT CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, Nov. 21. Influenza patients admitted to the hospitals yesterday totalled fiftyfive and the deaths nineteen. Despite these figures the health / officer considers the position well in j hand. | The block system of medical serIvice has been inaugurated. To-day the deaths include Mr. D. I Henderson, horse trainer of WinI gatui who was here for the recent . races. Asked this afternoon his view on the position. Dr. Chesson said it was very difficult to say one way or the other. “I: looks to me as if the epidemic is well in hand, but of course will not- remain so if people relax their efforts in the least degree.’’ A number of bodies were to-day removed to the Ldn.woud Cemetery where t'hev will be housed in a marquee until they can be buried. Butchers in the city find a difficulty in supplying orders for gravy beef and mutton for broth. The supplies of these meats are running short. A serious shortage is threaI tened unless, as a city butcher suggesffi. all who are not . suffering {should refrain from ordering meats (used lor soups. A UCK LA ND 11 ECO VER ING. Auckland, Nov. 21. The influenza position is still improving. One ward in the tempo- i rary hospital is empty, and there 1 are vacancies in the others. i The Tahme arrived to-day. There \ was influenza throughout the round trip. All were more or less attacked mildly. The third officer was taken 1 to the hospital, and tvo passengers, j who are convalescent, remain on ' board. The passengers and crew ' are allowed to land after the inhalation treatment. Two soldiers died on Sunday, not from influenza, and were buried at sea on Monday. j Further protests against the clos- ' ing of the banks were made by the I Mayor and president of the Chamber of Commerce. I Auckland, Nov. 22. I Deaths from influenza, reported from the hospitals, in tw'’nty-four hours number thirteen. Since Notember Ist the approximate number of burials in Auckland cemeteries, from all causes, is 760. Lt is estimated that the death roll' i in the Auckland distri'-t since the I epidemic began is about 1000. i Dr. A. W. T. O’Sullivan, of Dunc- ! din. died from pneumonia, in hospital, last night. IN OTHER CENTRES. Dunedin. Nov. 2. • Influenza cases being admitted t >, th.’ lio -mlt-il are st ill increasing. Im- , the aut-orith’s consider that the I turning nomr will be reached within I a few days The number of re- i coveries from severe attacks <>f | pneumonia has greatly increased.

Gisborne, Nov. 21. The influenza epidemic shows an abatement in the serious cases, though the disease is etill rampant; it is present in a milder form on fib® . East Coast. Thirty deaths occurred in Gisborne in the past twenty days. At the request of the borough authorities business places are closing at 3 p.m. daily for fumigation purposes. The regular passenger steamer services to Gisborne are still in abeyance. The tram service is to cease from to-day for a week. The town is thoroughly organised, and additional inhalation chambers are to be installed in town and at the freezing works. Hawera, Nov. 21. The epidemic is very serious at Hawera and in South Taranaki owing to the insufficiency of medical men and nurses. The doctors at Kaponga and Mianaia are down. Of three practising in Hawera two ar® ill. The hospital is full of patient® and the Show Buildings and St. Mary’s School have been requisitioned and are also full. The country position is made more difficult by the spread of the disease amongst the Maoris. The mortality has been comparatively light, but every activity in the district except that of fighting the epidemic has been paralysed. The local authorities are active and doing splendid work. From noon to-day the town has been closed to free more people to do. voluntary work. Blenheim, Nov.. 21. I There is no evidence that the epidemic is seriously increasing. There are 28 cases in hospital, two serious. Two more deaths are reported. Lady volunteers are rendering valuable aid in the homes df ithose afflicted. i Dannevirke, Nov. 22. J . The influenza epidemic shows no signs of abatement. Seven more deaths have occurred in the last hour and there are st 1 a number of | serious cases. | Hokitika, Nov. 22. There were two influenza deaths yes- ■ terday and five dangc-ously ill cases wore reported to-day. There are continual calls from the country for medical aid. ; Greymouth, Nov. 22. I There are 84 cases in hospital and ‘ there were two deaths during the night. Further cases are coming from along the Otira line, in the ambulance train. Dr. Telford, nurses and workers are visiting all the to.vns along the Otira line, collecting cases. A relief fund has been established in the newspaper offices. Dunedin, Nov. 22. Otago and Southland notifications to-day were 51. The cases in the Dunedin Hospital total 216, an increese of 2. The doctors pronounce than the greater number df patients are of a marked mild type. Bureau ■ calls are much fewer. Pahiatua, Nov. 22. I The epidemic is now on the wane. The country districts are still ' severely affected, and especially the dairy industry. In places whole families are down. Magnificent ' work by the voluntary /helpers’ board lias met the situation. An emergency hospital was successfully formed by the citizens’ committee. There have been five deaths and five very serious cases. At present there are nearly 300 cases in the district and town. The shops have been shut since Monday. NAPIER NOTES. During the past two days several patients have been discharged from the Burlington road Hospital, and three from the General Hospital. All the relieving bodies are doing \ valuable work and all matters requiring attention are dealt with as quickly as possible. The sickness is still at. its height and there are a i number of serious pneumonia cases, ; however, matters continue to look brighter. The determined efforts of the doctors and nurses also Dr. Ziele and Messrs. Davies and Menzies (dentists) who have worked assiduously in their administration of oxygen to patients, have prevented results from being more serious than they were. Dr. Keith urges the completion of an oxygen chamber # to hold four patients, and if permission can be obtained from th© hospital authorities, this will be carried Out according to the ideas of the medical profession. If the Health Officer approves, the Convent .School will be at once occupied as a creche, which will be undertaken by the Borough Council. The loan of cots, etc., will be gratefully accepted. It has been found impossible to obtain oranges from Wellington owing to detention of the boats. People therefore are advised to use their lemons with greatest care, it being impossible to get any further supplies. It is estimated that there are about 1,00 cases of influenza in Napier, but the death rate has,, in proportion, been small. ’ It is impossible to get the exact number of deaths, as no record is kept except by the Registrar of Deaths. The worst eases are at the Napier West Hospital, which is now holding over 40 patients. There were three deaths at this hospital* yesteday and through the night, also one at the Napier hospital, and a couple at private residences. The total was about seven.

CITIZENS' MEETING. STRONG MEASURES FOR CARELESS CONVALESCENTS. The meeting of the citizens’ committee was held this morning. His Worship the Mayor presided. Mr. H. B. Lusk said as far as he 'knew the new cases were very few, ' most of the serious cases were at .least a week old, many of the ■pa.-ients were suffering a relapse from coming out too soon. The madness in some of these eases, .could not be imagined. i All members reported that in their particular beats, the number of cases were decreasing, and that the position was generally a little better. All stressed the absurdity and unfairness of people coming out land walking about when they should be in bed. Most of the new cases wcic of a mild type. Mr. Venables said a number of new eases had been reported at Napier South, but these were mostly mild. There were still some serious eases, but most of the old ones '■hewed a deezded improvement. Two cases where patients persisted in coming out, he had brought under the Inspector’s notice for final warning. People did not seem to realise t 't<‘ unfairness ami danger of spreading this. It was decided, after various cases of this persistent kind were brought up, the committee take strong measures with such offenders. Regarding irresponsible people ringing at night for medical help, Mr. D. L. Smart, said ihat for one wan who was really suffering from the D.T’s. there were 2*i calls. On ht- i■''.’w.imtmtion it i'ts decided tyt .-fills not uraen; should not be elven* unless through the Captain of the d; strier, and as usual urgent cases ro be reported to him. These will be attended to immediately.

Regarding the convalescents who, persist in coming out wo soon, it was decided ;o erect pla-zn j* of. warning at various places in the town. MALE ASSISTANCE H>K X A PI EK WEST. Cr. Mti.sai.ah said the slat'’ of affairs < visting at the Napier West Hospital was not satisfactory. A special effort should be made to get more I’.-in for the nurses on duty there. The men helping there did eteri tiling pt.ssible but it neces sary to keep these brave women, who were playing a great part, from breaking down, to send them assistance. His Worship said there was no blame at:a<-:uib!e to the ladies of the district for not volunteering, because > r tuere were three hoar • : ■■ ■amilics in two down with the 'ihi. ' the ‘.ady of the third was the maid of all work for the three. It was suggested that womenwurker* were necessary, but Mr. Smart said sonm men-workers were required to nurse the male-patients. and nurses to t’.ie female patient*. T -re -.'.ere four ward* for males and one for females, but another v.as b-ing fl ted u:> for the latter. It was really necessary to have two men in each word. Mr. McLernon was of opinion th ar, men undertaking this work should be recompensed. Other members agreed on this opinion. Mr. M‘ (.>ath s lid the anibulanre men in camo were the men for this work, and if they were lib-rated the difficulty would he ov.-reome. Mr. Smart said the necessity for male a-s’.stant.- v.< nlassoi by the fact that he had just received request f *r t,wo n en to a '."’u. to two male delericus patients at Nanier West. On Mr. McGrath's motion it was decided to wire the Defence Minister and ask in: t . release about 30 ambulance men from Awapuni for Hospital work at Napier. LETTER DELIVERY. ENCOURAGING CROWDS. Cr. Muivanah, ueabng with the; Sues tion of delivering letters over; Be counter at the let Office, said, he had just been over to that build-1 ing and found 50 people 01 more | jammed in the little parcels office.' which was really meant to hold about 10 people. r ‘ was scandalous while they were doing all in their power to quell the epidemic—it was i sh&mefuterto allow pecple to con- j gregate in this marncr. Something, must be done. i The Postmaster (Mr Northcroft) I was immediately sent for. Mr McLernon l ook opportunity | to bring under notice the fact that while they would not take parcels for postage at the P. 0., they wer-> deli'ering parcels air'vi.d from other places. His Worship the Mayor asked the Postmaster on his arrival if. whether taking the circumstances into consideration, some other arrangement could be made for delevering the letters so as to prevent this congregating. The Postmaster said he had only two letter-carriers lett and the only scheme he could think of would be to put someone outsi ’c the door and thus prevent the people from congregating. It would bt necessary, however, to get the police to help. Mr. Wright suggested delivering them through the window, but even then, the Postmaster pointed out, it would be just as bad. The Mayor suggested classifying the tetters alphabetically and delivering them in sections, and Mr. McCarthy suggested a larger building. Neather of these seemed feasible so Mr. McGrath suggested the forming of a queue. After further discussion it was decided that Mr. Northcroft and Mr. Edmundson be appointed to d •- vise a scheme, the Mayor to request thie police to assist and regulate the traffic, etc. CRECHE TO BE ESTABLISHED. The Mayor said >‘t was proposed that the Citizen’s Committee and the Borough Council take over the establishment of a creche at Naoier Convent. They to work in the same way as they have in other matters and appoint a committee comprised of members from both bodies. ! Mr. McGrath said the Sisters; were quit? prepared to take about 50 altogether, 24 or more patients. l and about 24 children, including boys up to about 10 years of age. They. would provide all beds, but they | would require a few cots for the I smaller children. He suggested that | the patients be admitted by ticket, , everything to be under the Citizens' Committee’s control and no! one to be admitted without a ticket.: The Health Officer (Dr. de Lisle) gave authority for the using of the > school for this purpose and the fol- j lowing committee was appointed to j make all arrangements necessary:— Messrs Wright and Muivanah (Bor-j oturh Council), the Dean of Waiapn, and Messrs G. Kelly, W. J. McGrath; A. Kohn and P. S. McLean. I THE OXYGEN CHAMBER. | The Mayor said bis attention had been drawn to the necessity of es-; tablishing an oxygen chamber at; the Napier West Hospital. All the doctors approved and considered it would be the means of saving life. The Mayor and Messrs Edmundson and Armour were apj ointed. after consulting Dr. Dorset, to take all steps for having this chamber made. I DIRTY BANK NOTES. 1 Mr. Wright said so far they had been getting at the poor people about their dirty backyards, etc., now it was time to get at the bankers. He considered that all banknotes in circulation should be incinerated and new one; issued. He moved that the committee’s feelings were on th?se lines. Mr. Kelly pointed out that orders had already been issue for the fumigating of same aw he felt it should be left to the responsible parties. He moved that in view of the instructions issued no action be taken. j The amendment was carried and the motion defeated. 1 Mr. Muivanah also drew attention to the danger of selling second-hand books and suggested that they should go and inspect them at the second-hand shops. ANOTHER GOOD IDEA Mr. Armour made a very valuab! suggestion, and that w thy tnaking up of dishes of solid food Lr needy cases. He knew of such instances where people who were quite well were partaking of the invalid dishes. He was prepared to undertake the preparation of such food at his residence and have it distributed t>> those requiring it. All gifts of this kind could be left at h:s house. NAPIER VICTIMS. Mr. William Edmund Fenwi ck pas's -4 away last night at his desid et:ce. GokGmit !i read. Napier, .liter a week’s illness _ iinfluenza).. Deceased who is survived by a wife and

two children, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fenwick and a son-in-law of Captain McAlister. Deepest is extended to hi* wife and relatives. He was thirtyt»v.» sear-.- <>f ag". Mr*. Mvitle i’eddie, who died at Napier tiom influenza on hniin?dav. ;s t:ie wife of Private Alexan<i< . D. i’etldi ■ i3rd Remf-aci tneul-) at present on active service in Paiest.iie. biie Laves two children. Mr. James Henrt Load r. hn--band of Mrs. Hilda L. Loader (nee AiigoVij and youngest son ut airs. D. Loader, of'Napier, was one ot yesterdaj’s influenza victims. D--” ceas -d was 3.5 years of age. Deep -Miipathj is exL'inled to his wile, children and relatives. HASTINGS NOTES. EMERGENCY HOSPITAL. The Mavor (Mr. H. lan Simson) makes an' urgent appeal for more nurses, and tnc present stall are over taxed and are going down und'T the stress of work. With the opening of tiie second ward he fifteen more nurses, not necessarily trained, to fill breach. ' Tic- hospital wants experienced nurses ami he urges t .at nurses, who have hiid training, should, m a crisis like tne present, volunteer their services for the sake of their suffering fellow creatures. He knows there are many , good women, trained and untrained, tnc claims on whom will not allow tiiern to s-.ir:-im.l-r their employment, but he points out that their position m t ;at respect is recognised, and so t e management intend to pay . cr.ifivated nurses d mine rates of • and .<> ci»e others ample renu-ii-r r u’.on fur tiieir much needed serT.--. - hospital I.as accommodation, but. owing to the shortage of nurses, the management has bad to refuse cases. Then tiicrc was a great shortage of ward orderlies and. he points out, th.it tills is very serious, as it domoral * f 's the entire work ol the :r - ital. He had been in communication with Colonel McDonald, of; /1 , r-r-ton Xorth. with the obj-ci . <>f getting orderlies from the Anasum Comp and ..e had receivid al r ->!v saving the call was so great, al! over the conn ry. that there was a nan to stare, but Colo-.ei '■t.-Lomal I promised that Hastings' will have first call on the next available rnen. ‘That means.” said the I Mayor. ";he people of Hastings must provide the men at the present . juncture.” The women of Hastings had done splendidly, but the men had not come forward as they should have done. ' More motor ears are also warned. I Sn.-ak ng of patients who have ’ been discharged from the hospital, and removed to their homes. _e lays | stress on the absolute necessity for I their friends aking every care of | them, no matter how well they may , feci. The epidemic is treacherous | ami. however, the patients, feeling that they have (recovered, desire o herwise. they must be kept in bed for a week following their discharge. That was essential, because, in the great majority of cases, a relapse is i fatal. t-i-ter Taj lor (the Maton), who is I laid up with influenza, is pro- I gr ■ -h-g ca»:»fac.orily. thought still confined to lied. | T irec deaths occurred at _ th< ! Fmeruencj- Hospital since last night, i viz .Samuel Brooking, a married man. aged 3u and employed a> a linker at Mrs. Warrens bakery; jo«e»h Padmorc. second steward at the Ha* ing* Uiul>. aged 32. single. . io anivcd from England about five years ago. and George Flojd. *mp!.->cd at th<- Paki Paki Fretzmg W’r rk?. a maii -i'd man, ag*'d about 30. Mr. Fiord's wife is lving danger. ,i !y ill at the hospital. It ■* with exceeding pleasure that we publish a contradiction of a >-> port, vh.ch w*i* pe.-.-istei'tlv and ;nsi*t>’nt’v ciretilated in Hastings yptlordiv afternoon, that Mr. P. 'M i- •: ■ f Paki Paki. : ad suc(•••■nibed to the presen. ep.'r.i-mtc. Mr Mar mey m i.-,- some an]irnn-:ii« ut Lcsteiday aft-moon but. at noon to-dav, his condition was not so gee.L' Since yesterday twenty three cases were discharged, but some discharged cases have- been taken back. At 1 p.m. to-day there were 90 cases in the hospita'. of which 11 cases were recorded as dangerous and the rest progressing satisfactorily. Three persons died between last night and this morn’ng, but there were no further deaths reported up to 1.30 p.m. It seems an extraordinarj’ thing that there is no place set apart in the Hastings Emergency Hospital for persons who are dangerously ill, with the result that patients are dying in the presence of cases who are progressing favourably and. bodies remain in the common ward for a considerable time after death. Furthermore, if these dangerous cases were housed n. a separate ward, the relatives of persons in extremis could be permitted to see them before they passed away. Apparently conditions are far from being what they should be in the ward, ami : t G boned t’-at s< me -Improved organisation will be provided for at . the meeting being hel ’ this afternoon. GENERAL NOTES. The Tebnhone Exchange authorities at Wellington are having a I large number of telephones rend-red uns°rvicqable by subscribers _ diernfocting sh freelv as to spoil thetransmitter. It 's requested that subscribers should refrain from at- ■ tempts at disinfection of this nature as they effect practically nothing and cause complaints that t°!ophones are out of ord-r. and the De- . partment has not the staff at nresen*- to remove tho defects The! health authorities have indicated tb.it infiimnza organism* d-> oirckly after emission from the human bn f lv so that there is little dancer of infection from telephones. Tf people ; feel that thev- must disinfect the te’enhones. wiping the mouth-piece ■ with a cloth slightly damped with disinfectant would not be objected to. and would be harmless. The epidemic in the country distrims has had the effect of closing down nearly all the shearing sheds i in the Wairnrapa. i An amusing irista r *ce of bow *h,,p.-fre’-t sometime* take* the p’.ice of real illness during the pr f .<s,mt r-T.v, endor the notme of one "f the ’•is'ting nurses in Wellington. Hearing that a man bad beer, in bed f nP some days she visited the house ami . found him quite well with a normal temperature, so inquir-d why be was iin bed. The '‘patient” replied that ; a friend bad taken hi* temperature, and said it was “sure to go tin.”. so he had gone to bed. °v ; dent'y with the intention of waiting for that event. As the nurse f-mnd he w: F -. who was wait’ng on th* “invalid, had a rather high temperature she suggested that the bed-keep) ng one should arise forthwith, and give ' place to his wife.

DEATHS IN CAMP.

AT TRENTHAM. 9172-1 Private Peters, Charles Ernest (Airs. C. E. Peters, Shannon) : November 19th. 79967 Lance-Corporal Brown, Thom as (Airs. T. Brown, Gisborne); November 19th. 77362 Lance-Corporal Slight, Herbert Stanley (Mrs. E. Slight, Feilding); November 13th. 9,325 Alajor AlcKenzie, Donald Bruce (Mrs. AlcKenzie, Trentham); November 19th. 5/146 Sergeant Simpson, Albert William (Mrs. E. R. Simpson, Upper Hutt); November IV. FEATHERSTON. 49492 Quartermaster-Sergeant Richard James Waghorn (Airs. F. E. Waghorn, w.); November 19th. 8-1355 Private George Henry Alarch (Mrs. Alary Alarch, Christchurch, w.); November 20th 85363 Private Charles Andrew Loasby (Air. Andrew Loasby, chemist, Christchurch, f.); November 19th. 55540 Private James Henry Leslie (Mrs. H. R. N. Allen. Ormondville Havvke’s Bay, in.); November 19th. 89732 Private Duncan McArthur (Airs Al. McArthur, Lichfield, Auckland, m.) ; November 19th. CHRISTCHURCH. 15960 Rifleman Alaxton Patrick (Airs S. Patrick, Christchurch, in.); November 20th. 2/1139 Quartermaster-Sergeant Ernest Pallant Cooper (Mrs Mary Ann Cooper. Addington, m.); November 19 th. 12/3-189 Private Arthur Swanson (Airs Eliza Swanson, Auckland, m.); November 18th. AMONG THE SUFFERERS. _ Dr. H. W. Cleary. Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, is still progressing satisfactorily towards recovery from influenza. Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P., who has been suffering from influenza, is now convalescent. Rescue work in Auckland has suffered an almost irreparable loss by the death of Miss Janet Hancock, superintendent of St. Mary’s Homes Otahuhu, who succumbed on Tuesday to pneumonia following influenza. Sister Reid, who, as matron of the emergency hospital ship Takapun* carried on so heroically until scarce ly able to stand the strain, was stricken down with influenza on Wednesday morning, and is now a patient in the Normal School Hospital. Mrs. and Miss Massey continue t< make satisfactory progress. Mr. J. E. Huntley, of Featherston has died from pneumonia. Amongst recent deaths from influenza were those of Mi James Riggir. stock agent, of Dannevirk?, and his wife; Mr. James Brown, of A sb.hurst, formerly of the Taratahi and Belvedere Dairy Company; Mr. J. K. Carpenter, of Daniitvirke. form erly a member of the Pahiatua Bor ough Council; Mr. Maurice Casey, of Auckland, ex-city councillor, and his eldest son. Dr. Hugh Pollen, who has been fighting an attack of influenza for the past ten days, was reported to be not so well on Wednesday, ami his condition was causing great anxiety. Aiming the (b aths at Wellingt<n from influenza are I). D. \\ eii chairman of the local Rugby Uniciand W. IL L. Gibbe.s. r< prescutativc cricketer. Three suicides ar-' ri ported this morning. Henrv Barlow shot himself under depression Iron. | influenza. T. E. Toll y, slcreniaii.i walked into th" harbour _ fully ' dressed, and was drowned, before he | could be stopped. Arthur Jiggins, a returned soldier, also a victim of tiie • pidemic. ju:np"<l from the top <>i | the six siorev Grand Hotel. Twentj-j two more deaths of soldiirs are re j ported. They are mainly rvturn"d nu n.-- Pre** Association. . I Dr. 11. J. Barnicoat. ot the Napier | 110-i-iia.. is down with a slight tack of influenza. Dr. ('. C. Ander-' s in. a senior medical student from Otago Unive-rsitv who had bo"n as sisting in combatting the epidemic at Napur. was yesterday compelled to take to his bed also. D.‘. !’. X- Harvey, of Napi-’r bacon traded inllu"nza. Major lI.AI. Schwartz, the South African < riek ter. died of influenza in Frar.e'-.—Press Association. Dr. T. Gihay senr.. mcdica 1 superintendent at the Nepier hospital. is still seriously ill. but we are pleased to report ,a_ slight improvement in his condition today. Private J. W. Brooker, formerly of Hamilton, but who, since the opening of the Y.ALC.A. hut at the Napier hospital has been an orderly in tha- department, died at the hospital last evening- from an attack of influenza. Deceased, during his stay here, have become very popular iamongst the soldiers. He was 29 years of age. and leaves a widow and Lne cliild. to whom deep sympathy is extended. . , > Sergeant-Alajnr Gallop, of tne D.'fence Staff. Napier South barhack*. who died from influenza, was vesterdav buried at Park Island and accorded a military funeral. M'-mbers of F. Battery. Defence officers anil other military officers ..ere present.