From: Oakland Tribune, 10 October 1918, Page 2, Column 6
30 U. C. CASES OF INFLUENZA; 14 MORE HERE
Fourteen new cases of Spanish influenza had developed in Oakland up to 10 o'clock this morning, according to reports received by the city health department. It is rumored that a few cases have developed among car platform men. Most of the cases are among grown persons. Very few children have been stricken by the malady within the last few days.
All attacks are mild, according to Dr. Kirby Smith, city health officer. Patients are being isolated and precautions are being taken, Dr. Smith says, to check the spread of influenza. Persons suffering from bad colds are being closely watched for development of symptoms of the contagion.
Further precautionary measures are to be discussed at a meeting of the Alameda County Medical Association, which will probably be called soon, according to the health authorities.
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BERKELEY, Oct. 10- Following the discovery of more than thirty cases of Spanish influenza among the students, all University of California classes were this morning ordered held out-doors wherever practicable as a means of preventing a spread of the disease.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler today announced the indefinite postponement of his annual reception to freshmen students, which was scheduled for tomorrow evening at the president's house on campus, while university meeting, announced for Saturday morning in Harmon Gymnasium, was today transferred to the Greek Theater.
No postponement was announced today for the first community song meeting to be held tonight at Harmon Gymnasium, while other gatherings will be held as scheduled unless otherwise ordered.
Most of the influenza cases at the University of California are among women students.
Berkeley's other cases today mounted to eighteen, according to a report by Dr. J. J. Benton, health officer, to Commissioner of Public Health and Safety Charles D. Heywood. None of the cases is serious, according to Dr. Benton, and all have been isolated to prevent a spread of the disease. Drastic quarantine methods are being used only in pronounced cases of the malady. Persons with slight ailments are being isolated in their homes.
