Influenza Total Placed At 10,477

• The influenza epidemic has reached the stage where it can be handled by quarantining patients in their homes, in accordance with a new ordinance passed by the city council last Monday• Schools will reopen tomorrow• Theaters will return to normal at noon today and the only restriction that will remain in force will be as to dances, crowding in theater lobbies and conventions or assemblages that are likely to draw large crowds• Influenza reached its peak under the first ban on November 4, when 298 cases were reported. On November 6, there were 284 cases and on November 8, 217.• On November 14 cases dropped to 93 and improved daily until November 23 when 23 cases were reported• The recrudescence became apparent when on November 27 there were 172 cases• Cases increased steadily with 242 cases on November 29; 250 cases on November 30; 603 cases on December 1 and 2 until the peak was reached with 362 cases on December 5• On December 10 there were 333 cases; December 11, 207 cases• A sharp decline to 101 cases on December 12; 117 cases on December 13, after which the daily number reported dropped under 100 and has since steadily decreased• More or less influenza the rest of the winter is looked for• At the emergency hospital three patients were discharged yesterday and one was admitted• The current total number of patients at the emergency hospital is 22• “From the point of fatalities the influenza epidemic has exceeded anything that has ever visited Spokane”Newspaper article