Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-16 | Page 3 | Chicago Has 10,000 New Cases of Spanish Influenza

:Oticago Has 10,000 ' New Cases of Spanish Influenza CHICAGO, Oct. 15. With moro than 10.000 new cases of influenza reported in Illinois today public health officials prepared to extend the order closing all night schools, theaters, motion plc-I plc-I turo houses, lodges, skating rinks and 1 other places of public amusement. ! An extension of the order to include .all saloons in the vicinity of big in-: in-: dustrial plants and a possible ban on political meetings was forecast by Dr. SL Clair Drake, director of the stato public health department tonight All public dances already have been suppressed. sup-pressed. Many day schools throughout the state where there is not adequate medical med-ical and nursing supervision also havo been closed. An order closing all churches is expected before Sunday. Reports from 170 Illinois cities of over 1000 population show a total of 31,800 cases of the disease. Of these more than 10,000 were said to be in Chicago. There were 1S3 deaths from influenza and 134 from pneumonia in. Chicago today, while moro than 2000 new cases were reported. Mil nn I'l IH