Hospitals Quarantined To Bar Influenza Spread

• Commissioner of Safety Hamilton does not believe conditions call for the closing of churches in Rochester; he points to churches remaining open elsewhere in conditions worse than here• Quarantine against visitors at the local hospitals have been declared; at St. Mary’s and General Hospital, relatives of critical patients will be allowed to go to the door of the room• Roby advises that all persons caring for sufferers of influenza should wear gauze masks• Commissioner Hamilton said that police have been instructed to strictly enforce the ordinance against spitting; Sanitary Officer Willis has been instructed to see that to the enforcement of the ordinance• Some draft boards are postponing the physical examination of registrants• General Manager Hamilton of the New York State Railways said that everything possible is being done to check the spread of influenza; all cars used in Rochester are fumigated upon their return each night and the company, through its conductors, is attempting to strictly enforce the anti-spitting regulations; GM Hamilton said that he thought the Health Bureau should issue an order requiring the opening of windows in cars, because if the measure is only voluntary, passengers will close the windows; acting on this suggestion, Roby advised Public Safety Commissioner Hamilton to issue this order and he did this afternoonNewspaper article