On the National front influenza was increasing in most parts of the United States. Mobile hospitals were set up in D&C to take on the overflow from public and private hospitals.  There were now calls for male nurses. There were concerns about profiteering on funerals by undertakers. There were calls for schools to close across the country.

In Rochester, the YWCA offered its facility to become a hospital to help treat the ill. It was expected that it would be open in a week.

18 people died from influenza and 5 more died from Pneumonia. There 665 additional cases reported leading to a total of 4,804 cases in the City. The youngest victim as Mary Ridikus age 3. The health director felt the cases would get worse before getting better.

Schools, Churches, Saloons, and Theaters were not going to reopen on Monday and were closed with no date to reopen.

The Executive Committee of the Ministerial Association of Rochester and Vicinity recommended that people of faith used the time they would have been in church to use that time in prayer.

The Red Cross Canteen and the Motor Corps were supplying food to sufferers from influenza who were unable to obtain food. “Leading hotels of the city, working in connection with the kitchen of the Mechanics Institute, are supplying the canteen workers and Motor Corps girls with nourishing broths and substantial dishes, which are carried to needy sufferers.”

© words by Daniel DeMarle 4/29/2020