Hospitals Told To Be Ready At Once

• Some local hospitals reluctant to accept influenza patients• City Corporation Counsel H. W. Byers: “It was finally decided to waste no more time in fruitless talk, but to simply demand that provision be made to care for the sufferers…the chairman was instructed to issue an order to such hospitals, requiring each to provide a specified number of beds for influenza patients at once.”• Special flu committee to require 50 beds in both Methodist and Mercy hospitals, and 10 beds in Iowa Lutheran, Congregational, and Des Moines General hospitals• Methodist Hospital yesterday had 60 influenza patients• Committee in negotiations with Des Moines Catholic college for use of Childs hall as emergency influenza hospital in the case of the hospitals being overtaxed• Byers: “…it is the consensus of opinion of the members of the committee that the epidemic is now well in hand…”• Teachers to make survey of city every Friday during quarantine• Red Cross contributing finances for care of influenza patients, with support of anonymous philanthropists should the epidemic grow worse• General classes at Des Moines college and drill classes of Des Moines college and Drake University SATC canceled by order of committee• No new cases of influenza reported Sunday, but Dr. Witte cautioned that few reports are made on SundaysNewspaper article1,