DISEASE HELD IN CHECK IN CITY AND ONLY ONE CASE HAS BEEN SERIOUS
IMPROVING AT ALL THE CAMPS
Green Bay Reports That The Climax Has Passed There — Outlook Is Now Good
The Spanish Influenza epidemic is abating. In the city there are many cases but few of them are at all serious. Robert Eberlein, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Eberlein is the one in Shawano who has been very seriously sick with the disease, and even yet is not out of danger, although this afternoon he is improving [1]. Green Bay and Shawano were the hardest hit, and the report from Green Bay last night says that the epidemic is held in check there. Clintonville has had no cases, and practically none in London, Appleton, or Oconto. In the East around Boston where the epidemic started, the condition is very much improved, and the reports this morning from Camp Grant and Great Lakes say that conditions are getting better there.
The measures taken by the city authorities to check the spread of the influenza here have been to close the schools, churches, places of amusement, public and private gatherings as far as possible. Ice cream can not be eaten in community dishes but must be taken home. No crowds are allowed to loiter in places of business. Today’s report shows a great improvement everywhere, and it is hoped that in our next issue we can report the danger practically passed.
Source: Shawano County Journal, Thursday, 10 October 1918
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