Death Toll In Epidemic Still Heavy

• 550 cases and 68 deaths reported in 24 hours.• The article provides a table detailing the rate of illness and death in Buffalo during September and 28 days of October, divided into daily figures and causes of death.• Superintendent Hartwell must prepare schools to re-open. This includes a variety of cleaning measures described by Dr. Gram in a letter to the superintendent and repeated in the text of the Buffalo Express article.• The street car company has agreed to clean and operate cars under the guideline suggested by Dr. Gram. Dr. Gram’s staff will inspect cars daily.• The staff writer of the Buffalo Express states that not one-tenth of the cars are following these directives, specifically the injunction against closed windows.• The control committee announced that political meetings would occur at their permission, which is significant given the determined opposition health officials have shown such requests.• Authorities expect the outcome of restoration of street car services to act as a barometer for the danger of restoring public gatherings.• Dr. Gram discusses the affect of preventative measures in Buffalo and other cities, praising the swift and strict precautions in Buffalo as instrumental to the prevention of worse conditions.Newspaper article1,