The Bourbon news., 1918-10-11
INFLUENZA SITUATION WELL
IN HAND IN PARIS.

NJ the city the lnHuenZd SITUATION
here is we'll in hand, and being we'll
taken care of by the local authori-
ties and members of the City Board
of Health. Following the order of
tbA State Board of Health, as out
lined in a brief way in Tuesdays is
sue of The NEWS, all public gather
;ngs were suspended, the movie
houses closed and every precaution
taken to safeguard the public against
anv spread Of the disease.
The Mayor had the street clean
,rg department out flushing Main
street Wednesday night, and yester-
day the sprinkling of all the streets
IN the city was begun, to be kept UP
daily. in order to keep down as far
a. possible the dust clouds that may
contribute no little to the spread of
bronchial troubles. Barrels for the
reception of dead leaves were placed
On all the residence streets through
out the city so as to prevent the
burning of leaves. Yesterday the
pooI roms were ordered closed by an
official order of the Health Board.
Club meetings and gatherings of a
similar nature have been suspended.
Cards containing warning to pa
irons not to linger or congregate in
business houses were printed and
placed in prominent places in the
stores. soft drink and soda water
stands. restaurants and all other
pIaces where the patronage is large
enough to draw people in consider
able numbers. Warnings against
shifting on the floors, on the sidewalk
and other public places, etc., were al
SO issued and will be strictly enforced.
Reduced to simple terms the City
Board of Health, acting in conjunc-
tion with all the sanitary agencies
and the authorities of Paris, have
taken every possible precaution to
prevent the disease assuming serious
propotions in the city.
There is no cause for alarm, &C
cording to the members of the Board
of Health. There is no Disgusting
the fact that the disease is here,
though only few cases have
been reported, and those have been
isolated. and we'll taken care OF.
By observing the simple directions
SET forth in another article in this
issue of the NEWS, and with rea-
sonable exercise of common sense, In
treating Immediately the first ap-
pearance of a cold, from which in
iuenza may develop, our people may
come unscathed through the ordeal
that is devastating the army camps
and threatening the~ei~ilian spopI1as
ton.
Yesterday morning the following
x@ hxyt hn r
of Health to Chief of Police LINK
and by him served on the proprietors
of the soda water and soft drlni
stands:
"You are hereby ordered to mott
fy proprietors of all soda water anc
soft drink stands to sterilize by boil
ing (not merely rinsing in hot water)
each and every tumbler, cup, dish
spoons, etc, after each using. In the
meantime. as soon as possible, the!
must supply themselves with papel
tumblers, dishes, cups and spoons
which shall be used exclusively a
all times in the future:
'They shall see to it that there b'
no loafing or congregating apou
their places and urge patrons to tina
effect by prominently displayed signs
to that end.
eve trust everyone will cooperate
with us in carrying out the aboV'
order, to the letter, as 1t may pre-
clude the necessity of closing sucf
places, as has been done in man!
other cities, but if conditions do no
mend, this will necessarily follow
here. :.-
: BOARD OF HEALTH, Paris, KY.
Among the events scheduled To-
this week and which have been post
poned as a precautionary measure II
the dedication of the new Presbyter
ian church, which was to have beer
held next Sunday; meetings of churci
societies and literary, art and socla
clubs; prayer meetings, and varlou
others where many people would con
gregate. These events will remain
in statu quo until the official ban ma
been lifted and Paris once more re
SHINES its normal condition. In
closing of the movie houses, poo
rooms and other places. on Mall
street has made a decided differenc
in the appearance of that thorough
fare. Absence of the bright lights
the crowds on the street make tn
old town look very dead after nlgnt
No doubt the patrons of the movie
will fully appreciate them all Tn
more when the ban is lifted and IN
aims are reeled off again.
) Owing to the Health Board orde
and the influenza scare, the lecture o.
Rev. G. R. Combs, of the Paris Metno
dist Church, scheduled for tonight a
the Riddles Mills Church, has pee
indefinitely postponed. 4,
Mrs. H: Clay Howard, who is II
Charge of the Surgical Dressings room
of the Red Cross, was informed py
message from headquarters Tues1a
that the sewing rooms are not In
Guided in the provisions OF Tn
State Board of Health's order.
The work which is an importan
eranch of the war activity, Will con
dnue uninterrupted, and the room
will be open. All sanitary precau
finns have been taken TO make Tn
rooms safe for the workers.
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