City Expends $72,000 In Fight On Influenza

• It has cost Buffalo $72,000 so far in its “battle” with influenza, and it will cost more.• The corporation counsel said that the health commissioner may be allowed to spend more money on monthly vouchers, “limiting the city’s liability (?) to the exigencies of the epidemic.”• The health dept. will report each month to the commissioner of finance and accounts for 3-4 months, until the council determines how much has to be appropriated.• The dept. of finance and accounts recommended issuing a “certificate of temporary indebtedness” for $163, 274.35, and this communication was “tabled under the rules.”• The total includes $72,942 for the influenza epidemic.Newspaper article