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Show III INFLUENZA IS1 General Blue Is h'fc' M-gurating Campaign J Jgainst Epidemic. 'ifin D. Roosevelt Is 6 111 at New York brFrom Disease. PN , lot'v. ! ! rsal Service. yt: (jTOX. Sept. 10. Surcreon t f'iipert Blue of the United States u 'llth service has asked the divi-r divi-r medicine of the national research jtV determine the exact nature of Tv'be or micro-organism, which is ,nhe so-called "Spanish influ- irl prompt action on this subject, I hJfJeneral Bine has addressed a ihIaJor Richard M. Pearce, chair- sj the national research council, ttf. represented in all the states, e (telegraphed all the state health :tc.i""send to the public health ser-ij. ser-ij. all information as to the dia-ieir dia-ieir Jurisdiction and also the ap-;d ap-;d of it in any new centers or a J.-ctter to Chairman Pearce, Sur-9n'ral Sur-9n'ral Blue said: i. .v of the importance which out- influenza will have on war 9 l'i the bureau desires to leave nL' ndone which will contribute to " '"'-standing and eventual control I . jction. Information is especially! 10 to the nature of the infecting i. e., whether it is the Pfeiffer k,s.r some other micro-organism, ?a-her It is identical in the out- different parts of the country." identic Recalled. of the disease and its prog-T'surgeon prog-T'surgeon general said today: Ofr-'ell known that the epidemic of :gy which swept a large part of id this country in 1S93 was an caused by very minute bacteria ifc.-poken of as 'Pfeif fers bacilli.' 'e iiiher hand, fairly extensive out--ii: an Influenza-like disease has iii-id to be due to other bacteria, neumococci, the germ of lobar important to know whether we dealing with the Pfeiffer bacillus fjme other germ. f l authorities throughout the ! should at onqe inaugurate edu-tampaigns, edu-tampaigns, teaching by all the (r methods the way in which y infections are spread, and l0ltis to be insisted upon to safe-r& safe-r& well, the importance of build-ut build-ut rodiJy resistance by a nutritious 1 fl by the free use of fresh air, the 'overcrowding and tfre like. !:ition Effective. rji example of what can be done direction, 1 recall the effective iineeze, don't spit' campaign car-by car-by the New York City health de-tii de-tii some three years ago. The of that campaign was, cover up -cough and sneeze; if you don't, 'pread disease. This is sound and ly practicable advice," ' reports received up to tonight, wing are some of the influenza 'Ttlcut Since September 1, sev-::dred sev-::dred cases in New rondon and Disease is reported in various -"oiighout the state. f .More than. 150 cases at Key ;-na The steamship Harold arrived September 15 with cases it: ie crew. ;! husetts Apparently widespread tin, especially in the vicinity of Hampshire A focus In Keene. a Several hundred cases of an n-like disease reported in vicinity . . sburg. i jr. St on A focus In the vicinity of Lake. jic Is Checked. .PN, Sept. 19. Deaths from influ- pneumonia showed a falling off n various sections of New En-this En-this city seventeen deaths were as against about twice that ..yesterday. Forty-eight deaths ,.rded in New England today; 4, e more than seventy yesterday, p.lthorltles believed the influenza ..ting pneumonia had run their t the cities and towns adjacent tnat- the disease is exacting its toll. Within two days two gullies of four persons each have Cred out in Maiden and Clifton-:f.;e Clifton-:f.;e development of 500 cases in .mainly among the workers at h ng plants, has caused an over-of over-of the hospitals. :lt Victim. "JYORK, Sept. 19. Franklin D. ' assistant secretary of the '. at the home of his mother here from an attack of pneumonia, rlveloped from .Spanish influenza , J while on hs voyage home from , t visit to Prance and Rngland. is Is not serious, it was stated. sevelt's return from abroad was ' a today by the secretary of the f,.e went abroad to inspect naval in the war zone. Reported. ' m', ,?epL 19- Eleven deaths, ,m influenza and three from pneu-('nt,r pneu-('nt,r re,I,orte' here for the, " ealn Per S'1 endinK at noon to U,', authorities expressed the ',!. lhe ePWemic. which started i: "to, was being successfully , Deaths yesterday totaled iUc. ;usand 111. 'J M5f.. Sept. i9.Five thousand it Mmp Sevens were under A",. base hospital todav, a .M,rr T '" wlUl Influenza. Six 1 purred over night. |
