The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-14
Eleven Cases of Influenza
Developed in Town
Up to 100
AGGREGATE FOR
BRATTLEBORO 259
Number Of Quarantines 191-Fhree
Deaths Resulted from This Disease
Here saturday-Patients at Elmer
gency Hospital Improving.

Here NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a. bAioA
gency Hospital Improving.
a slight increase in the number Of IN
Auenza eases today was Indicated by the
report Of Health officer Henry Tucker,
WHO had placed eight cards up to 100
o'clock, representing II cases, further
reports being in prospect. The number
Of homes quarantine Sunday was the
smallest in any day since the epidemic
started and the reports since "Wednesday
had showed ,hrinkage each day until
today. Five placards were placed yes
terday covering nine cases. total OF
IQl homes already have been quaran-
tined which have included 259 cases.
No patient, have been admitted TO the
emergency hospital since Saturday and
Nh those confined there are showing inn
provement 1t was expected that one or
Two patient4 would be taken there today.
Three deaths from the effects of the
disease were reported Saturday. They
were Miss Margaret +. Root OF Canal
street. Mrs Leo LaFrance Of Vernon
street and Leon Martin Of West Brattle-
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among victims of the malady
A pamphlet regarding Spanish inilu-
euza "Three.day fever" or The flu
a. il often il called. Just issued by Sur
coon General Rupert Blue of the nited
States public health service, was received
Saturday bv Dr. A. /. Miller from his
son. Lieut. Wells B. Miller OF the ord.
nance department. A few OF the para.
graphs from the pamphlet follow:
"Whether this so-called Spanish IN
huenza is identical with the epidemic OF
influenza Of earlier years Is not Yet
known
"Epidemics Of influenza have visited
this country since l64I. 1t Is interesting
to know that the first epidemic wa'
brought here from Valencia, Spain. Sine
that time there have been numerous epl
denies Of the disease. IN 1880 and lSN
an epidemic of influenza. starting some
where in the Orient. spread first TO Rus
sia. thence over practically the cntir
civilized world Three years later ther
was another hare.up of the disease Bot
times the epidemic spread widely owe
the United States.
although the present epidemic
called Spanish influenza there is no rea
son To DtlltNt Nllul u VI lEllittA'Ni III 'PthiA
Some writers who have studied the ques
ton believe that the epidemic came froI
the Orient and they call attention 70 tn
fact that the Germans mention tie dis
ease as occurring along the eastern iron
in the summer and fall of 1917.
Ordinarily the fever lasts from thre
10 four days and the patient recover
But while the proportion Of deaths
the present epidemic has generally bee
low. in some places the outbreak Ia
been severe and deaths have been nume
Gus. When death occurs it is usual
the result 81 complication.
"The germs may be carried about
the air in tho form Of dust coming fro
dried mucus. from coughing and sneeziu
or from careless people who spit on q
floor or on the sidewalk. As in mo
other catching diseases, person WI
has only a mild attack of the disca
himself may give a very severe atta'
to others.
III the patient is so situated that
can be attended only by one who mu
also look after others in the family
X advisable that such attendant wear
wrapper. apron or gown over the orc
nary house clothes while in the sick roo
and slip this off when leaving TO lo'
after the others
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