"Flu" Closes School

Several schools closed for a week on account of the flu epidemic with many children reportedly sick. The epidemic seems to be still spreading in the city. 399 new cases reported yesterday for the 48 hours ending at 10:00 am yesterday. Of these 289 for 24 hours alone. There were 10 deaths from the flu, 36 from lobar pneumonia and 11 from broncho-pneumonia between noon Saturday and midnight Sunday. The State Department of Health reported 494 new cases in the counties Saturday and Sunday. Physicians in rural communities are overwhelmed by the number of cases. HC Blake blames atmospheric conditions for the increase in the number of cases as moisture facilitates the spread of the disease, but he doesn't seem to be alarmed. He explains to Mayor Preston that the flu 'traveled in "up and down waves", but that in its present "up-grade tendency" it was not nearly as fatal as heretofore'/Newspaper article