French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-10
HAS
BECOME SERIOUS
LOCAL TROUBLE
IS VERY MILD

ousness of the countrywide epidemic
of Spanish influenza till Saturday night
when DR.. A. B. Drafts, the county
health officer, received from the state
authorities an order closing all places
for public gatherings.
Sunday was quite an unusual day ir
the city with no Sunday school and
church services.
The Board of Health met Monday
and made an order to the effect that
schools and churches, shows, etc., be
closed through October 10.
The situation in Henderson county
is not serious and it is confidently be-
Teved that the trouble will have done
its biggest worl5, by the 10Th.
There are a number of cases Of in
fuenza in the county but thus far the
fear is understood to be greater thar
the trouble.
People are caution I'd to exercise pre-
caution and the following instructions
are given for their benefit:
Advice From the State Board of HEALTH
The North Carolina State Board of
Health has issued the following official
statement on the epidemic of influenza
that is sweeping over the State:
THE State of North Carolina is in
the grip of an epidemic of grippe The
disease is invading the State from
many quarters, as it prevails through
out the United States. but the prin-
cipal lines of invasion seem to be from
the seaports of Wilmington and Nor
folk Already the disease has appear
ed over the entire State, being very.
prevalent in the East and having es-.
tablished itself in a number of centers
in the West. The indications are that
within another week it will be gener-
ally prevalent throughout the State.
"The disease started in Spain in May
this year, involving 80 per cent of the
population of that country within q
short time. Already the disease has
invaded and practically passed thru
Europe. The rapidity with which it
travels and the large per cent of the
population Involved indicate % the
exceptionally contagious nature of the
disease, and (2) that with it public
health measures have little influence.
The only good fortune attending the
present epidemic in North Carolina is
that it will probably exhaust its sun
ply of susceptible before its dangerous
ally, pneumonia, arrives in force iE
December, January and February.
"The disease is due to spit swapp-
ing. Spit is swapped or exchanged
IN the following ways:
Ia. BY coughing. or sneezing ia;c
the cir instead of iato na1dIIerchie:-
IN open coughing or sneezing, an in
fectious and invisible spray is thrown:
several yards into the air and floats
for thirty to sixty minutes. The grea.-
ter the spraying, as in the psychic
waves ofscoughing that pass through
assemblages, moving picture shows,
churches, and other gatherings, the
denser and more potent the infectious
atmosphere.
CD). BY soiIing the hands with spit
VERY small, invisible amounts) anG
transferring the spit to the hands OF
fotheT person IN handclasps, jor by
Fndling something, as door knob or
1me article from which a second per-
SPn gets the minutest amount Of spit.
'(c). By using the common roller
towel communicating and being con-
taminated.
ID. By using common drinking
" Clippers, common drinking cups, and
common spit-infected water from 1
Common bucket.
(e). By using anything OTHER
THAN paper cups, ice cream saucers,
spoons disinfected in VISIBLY boil
ing water at soda fountains. A great
many soda fountains maintain a small
collection of water practically hidden
Ueneath the counter or slab, where
ule spit germs of the town are poo1ed
and re-distributed. Let any person
Il ne thinks it possible, try to work oui
III his mind more effective method
iof the people in q village or town tc
eAcnange spit, the very microscopic
amounts necessary for this powerful
'ontagion, than is maintained BY G
? ereat many drug stores, and one viii
realize the infectious potency of un-
"'erlilzed glasses at soda fountains.
AS for sterilized glasses, we'll, how
W you know they are sterilized. Take
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