More Influenza Cases Here, But Form Milder

• 518 cases; Tuesday reports are always heavier because weekend reports arrive• Starkloff not worried about rising number of cases and as the form is milder and affecting mostly children• 35 deaths• 17,384 cases and 1029 deaths total (1,000th victim died yesterday)• Of 359 children absent from school and examined by Health Department, only 6 had influenza• The need for volunteer nurses continues as nurses that have worked for weeks to combat influenza are exhaustedNewspaper article