The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
+tFlU" IN COUNTY
STILL PREVAILS
D0tsT0RS BUSY WITH
"a. \ CASES AND NEAR CASES
Ban on Schools, Churches, Sunday
Schools, Theater Continues
In Effect

II lis a question whether or not in
Huenza has been appreciably on the
gain il Medina and Medina county
during the past week, altho innumer-
slple &ases have been reported here
~ ShaGe of ifcc-a. some of the
synlft toiRs of which are. in common
withRthe flu, but which the attending
physicians hesitate to pronounce as
the real thing.
Nevertheless there are a good MANY
cases that are unquestionably infiu-
enza and the ban placed by the health
officer on the schools, churches and
Sunday schools, and in fact, all public
inside gatherings, is still in effect and
will continue so until the danger is
past. This condition obtains in prac-
tically every township and village in
the county.
Local physicians have been ,on the
jump the past week, oftentisnes being
called when theNe was but little if any
need, but evidently by a desire of the
patients to play safe. Notice of a
Large number of tnose afflicted appear
elsewhere in the Sentinel.
Influenza has been placed i'm the
list Of 1reportable Gseases by the State
Department of Health, carrying out
directions of the Federal health au-
thos'ities for uniform, countrywide
fight against the malady. Each case
must be reported to the local health
officer by the attending physician, or
if no physician is called, by the head
of the family or the person owning or
maintaining the premises.
Health officers are directed to notify
the State Commissioner of Health as
soon as Influenza appears in their
community AND to keep him informed
as to the progress of the disease.
Ohio has had approximately $4,000
cases of influenza, state officials es-
innate this week.
The instructions of the State De-
partment of Health, the department
explained, are designed to put a stop
to indoor gatherings, upon the author
ity of the local officials, whenever the
local situation in any given comnsun-
ity demands such actian. 1t was felt
that action to control the influenza
outbreak should be taken with regard
to local conditions, rather than thru
a uniform statewide order, and thel
effects of the instructions Of the State
Department of Health to local health
officials, directing the latter to stop
all indoor gatherings when influenza
appears in their respective communi-
ties, are being felt thruout the state
this week as the official copy of the
state instructions reaches local author
tiles.
The following suggestions of the
Ohio State Department Of Health may
prove of immeasurable value to any
man or woman who will read, remem-
ber, and act upon them in the present
emergency. The counsel here set
forth has been prepared after consul |
tation with some of the ablest medical
men in America, and if taken i'll, you
follow the dictates of this official bull
letin, pending the arrival of physi-
clan, you will be doing your duty to
your fellow man and to yourself:
If you feel a sudden chill, followed
by muscular pain, headache, backache,
unusual tiredness and fever, go to bed. /!
See that there is enough bed cloth |
ing to keep you warm.
Open ali windows in your bedroom
and keep them open at all times, ex-
cept in rainy weather.
Take medicine to open the bowels
freely.
Take some nourishing food such ais
milk, egg-and-milk, or broth every
four hours.
Stay In bed until a physician tells
you that II Is safe to get up.