The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-16
SHOULD NOT
RELY ENTIRELY ON
VACCINE IS CLAIM
City Board of Health Says Persons
vaccinated Against Pneumonia
Must Take Other Precautions
Against Influenza.

The city board Of health met In
special session ~ I o'clock today at
the city hall g. discuss the spanish
influenza SITUATION in Albuquerque.
The board vas pEtccd that the disease
II no worse than it was n number OF
weeks ago and thar the raising OF the
quarantine has caused no serious In
crease IN the number OF new eases
reported. Tho doctors declared that
the cases reported now are not M Sc
we're rs they were at first and that
there has beer 90 large decrease IN
the cases OF pneumonia following the
influenza.
The board Of health went on record
by adopting a resolution 10 the effect
that the vaccine Eiven 10 prevent
pneumonia Is not an absolute nrcVcu-
tative. Persons who have been vac
cinated should also take other pre-
cautions To- avoid the disease. The doe
tors reported several incidents whore
persons have entered quarantincd
homes and stated they did so because
they were v~ac,iuated aud could rot
take the disease.
The board rulcc that parents should
not send their children to school
when influenza exists in the family.
Following are tn resolutions adopted
by the board.
The Board Of ltsalth Of the city Of
Albuquerque. al meeting held on
this 18th day ~ december. 1918. haV-
ing considered th" Spapish influenza
situation as lis EXISTS at ms tine, b
Is hereby resolved
That while thu Board ~ Health OF
this city recommends the use uf vac
cine and urges tho Inhabitants of the
city To he vaccinutOd us "a possible pre-
tentative against influenza in the alb
sence OF anything proven 20 be supe-
rior 20 vaccination. nevertheless the
board feels Obliged 10 say To the peo-
plo that they should not rely entirely
upon vaccination, that vaccine rs stu
in the experimental stage insofar as
The influenza A. concerned. Because
OF the vaccine being at this time Ia the
field OF experiments. with definite
proof as 20 It's value left I'm dOubr, the
people are warncd not to rety upon
vaccine as an absolute preventative,
but on the contrary 20 consider vac
cination only as IN additional precau-
ton available for their use. 90 he used
In connection with other precautions
available. such as rcfraining from at
tendance in crowded places. care in
being exposed TO possible sources OF
infection and contaeion, and faithful
observance OF rules announced prior
20 this time by the board.
The Board OF Health being advised
on this 18th DAY of December, 1918,
with references "a general health con
ditions In Albuquerque, as they affesi
Spanish i%nfluea2a rlsos. md ~ an ad-
ditional measure or precautiou, IL ls
hereby ordered:
That children attending public and
private schools ia Albuquerque. COM
ing fr.-n homes in which spanish In
~fiuenza exists. shall be required TO re-
main at home until the attending ply.
stefan provide such children with
a certificate 20 the effect that thcr,
Is no longer NY danger OF spreading
the disease fIom such case, and the
Influenza pluHdrd has been officially
removed from the premises. II is
further ordered that a copy Of this
resolution Dee sent To- the Board OF
Education Of the city Tor It's advice
and government. and that the Board
Of Education be requested to imme-
diately notify an principals and teach
ers Of this rule. And IL iH hereby made
the duty of tho health officer Ia mott
fy principals u private schools of this
ruling and 90 furnish them with q
copy OF the same.