City Schools And Theatres Closed To Halt Influenza

• Women’s Committee, Council of National Defense, and Red Cross appeal for nurses• “Do not ignore this call.”• Dr. Krusen announced all schools, theaters (including movie theaters), and public gathering places will be closed as soon as notices can be sent out• The Philadelphia closing order does not include saloons, but several other towns in the region did close their saloons• Gloucester has more than 3,000 cases currently, and is requesting 12 more physicians• A group of women who had worked as professional nurses have formed an emergency nursing association and are visiting impoverished flu victims• Each doctor in Philadelphia sees between 90 and 125 patients a day, and druggists spend all of their time filling flu prescriptions• University Hospital placed under quarantine due to the number of flu cases there• Student soldiers ordered to keep windows in barracks and classrooms open at all time• Pusey & Jones shipbuilding plants report 1,782 employees ill with the flu• Bryn Mawr put under quarantine – students not allowed to leave campus, and visitors questioned before allowed to enter campus• Knights of Columbus show nightly outdoor movies at Camp Dix, which draw up to 4,000 viewers a night• Director-General Charles M. Schwab of the Emergency Fleet Corporation concerned at the effect of flu on the rate of shipbuilding, and aid to the shipyards is being organized• Building of State Quarantine Station at Marcus Hook being rushed in order to accommodate 1,000 patients• Employees of Philadelphia Bureau of Water are hard-hit by fluNewspaper article1,