Nurses Needed as 558 New Influenza Cases and 9 Deaths Occur

• “Red Cross Officer Says Sufferers Die from Lack of Proper Care.”• 558 cases; 3765 cases total/9 deaths; 90 deaths total• 325 cases at City Hospital; 37 patients have no been removed to the new Isolation Hospital. Only around 100 other patients can be cared for at the Isolation Hospital• Nurses are desperately needed as some patients are dying simply for lack of proper care while ill• Mrs. Stanley Stoner, chairman of the Nursing Committee: “We need nurses badly, but we also need women, public spirited and with civic pride enough to get into these homes and take care of the household duties until some of the family are well enough to take up the work.”• Starkloff issued order prohibiting music where food and drink is served to prevent crowds from forming – applies to all cafes and hotels• Starkloff meeting with store owners to discuss closing stores at noon on Saturday to prevent crowds from forming in the department stores• Dr. Jordan meeting to discussing closing the zoo and art museum on the weekends to avoid crowds• The Public Library issued statement saying one can only stay in the library long enough to get books – this is to prevent crowding• The Visiting Nurses’ Association has changed its role in the emergency and will now respond to influenza callsNewspaper article