The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29
los MORE DIE FROM
GRIP IN 46 CITIES
1882 NeW Cases in Massa-
chusetfs-Boston Gets Help.

Boston continues 10 suffer from the
Spanish influenza epidemic. with no
abatement, but conditions In the nearby
military camps are improving. Canada,
the Red Gross and nearby States, inolud-
ing New York, have rushed aid to Bos-
ton and to other localities in Massac hu-
sets There were los deaths resulting
from the disease and 3.132 new cases
reported from forty-six cities, exclusive
Of Boston, up to noon vi erday, the end
of the twenty-four hoar Seriod.
Reports from Camp Dix last night
showed that sixty-niWe soldiers died
there from influenza and pneumonia yes
terday, increasing the total to 325
deaths. There are $3.50 cases now in
camp and 500 new cases were reported
yesterday. Only a small percentage OF
the new cases appear to be serious
which Is a hopeful indication to the
medical authorities that the diseases are
subsiding.
Camden, N. j.. apparently Is in a
most alarming condition. One physician
said, More than 300 cases of Spanish
influenza have developed in Camden In
the past twenty-four hours. Entire fami.
lies of eight. ten and twelve persons are
confined to bed. Twenty deaths were
reported to-day"
DR.. Walter Bray OF Camden said II
physicians would make frank reports
Camden would be seen to have the
greatest number Of cases in the country
Every physician. he asserted. has more
cases than he can attend. One physician
health commissioner. said he had six
ty-six cases in his private practice.
J. L. Leavitt. health officer of Cam
den. said influenza Is not a reportable
disease in, his city,, but that he does
know II Is Spreading 81
Five hundred ship workers are said to
have stopped work at.Camden and gone
home for treatment. State Senator
Joshua C. Haines Is seriously Ill there.
A hospital train with forty beds. si1
doctors and ten trained nurses lef,
Washington yesterday for Quincy, Mass
according to teiegfaphic advice from
surgeon-Gen. Blues office. Sixty-fiv
volunteers already have been listed and
they will be sent to Massachusetts q,
soon as. practicable. Others, win follow
the wire added. = ,'... o..
Meagre reports Throughout Massach
sets show that conditions are improving
and that the epidemic Is gradually sub.
siding except in o. few cities like Bos
ton and Quincy. where the disease go
a strong foothold and rapidly grew be
yond control. .,sf'H'A 20 -
tsDrowns University IL Closed.
sixty-fve out OF town students a
Brown University in Providence, r.. /.
were sent home yesterday because OF tn,
spread Of infuensa in the university an'
Newport, r. l.. showed a material in
| crease In the number of new cases, ESQ
in the last twentyzfour hours. .. Sod,
fountains were, closed, and most of tn
! churches will be closed to-day. The sit
| uation among army and navy men Their
shows continued Improvement
Forty-eight, new cases were reporte,
In Yonkers yesterday, twenty-one o
them among soldiers. ,, -, .. b..
Camp Upton reported 1876 new infiu
enza and thirty-three new pneumoni
cases yesterday; Five deaths occurred
New York city ip holding her own
There were only $50 new cases reporte
for the twenty -four hour period ende,
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Thi
was q gain Of only twenty-eight cases Il
population of, 100000. There wer
thirty-two deaths from pneumonia an
| fifteen from infiuenza-pneumonia.
| DR.. Royal s., Copeland. Health Com
missioner. was elated over the small
increase when he expected u create