Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-13
LIFTING THE FLU BAN.
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The local health authorities should
warn the public that the danger CT
recurrence of the epidemic is not
passed, and, therefore, the people
should be warned to exercise every
reasonable precaution in safeguarding
their health during the next few
months. These precautionary meas
ures are especially applicable to To-
calities in which the disease has not
appeared to any considerable extent
as well as to localities in which the
disease has been exteremly prevail
ent.
Epidemics of similar type and char
acter in the past have subsidized slow
ly and we have every reason to be-
lieve that the final disappearance of
this epidemic will be slow There
fore, for the next three or four months
and possibly for the coming year,
danger from pneumonia will still ex-
list as result of the serious and wide
spread infection.
The raising of the ban does not
mean that the danger is passed 1t
means, however, that there has been
a marked cessation in the spread of
the disease. Carelessness on the part
VI lilG municipality COu1O easily PAO-
duce a recurrence as has been the ex-
perience in some localities in the east.
The holding of non-essential public
meetings should be postponed for sew
er weeks. Persons recently afflicted
with influenza ia grippe) may pos
sibly be carriers and should not fire.
quent places for a number of weeks.
1t is further recommended that the
TCool hoo1fh antbnrifioC "a
with the schol boards to the extent
that teachers and pupils who are
suffering from the symptoms of a
cold, coughing and sneeZing consid-
erably, should be prevented from at
tending school. Also it is hoped that
the clergy of the state will continue
to cooperate with the various health
authorities and admonish their par
ishioners not to attend church or
Sunday school while afflicted with a
severe cold or influenza ia grippe).
1t is also deemed advisable that the
local health authorities should COM
municate with the various theatrical
managers under their respective jur-
isdiction and authorize them by dep
utizing them if necessary, to prohibit
the attendance at the theaters, NOV
ing picture shows, ETC., of individuals
afflicted with a hard cold, cough or
frequent sneezing. Also it is deemed
advisable that there be periods of in
remission in the moving picture
houses of a few minutes during which
time the building can be well ventil-
ated between shows.
The State Board of Health places
the responsibility upon the local
health authorities in raising the ban.
Some localities are still seriously af-
flicted and the ban should remain,
while in other localities the epidemic
has subsidized and the ban should be
raised. In it's efforts, therefore, to
produce as little hardship as re-
suit of the closing order as possible,
the health authorities are instructed
after careful consideration to act as in
their judgment will best protect the
public health.
Cases of influenza must continue to
be reported and the utmost vigilance
exercised by the municipal afficials
at all times upon repressive meas
Ures in order to prevent recurrence
in certain sections of the state of this
dreaded malady.
Please give this official order and
the recommendations the widest pub
licity possible.
c. A. Harper,
State Health Officer