Open The Hospitals

• Influenza is again reaching epidemic proportions in Lowell• It is believed the board of health should institute isolation as a preventative measure against the influenza epidemic• Isolation, while inconvenient, would protect the public and stop the spread of the disease• The use of masks prove the contagious nature of the disease and for this reason, it is believed the isolation hospital should be reopened• The superintendent Dr. Smith should devise plans to meet the demands of the epidemic as many people are dying of the diseaseNewspaper article