Schools Closed Till After The Holidays

• “Ban Put on All Meetings After 1467 New Flu Cases.”• Mayor Kiel and Commissioner Starkloff have closed the schools until after the Christmas holidays and that no special permits for meetings would be available from now on• 67 deaths• Almost half of the new cases are children (690 cases) with 157 cases in orphan homes• 23,784 cases and 1226 deaths total• The schools were closed because children are getting the disease and also because the school teachers are needed by the Health Department elsewhere• The Red Cross needs ambulances badly for their work; 60 people had called to ask for ambulances and there were none to send• 30 nurses from Jefferson Barracks are being spread throughout the city• Tausaig Open-Air School has once again been converted into an emergency hospital because of overcrowding at City Hospital and private hospitals as wellNewspaper article1