3. Homes should be investigated before patients are discharged into them, when destitution or other untoward circumstances are apparent.
4. Precaution should be taken that institutions and families too busy with the influenza situation to look after their own needs, are covered by the general relief measures.
5. Ordinary charitable relief should be handled through the routine agencies, the service co-ordinated with the other epidemiological measures. Churches, lodges, etc., should be urged to handle their own cases, in order to relieve the pressure on the central agency. Aid should be immediate, without protracted investigation.
6. Recreation facilities (motoring, etc.) should be provided for the physicians and nurses while off duty.
VI. Food.
1. Available central cooking facilities should be used so far as is necessary, such as the dietetic equipment in high schools, normal schools, colleges, etc., with a delivery system to families and institutions in need.
2. Individual families should be encouraged to cook additional amounts, the same to be delivered to central diet kitchens for distribution, a standard list of prepared foods needed being devised and advertised, with recognition of racial customs and preferences.
3. It may be necessary to establish canteens in sections of the city.
VII. Laundry.
1. A special collection and distribution system may be essential both for homes and institutions.