Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
NO FLU MASKS.
NEED Be WORN ON
STREETS Of CITY
Order Making Them Neces-
sary Cancelled Last Night
Citizens Committee No
More; Brown In Charge

The "f1u' mask order is no more.
Beginning this morning, no person
need wear an influenza mask when
he or she appears on the streets of
Phoenix, that order having been can
ceIled late last night, following a meet
ing of the Maricopa County Medical
Society, the physicians advisory COM
mittee and a, consultation with C. f..
Adams, vice chairman of the state
council of defense.
The police department was notified
last night of the cancelling of the flu
mask order and were among the first
to discard their masks. All members
of the force will be instructed to ig-
more that order this morning.
Dr.. Brown in Sole Charge
DR.. o. II. Brown, state health Of
ficer, has been placed in charge of the
campaign against the Spanish influ-
enza epidemic in the city of Phoenix
and in Maricopa county. Aided by the
state council of defenseand the count i
council of defense, DR.. Brown will con-
duct the fight against the epidemic.
Headquarters of the campaign will
in the future be at the office of the
state council of defense in the War
Work building.
The citizens committee according to
c. e. Adams, vice chairman of the
state council of defense, and DR.. Brown
state health officer, will be notified
this morning that it is no longer in
existence.
Physicians Committee Goes Too
The placing of the state health Of
ficer in full charge of the health situa-
ton in the city and county was done
last night at meeting of the Mari
copa County Medical Society held al
16 East Monroe street Following q
conference with the physicians ad-
visory committee, that committee also
was abolished. ...
The full staffs of the state counci
of defense and the county council o.
defense are to be placed at the dis
posal of DR.. Brown in his fight to stol
the spread of influenza and to reopei
the city, according to statement las
night by C. E. Adams, vice chairman
of the state council 49,.
Cleanup of City
The wearing of influenza masks b.
persons in sick rooms and by thos,
who come in contact with persons il
with influenza is approved by DR.
Brown, he stated last night, but h
does not approve of the universal order
compelling the wearing of masks OF
! the streets.
A cleanup of the city is to be mad
at once, according to C. z. Adams
this TO include. streets, alleys, rest
aurants, fountains and all other eatini
and drinking places in the city. Thi
| is to be under the direction of tn
| state and county councils of defense
With the full cooperation of tn
| state and county councils of defens
4 and with the citizens of Phoenix, Dl
/ Brown said last night that he fel
! confident that the epidemic could b
curbed and the city reopened in
much shorter length of time than gen
| orally is believed possible.
| Decrease in Cases
| That a strict quarantine of house
where there are cases of influenza j
to be made, was the statement las
night of DR.. Brown, .,,i
| According to. the last report of. tn
| citizens committee made at o'cloc
| yesterday afternoon, there were 80
cases of influenza in the city and
| in the two hospitals, making a tots
| of ATS cases. This was a. decrease {
100 cases from the report of Novembe
80, which showed a total of 5S1 case
| in the CITY