Further Drop In Influenza Shown Today

• “Schools Closed Because So Many Persons Were Keeping Children at Home.”• Bulletin, 130 cases for Sunday and Monday• Christmas gatherings and parties should be avoided by everyone• The state as the whole is passing the worst of the recurrence of influenza that occurred; Seattle’s decline in cases continues as well• Superintendent Cooper has closed the schools for the holidays as any work done now will have to be repeated after the break for students who are absent• “A comparatively small number of absentees actually are or have been ill, but the morale of the schools was breaking down and to relieve the anxiety of parents they were closed temporarily.”• The schools playground will be kept open and supervised by teacher so children will be welcome there; parents are urged to keep them off the streets and away from big crowds• 6 deaths reported on Sunday• Misunderstanding is causing more work for the health department. If a house is quarantined, it lasts 10 days. If a physician OK’d it being removed sooner, the physician must call the health department to get the house removed from the quarantine list, the sign cannot simply be removed by the ownersNewspaper article1,