The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-21
QUARANTINE IS
NOW MAINTAINED
HEALTH DEPT. WILL NOT TRIFlE
WITH INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
MOST CASES ARE LIGHT ONES
Seven New Cases We're Reported
on Wednesday Which Is the Nigh
est Of Any Day

you may say Tor the health de-
partment," said DR.. A, A. Metcalf.
that the orders OF the state board of
health are being carried out In this
city and also In the township to the
letter, so far as we are able to cause
them to be. The state board didn't at
first call for an absolute quarantine
but last Saturday / received mes
sage in which such an agency was
provided for and l Immediately took
up the matter with the authorities
and had two officers put on duty in
the city to watch and see that no
evasion Of the quarantine rules oc-
Cured.
Dan Dawson and Earl Ponchaud
were put on and they report to me
regularly. Mr.. Dawson tells me that
there is very good cooperation on
the part OF the people and he finds no
one evading the restrictions"
Township Board Active.
DR.. A. M. Darling. health officer OF
Crystal Falls township, when asked
regarding the precautions taken in
the township said that he had received
the positive instructions from the
state ON Tuesday and that he had TAX
an ~ xxfth ffa tnuuobtr hoard tba
putting on Of special Of police.
'The state board had concluded that
the only safe method is an absolute
quarantine and we are going to fol-
low their instructions to the letter.
suppose that we will have to have
policeman at each location, but that
is the only safe means, so we must
have them"
incubation Prevents Fatalities.
Asked as 20 his experience so far
with those who have been inoculated
DR.. Darling said:
I'VE have had but very few such
and in each case the attack has been
light with no pneumonia. IL is the
pneumonia that we fear most, and Dr.
Resenol who Is the inventor of thu
serum, says that II has proved to be
a ninety per cent protection against
pneumonia so far as statistics gather
ed all over the country show"
With this showing those Crystal
Falls people who have not been inoc-
ulated should visit their physician at
once. II has been the experience OF
physicians in other places in the pen
insula that snoculated patients do
not have a severe case OF the flu II
they have any and that the cases In
which such patients contract the In
iluenza are comparatively few.
Cases Total to Date, II.
The total cases reported in Crystal
Falls to date is fourteen, and several
OF those are old ones in which the pa
tient is now about recovered.
Only one fatal case has been so far
reported and that is the Peterson case.
A woman who was brought here from
sagola died last Monday. but that /.
not counted in the Crystal Falls cases
DR.. Larson reports that he has dug
up quite a few cases. seven of them
In one day. but all OF his cases are
light ones.
The Kelly family has been about a.
hard hit as any. Postmaster and Mrs
Kelly and their little daughter. Jane
were all sick this week. but we are
pleased to report that they are well
along towards the we'll stage.
Mrs. Garnet Odgers had quite Sc
we're case, but is reported to be mucl
better. Mrs. Ben Robson whose cas-,
was reported last week Is entirely re-
covered,
Knud Nelson was taken III wednes-
day and his condition is reported as
not serious.
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