The Parker post., 1912-08-24
ASTATE WIDE
QUARANTINE
ARIZONA PEOPLE HAVING Chill
DREN IN CALIFORNIA ARE
URGED TO BRING THEM HOME
AT ONCE.


AT ONCE.
Acting ON requests from the heatt"
officials i'm various cities and coumtil,
a conference of the state board c
health and several members of the
council and committee OH public pc
icy of the Arizona Medical asOGG
tion was held at the state capital la
Monday, resulting i'm the issuance
AN order by DR.. r. N. Looney, sta
health officer, establishing a qr'
antine against California ON accc
of the prevalence in portions of L
state of infantile paralysis in epi
demic form.
According to the order issued by
the state health officer residents of
Arizona visiting i'm California are ad
vised to bring their children home
at once, subject to the modified quar-
antine If the epidemic should i'm
crease an absolute quarantine will
bc instituted, which might result i'm
keeping children under Is years OF
age away from home indefinitely
There are a number of Parker fam
lilies ON the coast at present, but it
is probable that they will take ad-
vantage of the modified quarantine
and hasten home.
A restricted quarantine already had
been established by several citieE. j
Arizona, but it was Thought best, ac-
cording to the Phoenix papers, tC
make it state Wide that it might
effective and while causing SON.
temporary Inconvenience it is b.
ieved prompt action will prevent I'll
introduction of the disease into this
;.trate and that the quarantine M
be lifted i'm a short thine. If th
disease becomes established here the
results will bt. most disastrous in a
business way during the coming WIN
Ter as Well as jeopardizing the health
of the people.
Officers will be stationed at Parker
Needles and Yuma, who will board
the traime, taking the names of all
passengers from tine infected districts
of California These will be wired
10 the health Officials at the destina-
tions OF passengers and the latter
are expected ito establish the quar-
antine and enforce such restrictions
as the order demands The order ir
full is aus follows:
Following a joint conference c.
the state board of health with IT,
council and committee on public pc
hey of the Arizona Medical associC
tion, at the capitol, August 19, It
board of health acting ON the recon
memdations OF the conference, amend
cd its regulations so that infantil
raralyaiE lis added to the list of cor
mllnicable diseases included i'm Il
quarantine regulations of the 4
zona heallth laIws.
''All children entering Arizona from
California will be placed i'm quarantine
period of this disease. This is al
ready done i'm most of the cities OF
Arizona, but is to be made a univer-
sal practice all over the state. Oh
more Importance, perhaps, in prevent
ling the disease. adj clothing and
personal effects brought in by any
one from California must be fumir
gated immediately ON arrival at its
destination. The county health Off
GERS with the aid of the city health
boards will take this in charge
Residents of Arizona with chill
dren visiting i'm California are advised
to bring them home at once, subject
to the modified quarantine which will
be imposed ON their arrival; other.
wise, should the epidemic increase
am absolute quarantine forbiddimg THE
entrance of children under Fifteen
years of age from California will be
instituted, which might result in
keeping Arizona children i'm CalifOr
MIA or away from home, indefinitely
Friends and relatives of fanilies
now in California are asked to Write
tham these facts.
'fR N. LOONEY. Md,
estate Health Officer"