For the record - April 19, 2013

Meningitis cases: An article in the April 18 LATExtra section about Los Angeles County’s offer to give free meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residents said an average of about 25 deaths from the disease occur in the county each year. It should have said that about 25 cases — not deaths — occur in the county each year.

Jenny Lind explosion: An article in Sunday’s LATExtra about the commemoration of the 1853 explosion aboard the steamboat Jenny Lind said amateur historians who researched the event planned to place a copy of their white paper in San Jose State University’s California Room. The California Room belongs to the San Jose City Library, which is housed in the same building as the university library.