The 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic-Auditorium Hospital
From: Oakland Tribune, 23 October 1918, Page 12, Column 2
Auditorium Hospital Taken Over for Influenza Patients
Oakland's new emergency influenza hospital started work today. The Municipal Auditorium was taken over this morning by Dr. S. H. Buteau, commissined by Health Office Dr. Daniel Crosby to conduct the work and the first patient was taken into the wards before noon. By tonight a large number of patients will be housed in the new hospital. There are 72 beds to start the work with, financial backing has been arranged by the Red Cross, the City Council, and the Alameda County Relief Committee, an organization of business men perfected last night to handle the crisis, and by next week, it is expected that the largest hospital of its kind will be in full running in the big municipal building.
