Dead From Influenza, 7

• 23 cases have been received at the General Hospital and 14 were discharged, making for a total of 120 patients, the highest to date; the ambulance services is 17 cases behind, meaning there are 40 new cases to be admitted in total at the General Hospital• The status of the epidemic is noted as difficult to gauge as “new cases” include only cases that occurred in the last 24 hours and not all newly reported cases; this was not the case previously when all newly reported cases were included• 21 requests were made to Gannon to fumigate the houses of recovered or dead patients, the most to date• A number of patients are to be released from quarantine today; it is noted that quarantine is not being strictly obeyed with a number of homes not even being placarded• The army motor schools today completed the 20-day quarantine; there have been no new cases or deaths for several days at the schools• It is noted that no section of the city seems to be spared; McClure Flats, a 1 story tenement, has been placarded as “Unfit for Human Habitation” and Gannon will recommend that the building be condemnedNewspaper article