Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
0VAvG BOARD OF HEALTH FINDS
Epidemic BAD IN MANY
IOWA CITIES.
DAVENPORT AND DUBUQUE
REPORT MANY CASES
In o<hsr Towns the Disease Seems to
hsvs Had lie Run and Many Arc
Asking That the Quarantine Be
lntsd-soms Cases Are Very Serious
And pssths Are Not lnfrequent.
Special to Times Republican.


Des MONIES. Oct. 23.-The epidemic
of influenza is too serious in Iowa TO
permit a hitting Of quarantine restric-
tions over the state as yet. There
have been reported 2526 new cases and
twenty-seven deaths within the past
twcnty-four hours for the entire state.
The most serious reports received late
yesterday were from Milford and
vicinity, 300 cases; Davenport, 2+5;
Carroll, lis; Cedar Rapids, lSI; Des
Moines, 113 and Dubuque, l21.
There rs no decrease in the Span
ish influenza epidemic at Davenport
when eighty four cases, Of which thir-
ten are severe were reported to the
board OF health yesterday. Seventy OF
these were reported yesterday morn
ing. The other fourteen came in late
Monday afternoon. Only five of the
eighty-four cases are reported as
slight. The number of cases to date
is 612. The reports show an increase
of nineteen cases over those Of Mon
day.
At Dubuque members Of the board
of health have expressed the opinion
that the present quarantine, the re-
suit Of Influenza will not be lifted lor
two weeks, since there is no indication
that the epidemic is subsiding. On
Monday morning at 10 o'clock there
had been lis new cases reported at the
office of City Recorder John Stuber.
The Sisters Of st. Francis, in Du-
buaue have volunteered their services
as nurses among the poor of the city
to aid in combating and treating in
fiuenza cases in Dubuque. The sisters
will work under the direction of'the st.
Vincent de Paul society. The sister
teachers at ST. Mary's, Holy Ghost,
Sacred Heart and Holy Trinity paro-
cl1ial schools will not confine their
work to nursing among poor families,
however. but will assist wherever their
services are needed. Mother Superior
Sister Mary Colletta offered the serv-
ices Of some thirty sisters, Monday
after receiving permission from His
Grace. Archbishop ]. J. Keane.
Reports from physicians in Sioux
City indicated that spread Of the cpl
dennic had been checked. Many cases
in the city, however. are critical, they
said. The state quarantine is effective
IN Sioux City and the recent ban
placed upon theaters. schools. churches
and all other public gatherings can
not be lifted by the board of health
here, members said today.
The Influenza situation at Iowa City
h reported from an sources to be de-
cidedly better. With near 1000 cases
at the university there have be-
twenty-one deaths up to this time,
with Indications that very few more,
il any will result. There are now less
than 80 cases in the various hospitals,
while the Elks home, the Masonic
temple and three other inprovised hos
pitfalls have been closed and only the
law building and the women's gym are
now used in addition to the regular
general hospital where all severe cases
were transferred. There are but very
few new cases coming in. A few men
of the vocational training detachment,
coming in last week from South
Dakota, are down with the epidemic.
Outside Of this there are said to be
almost no new cases in the university
and training camp.