| Show SUBSIDENCE OF INFLUENZA IN U. U S. S REPORTED Pacific Coast Slates States Show Improvement Change in iii inV V Camps Is Slight 4 Washington I Oct 21 Further I-Further Further e ab- ab b- b Wenco of or tho epidemic over tho tha f country countr was Indicated In reports received cc toda today Li h by tho tuG public health states stales The four service T i e from Cort four forty situation still sill Is serious In Iii m lO lOn n nv lo localities Jo- Jo arid and more particularly however howe In fri tho the larger Jarger cities today to today to- to There Thero was vas practically no flO change chane 2772 new cases be being being heIn he- he cl day In arm army camp In ing reported a decrease of oC one O from rom Pneumonia cases casts Oc- Oc ef e- e total yesterdays yesterday's days day's J to 61 to- to toh f from yesterday h hy nfl and d datIs were Oi n t 27 the day he before Co The Lutil 1 of Influenza cacs reported now Is 1 n cases ami anul deaths Show ho Improvement nt Camps Dix N N. J. J and Grant JU III where Influenza epidemics have havo been particularly serious did not nou report a while only seven e ere single lingle new case cadet I Mass Tho The tHI from Camp ens Devens largest number of ot new caei reported Ala 11 today was from amp With 12 Arkansas reported today that tho the peak had hl been beell passed p in tho lar larger er towns but that conditions were more moro serious In the tho rural districts Connecticut Con Con- In reported a n general s decline tho number numb or of oC cases but hut that the tho disease disease dis dis- ease still is active In the lars largo cities California has reported a of oC cases In Florida deaths In tho the Celtics cities and earl early this towns town increased rapid rapidly month but the they new show a sharp de de- de crease t I Mining DI District lilt JIlt in In Arizona the tho disease Is spreading to some c extent tent In tho the mining districts Dut elsewhere is on tho the decline The Tho total cases reported In Colorado Is 11 while In other far western vestern states the tho disease is epidemic In most cities Improvement is is shown In Washington Washing Washing- ton and anti Oregon as ns well as ts California In Jn the northwest conditions continue continuo serious particularly In Minnesota but butIn butin in Jn the states bordering on the MississIppi Mississippi ippi river there Is a decline In the nu-m- nu bet bei- of oC new ne cases Over the south and east generally Improvement Is shown but tho the disease u still Is active In most of or the large cities including New York where deaths death were wera reported tolla today Boston Doston Providence Provi Provi- dence R. 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I Philadelphia Washington ton Cincinnati Cleveland Indianapolis Chicago o and Louisville San Franciscans Must Wear ear Masks 1 San San Francisco Oct 24 An An ordinance compelling compelling- the tho wearing of or gauze masks h by every person in San Francisco as asa means a of oC preventing pre tho spread pread atthe of at the Influenza epidemic was passed toI to- to I 1 day y by the thi board of supervisors at the tho request of or the tho board of oC health Penal 1 ties Hes for violation are are fines tines ran ranging I from 5 to or ten days days' Imprison- Imprison I I ment or both fine tine and imprisonment The ordinance Is immediately effective Masks may be discarded only onh In homes or during during- meal times The total number of ot cases of or SpanIsh Spanish Span Span- ish hh Influenza in California pas passed ll toda today it was announced by the board of ot health New Nev York City ew York Oct 24 Making deductions deduc deduc- lI JOM from Spanish influenza mortality statistics Jn In other cities Dr Royal S S. S Copeland opeland New Nev York he health commissioner commis abner predicted tonight that New Kew NewYork's NewYork's Yorks York's death rate which had climbed steadily from 10 per 1000 to 50 per 1000 will begin be ln to drop next week Although he insisted the epidemic appeared to be on the decline Dr Copeland opeland urged tho public to seek beck vaccInation vac vac- as another epidemic of oC Influenza in influenza In- In is predicted for next spring b by man many authorities Pennsylvania I I harrisburg 1 Pa Ia a Oct 24 Influenza 24 Influenza 4 is Increasing In tho tue rural districts of ot Pennsylvania according to a statement tonight ht by Dr R. R F F. Ro nO cr er acting state commissioner of health who said the disease was Invading the entire anthracite anthracite anthracite cite coal field and seriously curtailing L production Superintendents of or three largo large anthracite anthracite an nn- corporations said Dr foyer Royer estimate from 25 to CO 50 per cent re reduction reduction reduction re- re in output during the three weeks of oC October As a result of or our losses osse b by deaths and impairment of oC health J following l Influenza a further x seduction of oC from 15 to 20 0 per cent for tor thirty days das thereafter Is Indicated Baltimore Baltimore Oct 24 Tho mo Tho encouraging reports of oC the tho last several Rc days das on the situation here and arid throughout through through- out the state culminating In a still bf ono one toda today resulted In orders by tho the city health authorities removing I p some Fame of the restrictions o adopted to aid In checking the thc spread of the disease ft 1 Denver Denyer Denver Oct 24 The 4 Tho Spanish epidemic in Colorado was waR characterized char char- tonight by Dr E. E E E. Kennedy secretary of the state health board as abating last east of ot the mountains but Il at Its HH hel height ht In the mountain re region and Bud west vest of at the range Reports to the board showed Gil new ca cases cs 8 38 pneumonia cases and SS is deaths during the past llast twenty four hours additional additional addi- addi In Denver Den there were wera fourteen deaths and now new cases casca rolO re ro- ro lO ported rt ed Chicago fo Chicaro Oct 24 Great 24 Great improve improve- n-ent n In tutu influenza n a situation throughout hout Illinois was reported tOnight to tonight to- to night b by DV 11 St. St Clair Drake state public public pub pub- lic lie health director Dr Drake said sail that vaccine was boin being sent to tu all aJl draft and that hospitals hoards boards in the thc state wlate an and antitoxin stations of at which there were vere from three to to ten In ever every county would supply physicians and general practitioners t I 0 fl C rs Omaha Omaha Neb eb Oct 21 The The Spanish Influenza Is 13 checked here lucre according t t t- Health OCl Officer pr Manning thin morn morning lh The Iho report for the twenty four hours shows fifteen ending at noon today d deaths and el new cases of oC Spanish influenza Globe Globe Ariz Arit Oct 2 1 With 24 With a steady c llY Increase Ie In deaths here herc and In Miami seven se miles from here her as a result of oC the thc rapid spread of oC Spanish influenza health authorities are taking more rigorous rigorous rig rig- I orous action to halt tho the spread of uC the disease In the last twenty-four twenty hours I nineteen persons ha have died from Influenza In Influenza In- In und and pneumonia In the two towns Of Ot this number three died I here hore and sixteen in Miami 1 A total of ot persons ler have tI died in the two towns since the beginning of oC the epi epi- epi demic Kansas City Kansas ansas City Mo 10 Oct Z 24 Official Official reports of oC six eighty new cases of oC In Influenza Influenza lii- lii today y gave officials some hope the crest of the epidemic had been reached New cases reported yesterday yesterday yester ester I da day totaled |
