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• International News Service, Great Lakes, Illinois—• 100 deaths have occurred at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station since September 9, and 4,500 are currently ill.• Captain Moffett feels that the illness is under control.• During the previous two weeks nearly 7,000 people had become ill.• North shore community authorities are working will military professionals to prevent a heavy civilian death toll in neighboring communities. ; Newspaper article ; 8

After completing lifting the ban, picture theatres were busy with people much like other business in town. Churches will reopen on Sunday and schools probably on Monday. Most remaining cases are expected to recover and no new cases have been reported. The Western Maryland Railway reported 167 employees ill. Also, after lifting the ban, the Draft Board is getting ready to send out the questionnaire to military registrants. ; Newspaper article ; 3

• Dr. Crosby announced that the mask ordinance will not be reinstated• ". . .the influenza situation is to be handled through in [sic] the individual in the future and not by ordinance."• Data from throughout the country showed no difference in the rate of cases and deaths regardless of precautions taken by local governments• San Francisco closed public gathering places and enforced face masks, while Los Angeles which did nothing, had a 10% larger drop in death rate in November• Crosby: "Mask-wearing has proven itself a health measure, but the results do not warrant my asking for remasking in Oakland."• 94 teachers and 25% of students are absent through illness ; Newspaper article ; 2

• Gov. Goodrich issued a proclamation, quoted in full by the Star, urging compliance with all health officials and health measures and promising the full support of the state government in fighting influenza; he orders that commissions or committees to oversee the influenza efforts be set up in every county and larger city; he suggests that the commissions consist of health authorities, the mayor, the chapter chairman of the Red Cross, a representative businessman, the school superintendent, the sheriff, a representative of women's clubs, and other citizens that are deemed advisable; the executive of such committees, when named, is to be reported to the state authorities, along with daily reports of the commissions activities [Note: There is some question as to whether this includes Marion County and Indianapolis; earlier reports implied it likely would not]• County figures, excluding Marion, are provided ; Newspaper article ; 6

• Slight decrease in death totals but doctors believe there will not be a let-up until better weather returns• Naval and military cases and deaths are decreasing. This is not the case with civilian population. All city hospitals are filled no more patients are to be admitted. • Nurses everywhere are sick with the disease. • Quincy has enlisted naval surgeons to help fight the epidemic. Conditions are very bad in Quincy. • The Lynn Red Cross, with help from Mayor Creamer and Board of Health, opened up a 15 bed emergency hospital on Martin street to accommodate for influenza patients. Will be known as Red Cross Emergency Hospital. The Lynn Hospital and the Union Hospital accommodations are not sufficient to care for the soldiers, as they are both filled to capacity. ; Newspaper article ; 14

72 new cases of flu reported today and 700 for December. HC Blake is not alarmed and does not fear another epidemic. He attributes the high number of cases to physicians reporting cases more promptly. The disease is spreading in other states around the country and in military camps abroad. This makes many people worry that a second epidemic is possible in Baltimore. There were 4 deaths of flu and 4 of pneumonia reported. ; Newspaper article ; 13

""Homelessness in small towns and rural areas is on the rise. Drawing on interviews with and case studies of three hundred children and their families, with supporting statistics from federal, state, and private agencies, Vissing illustrates the impact this social problem has upon education, health, and the economy.""