Atlanta Board of Health voted to close all schools, libraries, theaters, movie houses, dance halls, churches, and altered transit plans
On Oct. 8, 1918, the Atlanta Board of Health voted to close all schools, libraries, theaters, movie houses, dance halls, churches, and other places of public amusement, and ordered street cars to keep their windows wide open except when raining.
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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Courtesy University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine.
