Epidemic Shows Slight Decline

*9,000 schoolchildren examined by school physicians yest and nurses; these children required certificates in order to return to school*School population is about 29,000, and about 1/3 have been absent either because they or one of their family members had flu [children with family members who have flu not allowed at school; start date of this order was not mentioned in Journal-Courier – check other NH paper]*Workforce of Southern New England Telephone Co. now doing better, but had 40% absentee rate at one pointNewspaper article1