New York’s board of health staggered schedules for business operations to avoid crowding during influenza epidemicﾠ
On Oct. 4, 1918, New York’s board of health enacted staggered schedules for business operations throughout the city to avoid crowding during the influenza epidemic.
The surging cases taxed the city’s resources, and New York’s population, health commissioner Dr. Royal S. Copeland realized that he and the health department needed help in combating the epidemic. On October 12, he created a special Emergency Advisory Committee to assist him.
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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.
