Grip Wanes, But Copeland Urges Care

• “New Influenza Cases Take Big Drop to 4,403 And Deaths to 443, with Pneumonia Also Less”• “Corporations Ask for Serum to Inoculate Their Employes and Health Chief Rebukes Shonts”• New York has lowest death rate of 12 big cities in the country – only 10% average death rate with 50% at fourth week. Fall River had highest at 16% death rate and Philadelphia had 158% rate at the fourth week• Theodore N. Shonts had written Copeland to suggest people were safer in the subways than elsewhere. Copeland replied, “That may be so, but we do not think so.”• Polyclinic Hospital was closed yesterday as it is no longer needed to treat patients• Several saloons and motion picture houses have been closed on Staten Island and the dance halls in Manhattan ill be closed until they follow Dr. Copeland’s orders• “Dr. Copeland again voiced his disapproval of dance halls yesterday. He said that if public dances were to be continued, all dancers should wear masks, but that he had no authority to compel them to do so.”Newspaper article