Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-11 | Page 3 | Epidemic of Grip Hits Navy District

1 EPIDEMIC lIC OF GRIP HITS JilTS NA NAVY ry DISTRICT Boston Sept 10 al aal Naval officials gail sak to today a that 1109 cases of or grippe grippe- hao haJ been reported among amon- tho the men of the first naval district since August AugustS S IS S Thirty six of or these cases developed lute pneumonia and 20 0 men died Effort to stop the spread of the disease apparently ap ap- ap- ap parenti aro are meeting with success ss Toda Today the radio school at nt Cambridge was placed under quarantine and all nU Instruction was suspended CommandIng Command Command- Ing InS Officer Nathaniel F F. A Ayers sail salo saloa saila a number of or the men had heavy colds cold such as had bind been expected with the first change a In temperature from summer sum sum- mer to fall weather Reports that tho the disease pro prevalent among the tho naval men was Spanish Influenza in influenza influenza In- In was denied at the headquarter eroC er- er of oC the thc first naval district