Grippe Wave Over Crest, Say Doctors

• Total influenza deaths from 9/14 to 10/6; 2014• Total pneumonia deaths from 9/14 to 10/6; 545• Influenza deaths 10/6; 153• Pneumonia deaths 10/6; 37• Health authorities believe the crest of the epidemic has passed, although there hasn’t been a great falling off of new cases• Commissioner William C. Woodward said that the increase of cases is more apparent than real, as several deaths belonged to yesterday’s toll but were not reported because of the half-holiday• Calls for physicians decreased yesterday; 41 versus 73 on Saturday There were 49 ambulance calls versus 55 for the previous day• Soda fountains and saloons will remain closed today• Protestant churches in Greater Boston generally closed yesterday while Catholic churches had brief masses• There is still a shortage of nurses. As a result, Commissioner Woodward has begun working with the Massachusetts Association for Equal Suffrage to organize churches into volunteer nursing associations• Each church will select a number of nurses’ helpers, who will act as assistants to the trained women in their districts• Authorities continue to try to lessen the congestion on the Boston Elevated. A solution has not yet been found• Reports from State institutions show appearance of epidemic among inmates• Patients received at St. John’s Seminary, Brighton, which has been accepted for hospital use. Twelve patients were admitted• 15 nurses have been sent from Montreal to Boston• Chelsea reports that fewer influenza cases were reported yesterday than on any day in the past two weeks. There was only one deathNewspaper article1,