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Show 'FLU' IMPROVES IN SIXSTATES Spreading in Other Parts, With Additional Cities Affected. Epidemic Under Control in Boston and Normal Con-ditions Con-ditions Resumed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Improvement in the Influenza situation In six states jpas shown by reports received today by jho public health service, but twenty-Seven twenty-Seven other states reported the disease jitlll spreading, with many additional cities and rurul districts affected. Conditions Con-ditions apparently were worse in Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, where U Is estimated 360,000 Oases have ocoured, with probably 150,-$00 150,-$00 In Philadelphia. For the first eighteen eight-een days of October, 14,805 deaths were reported In the slate. In army camps a slight Increase In fcoth Influenza and pneumonia cases were reported Sunday, but a decrease was shown today, with :to07 Influenza cases 4nd 7G8 pneumonia cases, the lowest figures fig-ures reported since the epidemic became genoral In tho camps. For tho forty-tight forty-tight hours ending today at noon new influenza cases -Totaled 6Gti, pneumonia 2071) and deaths 919. Those figures brought the total of influenza in-fluenza cases slnco September 18 to 290,-1H7, 290,-1H7, pneumonia cases of 46,055, and deaths from all causes to 15,072. States reporting improved conditions today to tho public health service were Lelaware, Maine, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Tennessee. New cases In fl.ll these states are decreasing. Bad in Connecticut. The public health service announcement announce-ment said that it was estimated that ISO, 000 cases had occurred in Connecticut Connecti-cut up to yesterday, with U625 deaths reported, re-ported, in Now York thirty-seven cities out of sixty-one, exclusive of New York City, have registered 1S11 deaths from October 1 to IS, while In New York City there were 646 deaths yesterday. In California 25,000 cases iiad been reported re-ported to October 19; Nebraska reported 8753 cases and sixty-six deaths In sixty-six sixty-six towns on Saturday, while many new cases were reported In Alabama, Arkansas. Arkan-sas. Colorado, Florida. Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mis-souri, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Caro-lina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, Vir-ginia, Wisconsin, Utah and Washington. |