Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-08

yesterday afteFneen to learn the
number ST eases trhieh had developed
lh districts there. As iii the upper
end bE the egHhtS, many OF the
Schools ia tsmns and boreughs were
closed and other drastic measures had
already been enforced by officials.
With the exception of schools In
strictly rural districts all others are
closed now. According to Superin-
| tendent f. Z. Shambaugh no action
has been taken by him in this mat
ter, but in cases brought to his at
tention he advised officials in the
districts to cooperate in every pos
sible way with the State Department
of Health.
All of the speakers who were listed
to make addresses and lectures at the
annual county institute which was
to have been held next week. have
been notified that the sessions have
been postponed because of the cpl
demic. According to Professor Sham
baugh failure to carry out the in
stitute program early in the season
is big loss to the county as many
of the teachers are inexperienced and
needed the instruction they would
have received.
DIR. B. Franklin Roger. State Com
missioner of Health, said that there
are now about 100000 cases of in
fiuenza in Pennsylvania with the
most serious developments in North
ampton. Monroe and Schuylkil coun-
ties.
while there has been an increase
| in cases of influenza reported in
PENNSYLVANIA over night, the ener-
getic manner in which local boards
of health are cooperating with the
State Department of Health, is most
encouraging," said DIR. b. f. Royer,
state health commissioner to-day.
DR.. Roger said that in every county
the state health officers had been
given fine support and that Pennsyl-
vania's organization was stronger
than it had ever been.
The nineteen districts into which
the state has been divided for super
vision of nurses, will be organized
to-day apd numerous volunteer
munity work. The nurses sent
to Pennsylvania by Washington
will be distributed where needed.
Advanced medical students are being
sent from colleges to assist at the
states emergency hospitals.
The western part of the state re-
ported few cases to-day, but in the
East, Lancaster city reported 3,0oo
cases with PhoeniXville, Coatesville,
Birdsboro, Reading, Stroudsburg,
Easton, Mansfield, Scranton, Potts
willie, Wrightsville and other towns
in that section and some of the min
ling communities sending in state
ments of more cases.
The Berkshire Country CLUB OF
Reading, has been offered to DR..
Rover for use as an emergency hos
pital.
DIR. Roger last night asked federal
lauthorities to send nurses here and
fifty will be assigned.
One of the first instances of gen.
eral aid has come from Pottsville
where people have turned over clubs
and houses for hospital use and
give nautomobiles for transporting
doctors and nurses. This county has
been very hard hit.
Two more deaths during the last
twenty-four hours were reported at
the Harrisburg Hospital as the re-
suits of the Spanish influenza epi-
demic. Four new patients were ad-
mitted, and two discharged. There
are 35 influenza or pneumonia pa
tients in the hospital at present.
Mrs. George Kennedy. who has been
rooming at 513 Walnut street, died
at the hospital at 10 o'clock this
morning She was admitted to the
hospital last night after having been
i'll about a week. Her husband is a
soldier with the American expedi
tionary forces in France. She was
aged 81 years.
Mrs. Susan Liddicks, 312 Chestnut
street, died yesterday afternoon at
1856 o'clock. She was IS years old.
Pneumonia developed from Spanish
| influenza.
Only two patients were admitted
to-day, suffering from the influenza,
and hospital authorities are hopeful
| that the crest of the epidemic is
passing.