Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-21
WILL LIFT FLU"
LID NEXT WEEK
BOARD OF HEALTH PLANS TO
RAISE QUARANTINE ON
MONDAY.
BELIEVE THAT QUARANTINE
ooEs,AoT CONTROL DISEASE
Board Of Health Members Say II Is
Impossible to Prevent Members Of
Family Having Disease From Going
About in Publie-Medieai Society
Against Raising Quarantine.

The quarantine FOR influenza is TO be
lifted Monday, the city board Of health
announced this forenoon. Altho the
board had not been advised Of the rec
ommerdation Of the Marshall County
,iedical Society adopted in resolu-
ton passed Tuesday night, in which it
went on record as being against lifting
quarantine, when told Of it the health
board was not inclined to change its
plans. There is a possibility that the
state board Of i:ealth may influence the
local situation. II was announced Ia
the morning Des Moines papers that
the state board was sending out a
warning that another epidemic was
coming and that guarantees should be
frightened.
Such an order had not been received
by the local health board this fore
noon. Mayor Reilly said that If the
state board ordered the quarantine
maintained or put on again it would
Of coarse. have authority to do so.
Cannot Enforce Quarantine.
The hoard OF health takes the posi-
'ioT hat Il is useless to interfere with
business lorSer when i has proved
impossible to enforce the quarantine of
homes where Their IS tAe disease. The
board complains that members of many
homes where there are cases OF the
disease and many other people pay no
attention TO the placarding, but come
and go and mingfe in public without
regard to placarding. II - impossible
10 prevent this. the board members
say. The medical society recommended
in its resolution that if the quarantine
on business were raised a strict quar-
antine, rather than the placarding Of
homes. be maintained.
The hoard Of health. in addition. has
taken the position that the disease il
likely TO continue here to q greater or
less extent for weeks or perhaps
months. and that business should not
be interfered with indefinitely when
the strict control OF homes containing
the disease could not be maintained.
Fewer New Cases.
Only three new cases OF Influenza
were reported Wednesday which is an
encouraging sign. Eight cases were
| being cared for in the Red Cross hos
! pital. and four more were to be moved
! TO the hospital this afternoon. \ The
! hospital has now been put inl full
working order after the hurried prep
arations. and patients are receiving the
! best of care.
Superintendent Palmer is continuing
prepare tons for the opening of ME
schools Monday. The board Of health
! believes that the canvass Of homes re
ported TO have the disease. which the
schools is undertaking, will give ac-
curate and valuable informa ton re-
sarding the location and extent Of the
disease. particularly in the homes con-
! tanning school children.
Store Customer Rule.
4 Attention is again called to the pub
lie Of the local board of health's rule
controlling tV number Of customer
allowed in store at one time. This
4 rule fixed one customer TO each 2oC
square feet Of floor space as the limit
In some Of the larger stores this allow:
a large number Of customers to be II
these places of business at one time
None of the stores has been closed, il
spite Of the untrue report that has beer
circulated outside the city.