28 Deaths From Grippe In Boston

• Although the epidemic is raging through Eastern Mass, public health authorities are still confident that if the public takes precautions the epidemic will disappear in short time• In Greater Boston there are more cases than ever before and the shortage of doctors and nurses is more acutely felt• The death statistics for Boston are as follows: Influenza: Saturday 9; Sunday 15; Monday 23; Tuesday; 28; Wednesday 28. Pneumonia: Saturday 12; Sunday 9; Monday 5; Tuesday 13; Wednesday 13• Epidemic at local naval stations and schools appears to be receding from its peak. 146 cases reported yesterday compared to 170 Tuesday and 257 on Monday• There are about 150 influenza patients from the Merchant Marine Training Service at the Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline. Eleven deaths were reported at this facility• Doctors advise disinfecting telephone transmitters, proper ventilation and avoiding infected people • Boston schools remain open but rumors exist that they will be closed within the next few days if epidemic is not checked• Boston Schools Superintendent Frank V. Thompson has arranged to have all cases reported at his office at the earliest possible moment• School Medical Director Dr. W.H. Devine sees “no reason for more alarm than earlier in the week”• Malden and Melrose schools are likely to be closed today or tomorrow on account of the large number of cases • Somerville hospital authorities announced yesterday that crowded conditions made it impossible to admit more influenza patients• Practically every city and a large percentage of the towns within a 25 mile radius of Boston reported one or more deaths yesterday from grippe• Fifty Army cases are now being treated at City Hospital• Four more deaths were reported at the Naval Hospital in Chelsea, three at Bumpkins Island Naval Hospital and one at Quarantine Hospital on Gallups Island in the First Naval District• The only station showing a large increase in cases was the Hingham training camp, where there were 23 as compared with 2 the day before and 11 Monday• Total cases in the district were 2595 with 66 deathsNewspaper article1,