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Show j CLOSE OF SCHOOLS useless, mm BOARD SAYS Si Supt. B. A. Fowler and members M of the county school board, have Is-y Is-y sued a statement regarding their at P titude towards the closing of schools 5 as a measure of preventing the spread 3 of Influenza. Their statement In pari is as fol-i fol-i lows: M "The schools should be tho last to I close, aud only arter all other gathcr- ings, particularly dances, picture n shows, meetings, house parties and j similar gatherings hnve closed. This I is thought proper in view of the fact that all the best information on tho I subject points to these two conditions, K namely, that the "flu" is a disease of 6 crowds; and second that closing the schools last year did not check the I spread of the disease, since in cities j where the schools wero continued, I they had fewer cases per capita than H where they were closed. New York H Citi is a notable example. j , Since "flu" Is a disease that flour-H flour-H irhes in crowds, congesting in dances or oven around store cornel's, and par-j par-j Ucularly inside close stores, barber S shops, and oven in poorly ventilated B homes will cause its spread much m more readily than any place, the kj school authorities feel decidedly op-N op-N poficd to closing schools after all of m the above named unfavorable condl-m condl-m Hons exist when the schools are FJ closed |