Grippe Death Toll Drops 20, to 124

• Total influenza deaths from 9/14 to 10/10; 2503• Total pneumonia deaths from 9/14 to 10/10; 644• Influenza deaths 10/10; 96• Pneumonia deaths 10/10; 28• Smallest number of deaths since September 25• Health Commissioner William C. Woodward reminded the public to remain vigilant• Boston retail stores return today to 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. schedule, despite the Emergency Public Health Committee’s request that retail stores operate from 10 a.m to 6:15 p.m• The decision to alter the retail schedule is based largely on the ability of Boston Elevated to reduce congestion • Boston Elevated has admitted its inability to handle the volume required and reduce congestion• Statewide there were 6745 new cases and 146 deaths• Public schools in Boston will not reopen Monday• No deaths in 1st Naval District with 22 new cases; the Northeastern Army Department had no deaths and 5 new cases• Henry B. Endicott of the Public Health Committee argued again that churches should remain closed including places “not yet visited by the epidemic”Newspaper article1,