The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-16
THE GROWING EPIDEMIC
TI\ OR SEVERAL decades scientists and psuedo scen
 II have been struggling to find satisfactory serums

E OR SEVERAL decades scientists and psuedo scientists
 have been struggling to find satisfactory serums for influenzas and pneumonias, without doing For the failure explanations the leaves the rees The favorte explanation is that there four five kinds of responsible germs each requiring its The difficulties administering five kinds of serum at one time, to the same persons obvious,
 Bridgeport therefore will not welcome the dngs that one of the ready made to be used in Bridgeport There is encouragement in that project Sensible people will de- sire that the experiment be limited much possible
 The authorities have the duty of taking steps prevent and limit the epidemic They will be judged by the of their efforts.
 dreds of cities and Massachusetts, appears The Times Farmer if the precautionary crowd prevention adopt ed in that state had been successful in the degree the of adoption
 That is say if the prevention exercised when the first appeared the disease mted but the prevn ton delayed until many existed and many of infection established it difficult to find linn itation and perhaps good followed the precauton.
 The health authorities doubtless have by this time lated complete statistics meaurably complete statistics the Massachusetts experience Would not be wise give these figures to the people?
 It will be readily admitted that the Spanish Influenza unexpected scourge that there is little knowledge of will and what will not prevent its ravages and decrease it's mortality.
 guide such case ought to be the practice of the majority of those who have the duty of controlling the ep demc The safe thing to dO in matter in which the ton may hundreds lives action cause hundreds of deaths is WHAT THE REST OF MANKIND IN- DICATES.
 
 factory and convincing to them have elected not follow the crowd precautions almost universally adopted throughout the Z United States.
 Such bodness will be justified only by the maady checked in Bridgeport its mortality ited, well and good. But if the scourge gains and ground, and demands and more e the officials taken bold and unusual must bear the weight of respon siblity.
 True that there communities in which health officer in charge has the that influenza which is crowd disease will not be spread by crowds But the opinion remains the opinion of few It is contrary the opinion of the large number of health authorities the United States
 In New York city the health officer appears take the view the Bridgeport health authorities will be not ed. however that Dr. Godwaer perhaps the famous health officer New York City had disagrees entirely with that position.
 With respect to estimates of the period when disease will attain its peak New York city, Dr. Godwater seems tc be much the fact The period between the and the peak of the epidemic of 1890 is hardly any guide to be relied upon The present epidemic per vasive, and more deadly perhaps five times deadly
 Nor does the peak of the epidemic in Bridgeport like y to arrive by Saturday. The approaching 2OOO maady is thoroughly established and is probably too late receive benefit of precautions that might have taken here