City Health Officer Closes Schools to Stop Polio, Oct. 24, 1925

Paralysis Plague Closes Schools. . . Louisville Has Had Four Deaths and Cases Increase

Louisville, Ky., Oct. 24—Presence of infantile paralysis here this fall, which already has resulted in four deaths since September 1st and is continually increasing in the number of cases, today caused Dr. Ellis Owen, city health officer, to issue an order immediately closing all schools attended by pupils under 18 years of age. It was emphasized that the order was a precautionary one.

The order affected all public, private, parochial, dancing, Sunday schools and other schools attended by children under the 18-year age limit. Children also are forbidden to attend motion picture shows or any other public gathering until further notice.

The official report showed 19 cases and 4 deaths reported in Louisville. Numerous other cases and a few deaths also have been reported in other sections of Kentucky this fall, especially Owensboro, where two deaths recently occurred.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, October 24, 1925

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