On 10/9/1918 the Common Council gave Commissioner of Safety power to fix working hours in Factories and Stores, that crowding in Trolley Cars, and Streets may be prevented They then ordered all public, parochial and private schools closed until May 21st. There were an estimated more than a thousand cases in the City. Six individuals including 4 that day had already died including one physician. There were now special wards for influenza patients at General Hospital and they were now full. Nineteen nurses were ill.

© words by Dan DeMarle 10/9/1918