Cases Of Influenza Increase In Marked Degree Over Night

• Roby stressed today that there is plenty of hospital space for patients and urges the sending of patients to hospitals in order to prevent the spread of the disease among families; patients without means to pay for hospital care will be provided for at the public expense• The need for volunteer nurses is still noted, though the situation has been improved by members of the police department working as nurses or in other capacities for the Health Bureau• The Lewis Street Settlement quarters are now in operation under Mrs. Manning, superintendent; there are accommodations for 24 patients• A list of telephone numbers through which assistance gain be obtained is provided; it includes the hospitals, the emergency hospitals, the Red Cross, the Health Bureau, the Commissioner of Public Safety, and the Children’s Hospital and Health Association Dispensary [note: addresses are included]• The Gates Board of Health, chaired by Dr. A.C. Remington, closed all hotels, saloons, theaters, churches, and discontinued all public gatherings; these measures were taken under state law which provides local health officials the authority to take such measure to prevent epidemics; the sheriff’s office of the county will cooperate in enforcing the closures; the Times-Union notes that “thirsty Rochesterians are no longer able to find relief by resorting to saloons just beyond the city limits” [Gates is a western suburban town near Rochester]• Members of the Chamber of Commerce last night assisted the Red Cross by driving nurses and supplies to places where they were neededNewspaper article