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The influenza spread very quickly. If one or two people in a town had it , everyone else would soon catch it.
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Many telegraph workers were sick.
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Other workers (doctors, tram drivers, shop owners) were sick.
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The doctor was inundated with calls at home.
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Undertakers were busy and had been ordered to hurry with funerals.
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Families were lying ill with no one to help them.
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There was not enough room in hospitals
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All the schools, theatres, halls and hotels were shut down by the Government.
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People were asked not to send telegrams unless they were about the influenza.
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Many shops closed down, trams did not run.
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She went to the neighbours house to sleep, and visited the Mayor to demand another doctor be sent to the town.
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Often relatives had to help the grave diggers.
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Small bands of workers were set up to help sick people. People were asked to bring their cars and help if they thought they could or knew anything about nursing. Sick people put white flags in their windows so the volunteers knew they needed help.
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Temporary hospitals were set up in empty schools, halls and hotels.
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