646 New Cases, 100 Deaths Show "Flu" Epidemic On Wane

• In the 24 hour period ending at 11 pm last night, there were 636 new cases and 100 deaths, including 88 from influenza, 7 from lobar pneumonia, and 5 from broncho-pneumonia. • Compare with Wednesday: 998 cases/106 deaths• Secretary Pillsbury said that the reports from the school dept. indicated that 6 school districts had no new cases, and other districts reported only 1-2.• Reverend Msgr. Nelson H. Baker, the administrator of the Catholic diocese of Buffalo announced that he supported the health dept., and would not reopen for another week.• Democratic and Republican organizations will also postpone their meetings.• Dr. Gram said he was pleased with the cooperation of various organizations with the closing order, in preventing the spread of the disease.• The third floor of the Central high school hospital may be used as a place for convalescent patients, and thus it may not be necessary to use Elmwood Music Hall for this purpose.• Dr. Sherman said that some convalescents have been moved to Watson house, and that hospital facilities will be adequate for the demand, unless things take a turn for the worse.• He has been sick for three days, but is recovering, and was working yesterday. • Teachers will not have to do their survey work tomorrow, because the results from the (most recent?) report were very favorable.• Their report found 15,417 cases in the first three days, indicating that 95% of cases had been located.• There were 500 influenza patients in all of the hospitals as of last night, half of which are convalescent or will be soon.• Superintendent of hospitals Dr. Walter S. Goodale said that there were enough facilities to take care of all patients, and unless things got worse, all future patients could also be accommodated without needing a new facility.• The third floor of the Central high school hospital can now accommodate 200 convalescent patients. • Dr. Goodale said that after the epidemic stage has passed, two or three weeks will need to pass for convalescents to recover enough to be sent home, so if they used the Elmwood Music hall, they could not hold any events there until every patient was sent home.• Last night, a social service committee was formed, to be supervised by Miss Catherine Shaddock, which will find out the financial and home situation of free patients from the municipal hospital before they are sent home.• Dr. Goodale estimated that about 90% of cases in hospitals under his jurisdiction have recovered, or are approaching convalescence.• The conditions in the hospitals are the best they’ve been since the start of the epidemic, and nurses from other places where the epidemic has been “conquered” are helping there. Dr. Goodale said he does not need any more volunteers.• Many private physicians have helped in the municipal/city hospitals, as well as caring for their own patients. Several of these physicians are listed in the article.Newspaper article