Tide Of Epidemic Still Unsettled
*Awaiting to determine whether vaccines to factory workers and patients at NH Hosp are indeed effective*Nurse shortage is one main pb; numerous appeals but RC unable to satisfy; but article praises nurses who have been working tirelessly*Public cooperating: Thomas Fitzsimmons, Secretary of Liquor Association, sent message to saloons saying they should install gas heaters for proper sterilization of utensils; Father Laflin of Sacred Heart school said school was closed not because of fear of flu but because majority of nuns absent [not stated when the school was closed]; Laflin hopes sch will reopen Mon 10/21; public health risk communication: Winslow of Yale spoke to 250 factory workers [Sargent's factory] yest on how to avoid flu *Police dept hard hit*Dr. John T. Black, State Commissioner of Health, visited New Haven yest; affirms that NH less hard hit than other CT cities, but warned that more cases might be on way; advised Dr. Frank W. Wright, City Health Officer, to prepare 500 more beds as precaution, but this will be difficult; only place might be old almshouse property – this space could be used, but beds will still be hard to come by*Some political rallies may be canceled, but no definite decisions yet ; Newspaper article ; 4