Health Commissioner ordered St Louis policemen in department stores and smaller shops to keep crowds from gathering
On Nov. 2, 1918, Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff, ordered St. Louis policemen in department stores and smaller shops to keep crowds from gathering too much.
A week later, on Nov. 9, Starkloff issued a sweeping proclamation immediately closing all non-essential stores, businesses, and factories for four days in a drastic attempt to stamp out the epidemic once and for all.
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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.
