Streetcars and theaters were asked to increase ventilation and for patrons to use handkerchiefs when coughing and sneezing
On Oct. 1, 1918, Baltimore city Health Commissioner Dr. John Blake asked streetcars and theaters to increase ventilation…
On Oct. 1, 1918, Baltimore city Health Commissioner Dr. John Blake asked streetcars and theaters to increase ventilation…
On Sept. 29, 1918, Baltimore’s health department admitted to increasing cases of influenza but it was not yet…
On Sep. 27, 1918, a young Denver University student named Blanche Kennedy, died of pneumonia a few days…
On Sept. 27, 1918, Kansas City, Missouri reported its first influenza outbreak cases at two army motor corps…
On Sept. 27, 2018, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Herman Biggs issued information to New York state…
On Sept. 26, 1918, Washington, D.C. Health Officer Dr. W. C. Fowler warned the public to be cautious…
On Sep. 26, 1918, Boston’s health commissioner Dr. William C. Woodward issued a closure order for theaters, movie…
On Sept. 25, 1918, Boston’s health commissioner Dr. William C. Woodward announced that all Boston public schools were…
On Sept. 24, 1918, soldiers at Camp Meade near Baltimore were reported infected with influenza.
On Sept. 23, 1918, the Spanish Flu reached San Francisco when city health officer Dr. William C. Hassler…
On Sept. 22, 1918, Cleveland received its first warning of the influenza epidemic from City Health Commissioner Dr….
On Sept. 22, 1918, the first civilian cases in Los Angeles appeared, although influenza was not made a…
On Sept. 21, 1918, between the start of Chicago’s epidemic and the removal of restrictions on November 16,…
On Sept. 21, 1918, the Philadelphia Board of Health made influenza a mandatory reportable disease, as the epidemic…
On Sept. 18, 1918, Detroit Health Commissioner James W. Inches warned citizens of the possibility of the influence…
On Sept. 17, 1918, NYC’s Board of Health made influenza a reportable disease, requiring quarantine for infected patients….
On Sept. 16, 1918, Chicago’s Health Commissioner announced that officials had “the Spanish influenza situation well in hand…
On Sept. 12, 1918, following the arrival of a number of ships with influenza-infected passengers, New York Cityメs…
On Sept. 11, 1918, the first civilian influenza cases were reported in Boston. By September 16, there were…
On Sept. 10, 1918, two hundred sick sailors were admitted to the new emergency hospital. Meanwhile, Chelsea Naval…
On Sept. 9, 1918, the Massachusetts National Guard, under the direction of Colonel William H. Brooks, erected a…
On Aug. 28, 1918, Influenza had broken out at the Receiving Ship, and within a week there were…
In 1878, The first description of avian influenza (bird flu) dates to 1878 in northern Italy, when it…