The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-11
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In Than Only Reported 2:3
1880 Reported Ill. O'clcck Today.
1t Is Big Gain Over Previous Two Deaths Today and Si
High Mark of 15,4O1. Tuesday Are Recorded.
GRAND TOTAL ABOVE los 900 RELEASES FAR IN ADVANCE
Topeka Alone lei Pneu City Health Admits I'm
mona Cases Recorded. prOvement Is Shown.
General the Schools To Open Alphabet
State Are Improving. cal Plan Tomorrow.
Only 3S Cases Reported at 2:3O
O'clcck Today.
Two Deaths Today and Six
Tuesday Are Recorded.
RELEASES FAR IN ADVANCE
City Health Board Admits I'm
prOvement Is Shown.
Schools To Open on Alphabet
cal Plan Tomorrow.

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Six deaths occurred Tuesday and
two today from influenza. These
deaths were reported as being due to
the disease. 1t is possible that other
deaths were not reported as due to
the epidemic. The following persons
died Tuesday:
Roy Hargis, age 3, 924 North Mon
roe.
Earl Brown, 219 West Gordon
Mrs. Ruby Fredericks, 312 East
Sixth
Edward P. Brandt. 719 Garfield.
Mrs. Laura King. 1902 North Logan.
William D. Mitchell, 1903 East
Fourth.
This morning Charles J. Taylor, an
employee at the Fred Harvey eating
house died from influenza in a local
: ospital. The death of a Miss Iuth,
who lived at 721 East Sixth street oc-
Cured this morning also due to an at
tack of influenza followed by pneu
monia.
An encouraging feature today is the
fact that up to 2:3o o'clock this af-
fernoon the report on new cases to-
tailed only 80. This is considerably
smaller than the number at the same
hour on Tuesday. Releases reported
numbered 55. With releases SO hr
in advance Of the number of new
{ -ses the authorities regard tho situa-
ton as showing considerable Improve
ment over any day last week.
Conditions Improving.
According to DR.. H. L. Clark, city
ed as slowly improving. It can not
come all at once. however, and it will
only be after reports have continued
to dwindle for several days in sue
cession that there will be auy definite
assurance that the rigor Of the dis
ease is waning.
Last week S75 cases were reported
This was great deal larger than the
report in any one week during the
first outbreak of the disease. Accord
Ing to DR.. Clark, a death rate of
per cent would mean 26 deaths, or a {
per cent death rate would mean the
death Of 43 people. 1t is not believed
that deaths here will reach these fig
ures altho OUT of the large number o1
cases reported last week. q large PEI
cent of the stricken ones are regarded
! to be in q very serious condition.
| Judging from reports thruout the
country, says Doctor Clark, almost all
places where there was an outbreak OF
the disease at the time Topeka had its
+, first epidemic, are now experiencing
"a second epidemic which is even more
rigorous than the first outbreak. Chi
| CdSO, baItlif1OTo anu St. LOUIS ant
Kansas City are in bad condition.
| e / Modify the Ban.
| If conditions continue to improve
! Doctor Clark said this morning that il
might be possible in few days to re
lease some of the restrictions in regard
to the closing orders in force in the
business houses. He expressed M
! opinion a. to what the new regulation:
would be except that the time the
! stores may remain open will b.
| heightened. He expressed satisfa ctioI
with the manner in which the stor'
| owners had co-operated in seeing tha
| crowds did not collect in their eStab
| lishments.
i Commissioner W. L. Porter has OBJ
| tanned the services of the two mer
/ who served as orderlies at the hospita
| at the Washburn S. A. T. c. They car
| lend very valuable assistance at tn,
emergency city hospital. There wer'
26 patients in the hospital this morn
ing.
Schools Open Tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning the schools will
open on a relay plan in response t.
the request of large number o
patrons. The plan worked out b.
Supt. A ]. Stout and the principals o
the schools has been adopted by tn
city health department
According to the plan student
whose last names begin with the let
ters from A to e inclusive. will repor
for work at 9 o'clock on Thursda
morning. those from H to N inclusive
at 10 o'clock, and those from o to z
at IL o'clock. Teachers will make ar
rangements for the following days.
In the high school. junior hig1
school. and in schools where depart
mental work is done students who's
last names begin with from A to L. in
elusive. will report for work at
O'Clock on Thursday and those fror
Il to Z at l o'clock.
Need of Doctors.
1t is said that many persons hav
been unable to obtain medical assist
ance in times of emergency owing t
the fact that prac actically every phys
=, clan and trained nurse in the city
working to capacity. Many person
have returned to work before they ha
recovered sufficient strength from tn
attack of the disease which leaves tn
victim decidedly weakened. Many {
= these persons have developed pneu
: rlonia shortly after they were re
leased from the influenza.
DIR. Clark says that if al, persor
vic feel ID -sI:Cseo would stay {
home l.nuj. 4 was ascer;ai5sed whethe
I or not thcy we're developing influenz
; a big step wclIld be taken toward tt
stamping out OF the disoa Sc. Mar
have the disea Sc in a mild form whic
does not entirely inca pacitate thel
: and Yet they are dangerous as ca
: riers and of the germs.
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