Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1918-10-10
MANY CASES Of
FLU IN W|LL|ST0h
OVER 200 CASES OF INFLUENZA
HERE-R. C. AND HEALTH OF.
FICERS CHECK SPREAD

reported in the city today with pros
poets of an increase if care is not
taken by everyone to guard against
the disease. Most Of the cases are
light and all patients are receiving
the best of care and attention by the
city's medical authorities. The schools,
churches and threatres have been
closed and will remain closed till the
epidemic is over. The county chap
ter of the Red Cross are working in
conjunction with the health officers
to stop the spread of the disease and
at a committee meeting he'd this
morning at the Office of Thos. r.
Craven the following suggestions were
drawn up and should be followed out
as near as possible by all people in
the county. Face masks have been
suggested so if you see a person
wearing a mask don't be frightened
it is not burglar but only someone
who is guarding against the dreaded
disease.
In accordance with instructions sent
out by F. T. Heffelfinger, Division
Manager of the American Red Cross,
Minneapolis, Minn., Mr.. Thos. F.
Craven, Chairman of the Williams
County Chapter, appointed the fol-
lowing committee to act as the Chap
ter Committee on Influenza:
Miss Bessie r. Baldwin,
DR.. M. E. Trainor,
Thos. F. Craven,
G B. Metzger,
Prof. C. E. Blume.
1t has been requested that the COM
mittee advise the employment of the
following special precautions:
/. All attendants on patients
should wear face masks.
2. Patients should not be allowed
to leave the premises for five days
after the temperature has become
normal.
3. Patients during convalescense
should wear the face mask for five.
days after leaving their rooms.
4. Any individual returning from
camps, military or naval, is a pos
sible source of infection and should
be isolated from all except his own
household for one week.
5. The local committee should use
its utmost endeavor to limit or pre-
vent unnecessary social gatherings,
and to caution against all attendance
at indoor places of public amusement.
This is not to be interpreted, partlcu-
larlv in communities where the cpl
demic has not gained headway, as ad-
vice to forego attendance on meet
inps related in any way to the car
rying on of the war.
The above has received the sanction
of DR.. MacManus, local health off,
Ger. The following directions have
been sent out from Headquarters for
making face masks: -,
A. From gauze 36 inches Wlde'
cut 43 inches on the salvage.
B. Divide into stripe 8 inches
wide.
C. Fold each strip into halves,
then into thirds, making mask sly
thicknesses of gauze.
D, Turn in raw edges and stitch
all four sides to hold firm. (Salvage
need not be turned in; can be stitch
cd on the sewing machine or ny
hand.) Mask now measures Z inch
es by 8 inches. .
E. Put three pleats on Z inch end,
lower pleat deeper than the other
two. to allow room for chin.
F. Attach tape IL inches long
to each of the four corners. Tape
NAV be IA inch, 1-2 inch or 5~S incn-
es wide.)
G. Place a black thread in center
Of mask to designate the outside.
Mr.. G. B. Metzger, Chairman of
the Williston Branch, stated that the
local branch would take steps to sup
nlv themselves with an emergency
supply of face masks in accordance
with requests from Headquarters. 1t
is only by following out these care
full precautions that communities may
hone to stem the tide of influenza.
C. E. Blume,
Chairman of Chapter Commit
toe on Influenza.