Boston mayor issued a closure order for theaters, movie houses, and dance halls, and issued curfews
On Sep. 26, 1918, Boston’s health commissioner Dr. William C. Woodward issued a closure order for theaters, movie houses, and dance halls, and issued curfews for public gatherings. Church closure decisions were left to clergy.
By Sep. 16, hundreds of influenza cases in the city had been reported, causing overcrowding in both City Hospital as well as Massachusetts General with 19 deaths.
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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Photo: Massachusetts General Hospital, Bulfinch Building, Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts by Frank O. Branzetti, courtesy Wikipedia.
