_1904_ _1914_ _1918_ Banks & Trust Cos. 17 28 27 " " " " Deposits $ 48,593,824 $ 91,881,371 $ 150,584,502 Insurance Agencies 50 96 110 Fire insurance in force $ 585,496,689 $1,823,849,317 $2,472,090,772 Life " " " $1,416,345,076 $3,306,711,318 $4,879,947,621 Building & Loan Associations 111 245 259 Postal Savings Deposits (Begun Sept. 15, 1911) $27,573 $42,587 3. General Growth: _1904_ _1914_ _1918_ Population (Bd. of Health estimates) 272,000 395,000 430,000 Names listed in Newark directory 105,631 172,756 201,894 Corporations listed in Newark directory 573 1,695 1,751 Building permits granted 2,155 2,104 1,696 Amount spent on buildings $6,000,000 $10,610,277 $5,000,000 4. Factories: _1904_ _1914_ _1917_ Establishments not available 729 820 Total capital invested " $141,796,120.00 $204,249,525.00 Cost value of material used " $ 89,998,186.00 $203,732,015.00 Selling value of goods made " $167,793,408.00 $332,426,904.00 Average number persons employed " 57,156 69,066 Total amount paid in wages " $ 30,714,116.00 $ 53,277,897.00 Average yearly earnings of workers " $ 537.37 $ 771.41 _Infantile Paralysis_: Epidemic occurred during July, Aug. and Sept. 1, 1916. 1,360 cases with 363 deaths. Greatest number of cases reported week ending Aug. 12, 260. Highest prevalence under 5 years of age. Necessitated closing all-year and summer schools, July 19, 1916, and postponing the opening of fall sessions until Sept. 25. _Influenza_: Outset of epidemic apparent during last 4 days of Sept., 1918, when 435 cases were reported. Simultaneously a remarkable increase in pneumonia. Greatest daily number of influenza cases reported was 1,626, on Oct. 14. Most prevalent in Oct. but continued through Nov. and Dec. with a total of 29,269 cases of influenza and 3,853 cases of pneumonia. High prevalence was between 20 and 30 years. Total deaths, Oct.-Dec., 1918, were 1,354 from influenza and 829 from pneumonia. All public drinking places, theaters, churches, dance halls, billiard rooms and other public places of assemblage closed Oct. 10-22. Schools closed Oct. 11, reopened Oct. 28.