GUARDIAN: NANCY ADKINS, JACKSONVILLE
According to a Miami Herald article, several students succumbed to influenza and pneumonia in 1918.The 1918 influenza pandemic killed nearly 500,000 people in the United States. The "Official Report of Physicians Appointed to Investigate State Reform School at Marianna" which appeared in a November 19, 1918, Miami Herald newspaper article stated that 11 students/staff died as a result of the pandemic. The report noted that "Out of 247 boys all but three came down with it practically at one time: the assistant superintendent in charge of the colored side and his whole family. The matron at No. 2 died with it. In fact very few escaped the ravages of this insidious disease."
According to a Miami Herald article, several students succumbed to influenza and pneumonia in 1918.The 1918 influenza pandemic killed nearly 500,000 people in the United States. The "Official Report of Physicians Appointed to Investigate State Reform School at Marianna" which appeared in a November 19, 1918, Miami Herald newspaper article stated that 11 students/staff died as a result of the pandemic. The report noted that "Out of 247 boys all but three came down with it practically at one time: the assistant superintendent in charge of the colored side and his whole family. The matron at No. 2 died with it. In fact very few escaped the ravages of this insidious disease."
GUARDIAN: NANCY ADKINS, JACKSONVILLE
According to a Miami Herald article, several students succumbed to influenza and pneumonia in 1918.The 1918 influenza pandemic killed nearly 500,000 people in the United States. The "Official Report of Physicians Appointed to Investigate State Reform School at Marianna" which appeared in a November 19, 1918, Miami Herald newspaper article stated that 11 students/staff died as a result of the pandemic. The report noted that "Out of 247 boys all but three came down with it practically at one time: the assistant superintendent in charge of the colored side and his whole family. The matron at No. 2 died with it. In fact very few escaped the ravages of this insidious disease."
According to a Miami Herald article, several students succumbed to influenza and pneumonia in 1918.The 1918 influenza pandemic killed nearly 500,000 people in the United States. The "Official Report of Physicians Appointed to Investigate State Reform School at Marianna" which appeared in a November 19, 1918, Miami Herald newspaper article stated that 11 students/staff died as a result of the pandemic. The report noted that "Out of 247 boys all but three came down with it practically at one time: the assistant superintendent in charge of the colored side and his whole family. The matron at No. 2 died with it. In fact very few escaped the ravages of this insidious disease."
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