Kansas City closed schools again following a spike in children’s influenza cases
On Nov. 30, 1918, after having reopened schools earlier in the month, Kansas City closed schools again following…
On Nov. 30, 1918, after having reopened schools earlier in the month, Kansas City closed schools again following…
On Nov. 27, 1918, after a spike in influenza cases including several children, St. Louis health commissioner Dr….
On Nov. 25, 1918, Denverites would be required to wear gauze face masks while riding streetcars, when attending…
On Nov. 24, 1918, Washington, D.C. commissioners removed restrictions on business hours related to the influenza epidemic. Residents…
On Nov. 22, 1918, following an increase in influenza cases after the Armistice celebration on Nov. 11, Denver…
By Nov. 20, 1918, over 18,000 influenza cases had been reported to Detroit’s Department of Health, and almost…
On Nov. 20, 1918, School officials were eager to reopen their classrooms. Salt Lake City business and community…
On Nov. 19, 1918, Birmingham experienced a second wave in new influenza cases from very few to 115…
On Nov. 18, 1918, the Los Angeles Influenza Advisory Committee announced the end to the influenza ban, effective…
By Nov. 18, 1918, with New Orleans’s business and schools once again back to their normal operations, local…
By Nov. 16, 1918, Chicago had experienced a total of 38,000 cases of influenza and 13,000 cases of…
By Nov. 16, 1918, the New York influenza figures overall, from September 15 through November 16 – the…
On Nov. 15, 1918, Minneapolis and St. Paul’s influenza closure orders were lifted. Vaudeville and burlesque and movie…
By Nov. 13, 1918, St. Louis Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff began lifting closures and bans over…
On Nov. 11, 1918, it was reported that influenza cases in Salt Lake City had dwindled enough that…
On Nov. 11, 1918, Denver’s closures due to influenza were lifted for much of the city and communities…
On Nov. 11, 1918, Albany’s theaters and schools reopened, signifying a return to normalcy after epidemic orders were…
On Nov. 11, 1918, the Cincinnati Board of Health agreed to lift influenza-related restrictions. Theaters, movie houses, churches,…
On Nov. 10, 1918, Cleveland Health Commissioner Dr. Harry L. Rockwood announced the lifting of the city’s closure…
On Nov. 9, 1918, Los Angeles City Council enacted staggering hours to reduce crowding on streetcars to try…
On Nov. 9, 1918, St. Louis Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff ordered all non-essential voters, businesses, and…
On Nov. 6, 1918, following improved influenza case numbers, the Kentucky Board of Health lifted the closure order…
On Nov. 6, 1918, Detroit lifted its closure order and gathering ban.
By Nov. 5, 1918, Cleveland began reopening its downtown businesses with restricted hours. By the first days of…
On Nov. 4, 1918, Birmingham schools reopened. Other schools in the county remained closed for the time being….
On Nov. 4, 1918, New York’s declining daily influenza case counts led to an ending of any staggered…
On Nov. 3, 1918, it was becoming clear to all that St. Paul’s influenza situation was not improving,…
On Nov. 2, 1918, Baltimore health commissioner Dr. John Blake removed the city’s closure order. Public schools were…
On Nov. 2, 1918, Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff, ordered St. Louis policemen in department stores and…
On Nov. 1, 1918, much of Chicago reopened, with inspections and other rules in place. In most cities,…