On Dec. 23, 1918, the Cincinnati Board of Health removed its ban prohibiting children from entering public places. The next day, parochial schools re-opened. A week later, on Monday, December 30, Cincinnati’s public schools opened their doors again. Private schools, many of which held correspondence courses during the closure period, re-opened the following week.

The ban on children entering public places was removed, and life in Cincinnati slowly returned to normal. The worst had passed. Nearly 1,700 residents had died from the either influenza or pneumonia during the epidemic. The result was an excess death rate of 451 per 100,000 population, certainly better than the hardest-hit cities in the nation, but not nearly as good as either Columbus or Toledo, or even nearby Dayton or Louisville.