Contagious Diseases Increase in Schools

• School officials reported that almost half as many absences resulting from fear of influenza as resulted from actual influenza were reported after a canvas Tuesday (1/7)• On that day (1/7) 895 students were out with influenza and 426 pupils were out because their parents feared infection for their children• 4600 students were reported absent during the last week, only 10% of the total school population (10% present)• For this same period the past two years, student attendance has been 94%Newspaper article