Shawnee County KS Archives News.....Four More Deaths From Influenza October 16, 1918
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The Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday October 16, 1918 October 16, 1918

Four More Deaths From Influenza, Many New Cases.
Topeka Health Officers Insist on Early Care for all Suspects--Helps Cut Down the
Mortality List.
No Decrease and No Increase.
Epidemic Shows Little Change Either Way--Decrease Shown Over State Where Orders
Are Obeyed.
Four more deaths were added to the Topeka influenza death list yesterday. Oscar
PETERSON, 305 Lake street, died at a local hospital late Monday night. The death
of Margaret RANGEL, a Mexican woman, has been reported by a local undertaker.
Mrs. Loretta WILSON, 202 Monroe, and Billy MURPHY, a small child, 634 Adams,
died last night. Seventy-eight cases had been reported up to 5 o'clock, making a
total of 533 cases reported for the city. Many of these, however, were in the
Red Cross hospital yesterday evening. Four families are in the hospital. In thre
of the families, the father and children only are at the hospital. There are a
few patients who are ready to be released. Nine patients have been released,
cured. Seventy-eight patients have bee cared for at the hospital, upto the present.
There still is an urgent need of graduate nurses. Practical nurses are needed as
badly and will be gladly accepted if they will but apply to the hospital. Any
practical nurse who can help may call 1190 or 895, to volunteer her services.


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