State board of health and Omaha’s health commissioner announced the lifting of gathering bans
On Nov. 1, 1918, both the state board of health and Omaha’s health commissioner announced the lifting of…
On Nov. 1, 1918, both the state board of health and Omaha’s health commissioner announced the lifting of…
On Nov. 1, 1918, the city of Albany reported 7,091 cases of influenza, and no hospital deaths were…
By Nov. 1, 1918, Nashville had reported a total of 40,000 influenza cases and 392 deaths, with thousands…
On Oct. 31, 1918, the Los Angeles City Council passed anti-influenza ordinances requiring tenants of properties to clean…
On Oct. 31, 1918, Dallas Mayor Lawther announced the step-wise lifting of closure orders due to influenza, allowing…
On Oct. 30, 1918, the City Commission voted to lift Birmingham’s closure order effective October 31.
On Oct. 29, 1918, Washington D.C. influenza closure orders were rescinded, allowing churches to reopen on Thursday, October…
On Oct. 28, 1918, Atlanta power curtailments were relaxed and theaters returned to normal operating hours.
On Oct. 28, 1918, after Chicago influenza case tallies had declined, many bans were removed to that music,…
On Oct. 28, 1918, after a decline in the explosive influenza case numbers, Pennsylvania health officials lifted closure…
On Oct. 27, 1918, by the last week of October, Cincinnati seemed to be rounding the bend. New…
On Oct. 26, 1918, Baltimore health commissioner Blake decided to allow churches, retail stores, movie houses, theaters, poolrooms,…
On Oct. 25, 1918, at the direction of the health department, Detroit teachers began training to volunteer to…
On Oct. 25, 1918, in response to the growing epidemic, the Utah board of health discussed a statewide…
Oct. 24, 1918, the city of Albany was reopened. Schools and most movie houses were to remain closed…
On Oct. 23, 1918, the Los Angeles Times ran a statement from the California Governor William Dennison Stephens…
On Oct. 23, 1918, St. Paul reported 1,442 suspected influenza cases. St. Paul did not suffer the heavy…
On Oct. 22, 1918, the Nebraska Board of Health ordered a statewide gathering ban on groups of twelve…
On Oct. 21, 1918, Boston schools reopened to students. The District Nursing Association warned Bostonians that, despite the…
On Oct. 21, 1918, Detroit board of health and school officials decided to close all public, private, and…
On Oct. 21, 1918, going against health orders, the Minneapolis Board of Education voted to reopen public schools,…
On Oct. 21, 1918, Cleveland reached a milestone of 1000 reported influenza cases last Cleveland hospitals. Within just…
On Oct. 20, 1918, Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff ordered a restriction of St. Louis business hours,…
On Oct. 19, 1918, the number of influenza cases in Minneapolis had reached about 3,000. When the Retailer’s…
By Oct. 19, 1918, the epidemic continued to grow worse. On October 19, physicians reported 4,875 new cases…
On Oct. 19, 1918, Boston’s influenza closure ordered were removed, allowing public spaces to reopen.
On Oct. 18, 1918, Birmingham recorded its highest influenza death toll in a day, and the city voted…
On Oct. 18, 1918, the Kentucky Board of Health ordered all saloons and soft drink stands to operate…
On Oct. 18, 1918, despite the wishes of Detroit officials, Michigan’s Governor Albert Edson Sleeper and the state…
On Oct. 17, 1918, Detroit Health Commissioner James Inches prohibited soldiers and sailors from entering Detroit, to try…