November 3rd, 1918 Rochester and the Influenza pandemic

In Rochester, the closing orders for businesses would end on Tuesday, November 5th at 7. in the evening.  It was noted that “Compliance with the precautionary measures involved, in most cases, considerable financial loss, but there were few complaints.”

In NY State it was noted that with the closing of sales of alcohol that the State has lost $4,775,854 which in 2020 equals $89,595,021.

In Rochester, there were 167 new cases and a total of 11,592 cases. There were 13 deaths from influenza. There were 4 from pneumonia.   The youngest were: 8-month old Aegust Mattei.

 

 

 

© by Daniel DeMarle 5/17/2020

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