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Show aWM IS Conditions in the Various Army Camps Also Less Favorable. Epidemic More Pronounced in the East Than in the West. WASHINGTON", Oct. IS. Reports to the public health service today from thirty-five states showed that Spanish influenza influ-enza still is on the increase In most parts of the country. Conditions in army camps also were less favorable, the 4791 new cases reported to noon today showing that the di;aso apparently was stationary aftefiWa marked decline noted for several The epidemic still is more pronounced In the eastern section of the country than it is west of the Mississippi river, due undoubtedly to the more crowded conditions condi-tions in the large cities. Up to October 16 New Jersey had reported 107.839 cases with 2232 deaths, while in New York City 4733 cases of influenza with 330 deaths and 646 cases of pneumonia with 287 deaths were reported yesterday. Deaths in Pennsylvania up to October tj were placed at 10,046. In Delaware the epidemic apparently was subsiding. Fewer cases also were reported from Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, but in Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire the disease still was epidemic. epi-demic. MarvlarvJ also reported many new rases, as did Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The epidemic also continued in the middle mid-dle west. Louisville and five other uities in Kentucky have many new cases, -while Indiana yesterday reported 26S8 new cases outside of Indianapolis, where the disease is epidemic. The malady also continues in Illinois and Michigan, while Ohio reported re-ported that it is prevalent in thirteen cities of that state. Missouri reported epidemics in seven cities, Colorado in seven cities and Kansas Kan-sas in seven cities and many counties. The disease was reported from six cities and several counties in New Mexico. The epidemic also is widespread in Arizona. Idaho reported new cases from five cities; South Dakota reported the disease throughout the state; Wyoming reported 2600 cases during the past week; Montana Mon-tana reported 2000 new cases during the week ending October 12. Although influenza cases in army camps Increased sllghtlv, the number of pneumonia pneu-monia cases, 1599, decreased daring the twenty-four-hour period ending today at noon. Deaths were 657 against 684 yesterday. yes-terday. Influenza cases reported from all camps since the epidemic began now total 279,945; pneumonia cases, 42,675, and deaths, 13,681. Scarcity of Nurses. NEW YORK, Oct. IS. The scarcity of nurses is so great in this city that, to deal with the S'panlsh Influenza epidemic Health Commissioner Copelanfl tonight appealed to business and professional men to volunteer to work in night shifts in theJP'spitals, to relieve nurses who have on duty for many hours at a stretch. At a meeting of the women's emergency committee, an appeal for nurses was read rom Governor's Island hospital, where, was said, hundreds of soldiors sul'fer-1 sul'fer-1 from influenza were housed with only trained nurse to care for them. Jha health department announced to-PWi.'it to-PWi.'it a scale of wages for nurses and skfWed helpers had been drawn up ilch provided that the former should re-ve re-ve not more than l a day and the lat- $3. The health department also nn-unced nn-unced that'll is investigating alleged jflteering in funerals by undertakers ing advantage of the epidemic. sar of Influenza. In asserting that he had not changed i mind about keeping the schools open, '. Copeland said Investigation indicated at more than half of the absentees ere not attending school because of ar of influenza held by their parents id not because the children were ill. en if more teachers become ill, he said, deemed it so necessary to keep chil-en chil-en in school and under supervision that might bo necessary to call in "enter-Iners." "enter-Iners." Former Health Commissioner Goldwa-ir Goldwa-ir tonight urged that the public schools 3 closed at onco. Dr. Copeland today wrote the heads of le transportation companies in this city sserting that ho was "not satisfied With re conditions of ventilation in the cars," nd that although "possibly I may con-ede con-ede that crowding is at times unavoid-hle, unavoid-hle, I can never concede that free vendition ven-dition is at any time Impossible." Rear Admiral llsher today issued orders o all officers and enlisted men under his urlsdiction to keep out of the subway -nd underground tubes until the Spanish nl'luenza epidemic has abated. |