"Use Gauze," Is Plea Of Dr. Crosby

• Dr. Crosby says all delivery persons, those riding the street cars, clerks and city officials should wear gauze masks. Crosby: “Masks are our most efficient way of stamping out this disease. That’s why I am wearing one.” Credits masks with 90% effectiveness rate. • Requests volunteers to help staff temporary influenza treatment facilities installed at Municipal Auditorium• ‘Keep Moving’ signs to be posted• Streets to be flushed with salt water• Dr. Hammlin, member of County Institutions Commission, though acting independently, states he believes situation is much more grave than has been represented• Emergency funds obtained• General Manager W.R. Alberger of San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways says carmen on street cars experience significant difficulty in keeping windows open, since passengers keep closing them. • Chief Clerk John Mellon of health department said death toll for the past week was highest yet• 30 dead, 1388 cases so far• Dr. Crosby optimistic he could report decrease of the disease in a few days; encourages people to wear gauze masks as the most effective preventive policy; states one difficulty they’re facing is families in which all members are ill, without anyone caring for them—these cases will soon be installed in the Auditorium facilities. • No official proclamation has been issued yet, but city officials urge saloons to close their doors• Scores of girls remain absent from work, crippling phone serviceNewspaper article