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1918
Prepared April 1, 2020 by Paul Birkhead, David Lamanno, Anne Morgan and Gretchen Witt
�
Sept. 23, 1918 – Quarantine at
military camp
Sept. 30 – Flu reaches Rowan
Oct. 3 – News from Raleigh
about closings
Oct. 5 - Red Cross mobilized
for food and care
Oct. 7 - Board of Health [BOH]
puts stringent steps in place
to check influenza
Oct. 12 - The close order
extended to county churches
& schools
Oct. 28 - BOH orders all
businesses to close at 4 pm
except drug stores &
restaurants
Nov. 11 – War over;
Restrictions eased but
continuing concerns
Dec. 13 – Resurgence of flu
Dec. 26 - Board of Health lifts
bans on closings
Jan. 6, 1919 – Schools open
�The Salisbury Post
The first warning of
what was to come.
�Flu reaches Rowan
�The women operating the canteen at the train depot
providing hospitality for traveling soldiers discontinued
their work at the depot in order not to spread influenza.
�The public took
little notice of
the quarantine
at the military
camp or a few
cases of flu.
The focus was
still on the war.
�
Raleigh takes steps to
close down all public
gatherings
300 hundred cases in the
capital – 103 just the day
before
115 cases at both schools
for the blind and 150 at
the state college
�
The Red Cross in Salisbury was already
working on an Influenza Emergency
Committee.
The women who had been working the
canteen were prepared & willing to help.
By October 7, the committee had been
appointed and was working to suppress the
flu and alleviate the epidemic.
�
No trained nurses were available so they relied on
volunteers to provide nursing care
Provided nutritious meals for the sick, initially
preparing food for 60-80 people, eventually 130180 daily; the kitchen was open 10-15 hours a day
until November when the need dropped
The Salisbury Red Cross Motor Corps delivered
meals to afflicted households as well as ferrying
volunteer nurses to and from houses
�Trying to control the spread
Rowan County Board of Health
was particularly concerned about
glasses at soda shops that were
reused without being sterilized.
Paper cups were encouraged.
People were asked not to
congregate on the streets but to
conduct business and go home.
Schools and churches all over the
county were closed.
��
Celebrations &
Parades
Restrictions Ease
�November 21, 1918
�Resurgence of flu
�With continued help of Red Cross, Rowan starts recovery.
�Rowan County Board
of Health lifts Ban
��
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Spanish Influenza 1918
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Rowan County battles the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918
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The Spanish Influenza was a deadly pandemic that spread across the globe during 1918 and 1919. North Carolina and Rowan County grappled with the virus and tried to halt its spread.
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Spanish Flu 1918
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Spanish Flu 1918
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A summary of Rowan County's battle with the Spanish Flu of 1918.
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Rowan Public Library
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2020
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Paul Birkhead, David Lamanno, Anne Morgan, Gretchen Beilfuss Witt
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1918
Flu
Grippe
Influenza
North Carolina
Pandemic
Rowan County
Salisbury
Spanish Flu