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Show 211,000 FLU CIS III Ail Epidemic Spreads to 30 of Larger Camps, and 7432 Deaths Are Re- ported rNearingT Cfes t By Unite sra. WARHINUTON, Oct. 11. Two hundred and eleven thousand rases of influenza have been reported in army ramp to date, with 7432 fatalities. On week ago only hviiA of the forty-two larger camps wer Infected. Ther ar now thirty-three uch mw reporting mora than too cases earn for In week. Th number cf new cass and deaths, aa reported to th war department, continued lo show an Increase. SPREADS RAPIDLY. Th InHuenta epidemic continued with greet Intensity In ths majoritr of camps and-tatlon In th I'nlted Htate during th paat week, tha war department announced today. It I spreading rspldly westward. Many new aamps r now affected. In Raatsrn camp, wher th epidemic first appeared, comparatively few new eases sr now being reported. Th epidemic appear to be at Ita height In Middle tVsst camps. Northern cantonments can-tonments hav suffered most severely. SOUTH NOT HARD HIT. The disease aa It haa appeared In th South has been lesa frequently complicated by pneumonia, and therefor there-for less fatal. In view of th number of camp now Infected and tha progren of th epldemlo . In . the writer camp affected. af-fected. It la believed that within a ahort tlm th peak will he reached and sn Improvement In condition may 5e expected. DEATH RATI GROWS. During the week there were 431 1 new cases, compared with t2JO of last week, while th death rat Is two and on-half tlm greater thaa that of ths preceding wk. Thee exceedingly "high rates art without precedent sine th troop were mobilised last year. Cases of disease reported for th week follow: Influensa. II 471, aa compared com-pared with 7.H laet week; pneumonia. pneu-monia. MM, as compared with 4111 la at week: meaalee, 461. a compared with 121 last week; mlnlngttig, 2T, as compared with II last week. ROME CLOSES SCHOOLS. By United Frees. ROMK, Oct 11. Owing ta ths prevalence of Spanish Influensa, reopening re-opening of the schoolo has been postponed post-poned until November 4. |