Richmond Times Dispatch (VA)
06 February 1920
MANY CASES IN STATE
Reports of cases which have been received by the State Health Commission, Dr. Ennion G. Williams, show the flu is prevalent throughout the State. The number of cases reported yesterday from the various larger cities show Roanoke, 205 new cases; Norfolk, 355 new cases and four deaths; Danville, forty-eight new case; Portsmouth, ninety-nine; Alexandria, seven; Charlottesville, forty-six; Newport News, 344 new cases and three deaths. The total number of deaths reported to the State Health Department from various parts of the State on Wednesday was twenty-five. Incomplete reports made it impossible to make up the record for yesterday until returns come in today. The United States Public Health Service reports 688 new cases for Virginia up to Wednesday of this week.
At the Dumfries convict camp in Prince William County, thirty out of the thirty-nine convicts are down with the influenza, according to a report received by Dr. Williams yesterday.
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