86 Deaths From Grip Yesterday

• The 86 deaths in Boston yesterday were a record for the number of deaths in one day since the epidemic started• Physicians were not surprised by the high death rate due to the poor weather over the weekend. • Good weather forecast for the next few days. Gives doctors hope. Yet do not expect a decrease in deaths for at least 48 hours.• Doctors reported fewer cases yesterday. Leads to hope for a weakening of the epidemic. • Slight increase in number of cases in First Naval District yesterday. 116 cases against 77 the day before. Deaths dropped from 12 to 8.• The mortality rate throughout Massachusetts is surprisingly low, according to Dr. Eugene R. Kelley, State commissioner of health. • Hard to know the exact number of persons suffering from influenza because the disease is not reportable to the local boards of health. Only records received are in the case of death. • Dr. Kelley gave authority for any town to quarantine any home where there is influenza. He directs that this should not be done unless absolutely necessary. He says that schools should not be closed except in very bad cases. • 5,000 cases in Quincy, half are shipyard workers • In Quincy, under orders of Lt. I.E. Stow, public funerals are banned and directed citizens to avoid homes where there are cases of influenza. Theatres and public halls have closed. • In Cambridge, a committee is meeting today to determine if the schools in the area should be closed. School officials favor temporary suspension of classes. 3,400 students are ill or 22% of enrollment. • Everett schools will close for the rest of the week, following the death of a teacher and illness of 18 others. Were 1,258 pupils absent from school yesterday, estimated half were suffering from influenza. • Brookline schools will be closed for two weeks.• No school for a week in Winthrop, Reading, and Saugus. • Newburyport high school closed.Newspaper article