Baltimore Health Commissioner decided to allow churches, retail stores, movie houses, theaters, poolrooms, and lodges to reopen with limited hours
On Oct. 26, 1918, Baltimore health commissioner Blake decided to allow churches, retail stores, movie houses, theaters, poolrooms, and lodges to reopen with limited hours.
Churches could hold services from 5:00 am to 3:00 pm. Movie house and theater owners protested the restricted hours–which prohibited them from showing matinees–but to no avail.
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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.
