12/29/1918: Flu Diminishing Here; Lid Tilted: Roller Skating, Church Affairs and Sleighride Parties Allowed

Title: 12/29/1918: Flu Diminishing Here; Lid Tilted: Roller Skating, Church Affairs and Sleighride Parties Allowed
Creator: The Eau Claire Leader
Source: Newspaper Archives
Date: December 29, 1918
Coverage: Eau Claire, Wi
Description: An article explaining that cases of influenza had gone down and some of the bans on gatherings had been lifted as a result.
Format: Newspaper
Rights: Public domain. For more information contact Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire.
Publisher: The Eau Claire Leader
transcription: "The influenza epidemic has markedly decreased here this week. It is estimated that the number of cases now is about half as large as it was a week ago.

The bans have been lifted from some of the meetings and entertainments which are considered least liable to spread the disease and which are the most important to the welfare of the public. Those include roller skating, sleighride parties, church suppers, ladies' aid societies. This, the health authorities explain, is merely an experiment, and if after a reasonable length of time it is found that the epidemic has lost its hold on the community, the lid will be taken off entirely.

The board of health experiences difficulty in discriminating against the meetings which are considered most likely to enhance contagion, but so far these are the only restrictions which it is deemed advisable to remove."