• Absences in school attributed more to a fear of influenza than actual influenza infection. • 80% attendance in elementary schools and near average attendance in high schools (much higher percentage) • Children are monitored and sent home if they are sick• Nine schools remain closed due to the prevalence of influenza in their areaNewspaper article
• Public school officials questioning whether to close schools until epidemic has passed• Attendance...
• “Health Officer Peters was making a thorough investigation of influenza conditions Friday and said...
• Pamphlets with flu precautions distributed• Plan devised by Drs. Rockwood and Childs for school cl...
• Denver public schools, closed since 10/7, will reopen Monday, except in sections where influenza i...
• The re-opening of schools saw attendance over what officials expected• 9 schools did not re-open b...
• School officials reported that almost half as many absences resulting from fear of influenza as re...
• There are 9 schools (Bryant, Webster, Smedley, Garden Place, Globeville, Elyria, Swansea, Ironton,...
• Public schools will not be open today and will be closed for the rest of the week. • Private schoo...
• Officials explain that schools will be closed due, not mainly to health concerns, but to lack of a...
• Hospitals are filling up with influenza patients again but the cases are milder and there do not s...
• More than 2,500 students and 47 teachers out of school on account of illness• Greiner, president o...
• “St. Paul has so carefully guarded against the spread of Spanish influenza that public schools wil...
• 22 more schools closed, making a total of 27 out of 65 Minneapolis schools• C. W. Jarvis, hygiene ...
*John R. Hornady, City Commissioner, says it’s impossible to know the extent to which absenteeism in...
• Schools will not be closed until Monday, if at all, according to city health office. Dr. Peters sa...
• Public school officials questioning whether to close schools until epidemic has passed• Attendance...
• “Health Officer Peters was making a thorough investigation of influenza conditions Friday and said...
• Pamphlets with flu precautions distributed• Plan devised by Drs. Rockwood and Childs for school cl...
• Denver public schools, closed since 10/7, will reopen Monday, except in sections where influenza i...
• The re-opening of schools saw attendance over what officials expected• 9 schools did not re-open b...
• School officials reported that almost half as many absences resulting from fear of influenza as re...
• There are 9 schools (Bryant, Webster, Smedley, Garden Place, Globeville, Elyria, Swansea, Ironton,...
• Public schools will not be open today and will be closed for the rest of the week. • Private schoo...
• Officials explain that schools will be closed due, not mainly to health concerns, but to lack of a...
• Hospitals are filling up with influenza patients again but the cases are milder and there do not s...
• More than 2,500 students and 47 teachers out of school on account of illness• Greiner, president o...
• “St. Paul has so carefully guarded against the spread of Spanish influenza that public schools wil...
• 22 more schools closed, making a total of 27 out of 65 Minneapolis schools• C. W. Jarvis, hygiene ...
*John R. Hornady, City Commissioner, says it’s impossible to know the extent to which absenteeism in...
• Schools will not be closed until Monday, if at all, according to city health office. Dr. Peters sa...
• Public school officials questioning whether to close schools until epidemic has passed• Attendance...
• “Health Officer Peters was making a thorough investigation of influenza conditions Friday and said...
• Pamphlets with flu precautions distributed• Plan devised by Drs. Rockwood and Childs for school cl...