The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-10-18
INFLUENZA SITUATION rs BET
TER IN SPOTS.

Locally the influenza situation has
nothing of great interest to offer,
owing to the fact that prompt action
taken by the local Health Board and
the local authorities discounted i'm
ADVANCE any prospect for spread of
the disease. The few cases that have
Deen reported are improving and no
new cases have been reported to the
Board of Health.
There has been some difference of
opinion among the medical fraternity
as to- the cases that have appeared
here, it being claimed that they were
cases of old-fashioned grippe, some
merely bad colds, while others claim
Led they were genuine cases of influ-
enza. Whatever it is the people are
taking no chances, and all pre-
cautions are being used to guard
against a spread of the disease. The
regulations and restrictions put in
force by the Board of Health and the
State Board will continue in force I'M
til the authorities are clearly con-
WINGED that prudence and the lessen
ing of the danger will warrant lifting
the ban.
-Carelessness of persons with coughs
and colds and who have not protect
ed themselves and others by remain
ing away from crowds has kept the
influenza epidemic in Kentucky from
being checked, DIR. Jno. South, head
of the State Board of Health declar-
ed over telephone from Frankfort.
DR.. South also said that he did not
expect the ban on public gatherings
to be. lifted soon
The malady has been checked to
some extent in the training camps
throughout the State, he declared.
DR.. South attributed the rapid
spread of the disease to the careless
ness of. people with coughs and colds
whose Indifference endangered public
health.
The best preventative is immediate
attention to bad cough or cold, the
use of handkerchief over the mouth
or nose when coughing or sneezing
and that the afflicted person remain
away from gatherings of any charac-
ter, he declared.
eff the cold, and it should be
watched closely, has any signs of de-
veloping into anything more serious,
once should not hesitate to get expert
advice and medical attention imme-
diately."
Regarding the general situation
over the country and in the army
camps especially, Washington gave
out the following official statement
yesterday:
while Spanish influenza continues
to spread among the civilian popula-
tion generally a continued decrease
in the number of new cases at army
camps led army medical officials to
believe that the peak of the epidemic
among the soldiers has been passed.
Secretary Baker said that reports in
dicated that measures taken by the
Surgeon Generals Office had brought
the disease under definite control.
New cases of influenza among the
troops reported during the "a hours
ending at noon Wednesday totaled
1858, against 6,498 yesterday, and
against more than twice that number
only few days ago. Pneumonia
cases aggregated 1895, compared
with 1916 the day before, and deaths
were 10, a decrease of 179. Influ-
enza cases reported from all camps
since the beginning of the epidemic
now total 262,1S6, pneumonia cases
39,276 and deaths IL, $40.
Although reports generally to the
public health service showed inf1u-
enza spreading in most parts of the
country, improvement was noted in
some States, particularly Vermont
and New jersey