Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-20
DRASTIC STEPS
TO STOP THE FLU

COSTlNrED rROM TNIE ONE
eating houses ana discussed the stu.
u tion from every angle
All restaurants operating within
the city have been directed 10 close
their places of business from ~
o'clock midnight until Z O'Clock tho
following morning ana IN thoroughly
fumigatc the establishment during
this interval. also TO stcrilize each
and every utengll used I'm serving
food before serving another person
with the same utcnsil. Any vlOlator
OF the order win be subject 10 hav-
Ing his business closed for an in
definite period.
According 10 the mayor, tho
police department has been given
three days In which 10 get the town
closed and the health precautions
enforced. n. At the end NJ that time,
tho epidemic has not nbatcd to n
marked degree. the entire city will be
closed. including mercantile stores,
II necessary. The order has not af-
fcCtcd cigar stands ns yet. although
they have all received notification
to keep their crowds moving
Very little trouble Is reported 70
far by tho police In getting those
notices served and promises Of obodi-
ence. There have been few who
misunderstood the order. hut after
the purpose OF II had been explained
they have manifested their willing
ness 10 cooperate with the city ad-
ministration. only one unpleasant
feature Of the whole affair has come
TO light this is the case Of man on
South Main street who. within five
minutes after the notice was served
on him. disoboyed the order. At
present he Ia under 800 bond for
appearance In police court.
Several amusing suggestions were
offered by very earnest members OF
the administration in regard to the
stringent health precautions, one of
them being the suggestion that traV-
elers be apprehended M they leave
the trains In this city, and their
clothing and belongings fumlgatedl
When asked as to who would put
this unusual order into effect, he
confidently replied, "Why. the po-
lice department, NJ cOurse!" The
mayor suggested that this might not
he feasible, but that the originator
OF the idea might go ahead and stop
the travellers and see to their fumi-
CATION II he 80 desired hut that he,
the mayor. certainly would rot be n
party to Il!
Railway coaches are now being
fumlgnted Mt stated intervals and
their cars thoroughly cleaned at the
end Of each run. However. II tho
epidemic continues throughout the
United States, the state boards OF
health OF the various states will be
Obliged to frame drastic health pre-
cautions to moot the emergency
Following the conference yester-
day morning. Mayor Hubbard
opened communications with several
research laboratories for the purpose
OF securing supply of pneumonia
serum for tho treatment OF the In
fluenza sufferers This action IL In
line with that taken in many OF the
larger cities OF the north and east,
New York city In particular having
used the serum with remarkable
success. Chicago, now In tho
throes OF an unusually severe cpl
demic, is giving the serum to thou
sands daily, all the public school
buildings having been converted into
stations for this purpose. Mayo
Brothers have so far supplied this
city, but It Is reported that Chicago
iS now building plant for the man
ufacturc of the serum, and will con-