Los Angeles health advisers formed Medical Advisory Board to address influenza epidemic
On Oct. 10, 1918, Los Angeles health advisers met with businesses and other officials from neighboring cities to form a Medical Advisory Board to meet the coming influenza epidemic.
This board recommended closing schools and other places of assembly, and other preventive measures.
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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.
