The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-15
FLU" SITUATION IS TALK THROUGHOUT
 STATEBY DOCTORS

That, with the observance of the strictest sanitary regulations, the cpl demic Of Spanish Influenza might be brought under sufficient control to warrant opening schools, churches and theatres on Monday, November 18th, was the opinion expressed by noon. The meeting was held in the governors office at Phoenix with Gov. Hunt acting as chairman.
 After brief introduction by the governor in which he gave the physicians of the state much praise for their heroic service in the fight against the epidemic, Dr. O. H. Brown, state health officer, gave detailed ac- count of his campaign for health in northern Arizona, describing the vac cine which was evolved at the local laboratory and the success with which it had been used.
 Following Dr. Brown, at the request of the governor for a general discus sion, Dr. John H. Lacey of Globe and Miami told of the ravages of the dis ease in that district. He said that one fourth of the population had had the disease; that four or five per cent had died. He said that the pneu- monia cases following influenza there had been about 27 per cent mortality. He mentioned the extremely peculiar character of the pneumonia.
 Expressing himself strongly in favor of vaccine, Dr. H. P. Mills, bac- teriologist of the pathological labor atory here, told of his study of the bacteria and said that he was very much opposed to lifting the quaran- tine.
 Dr. Allen Williams and Dr. 4. J. Mcintyre of Phoenix described tie success they had obtained with vac cine and recommended the establish ment of free vaccine stations in Phoenix as had been done in other parts of the state.
 As an illustration of how swiftly the epidemic descended upon Flag staff, Dr. H. K. Wilson of that city told how the Flagstaff boys of the Normal football team had gone to Winslow to play the high school an about 20 girls had gone to attend dance that night Two days afterNarl the Il boys and 20 girls were down with influenza and only about IS out of the 22O persons living in doEIni- tories of the school appeared to be of no li ease.
 Another interesting story of how the epidemic got it's start in an Ari- zona town was told by Dr. W. r. Brown of St Johns. He said that blind Mexican of St Johns played for a dance at Winslow one night and few days afterward came to him to ask for medicine for a bad cold. Dr. Brown advised him to go home and go to bed A few days later the man died. Dr. Brown warned the Mexicans to stay away from the place where the blind man lived, but disregarding his advice, about hundred of them held a 'pow-wow' there with the result that all contracted the disease in a virulent form and only few recover ed. AS Dr. Brown himself caught the doctors available, the situation in St. Johns was very desperate for several weeks. There was but one nurse for over 400 sick Mexicans and about 50 American patients.
 Dr. Brown expressed himself as of the opinion that there was not much immunity in vaccine, but that there was more safety in masks, properly used, in isolation and strict quaran- tine. For the cure of the malady he had found that the main points were to keep the patient warm, in a well ventilated room and not to overfeed. AS county attorney of Gila county, c. N. Foster told of the strenuous efforts that had been taken to combat the disease there, with an expense of $25,00O, for which there was no fund in the county treasury. He advis- ed that hereafter counties be author ized to levy small tax for just such an emergency as this. He told how the streets of Miami and Globe had been sprinkled with a disinfectant and chloride of lime used freely in the gut ters.
 Foster told a peculiar story in con- nection with the spread of the'flu" in his county. A family living ten miles out of Hayden in an isolated spot, which had not been visited or seen by anyone in over two weeks, caught the disease, the mother and five child ren all coming down with the disease at the same time.
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