The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-11-11
MEETING HELD
 LAST EVENING
 ON QUARANTINE

The city council held special meeting last evening for the purpose of discussing precautionary measures against the possible spreading Of the epidemic of influenza to the interior of Alaska. Five representatives of the Commercial Club together with three of the local physicians and a number of representative citizens were also present
 | It was hoped that Dr. Sutherland. the assistant health officer of the territory. would be present but ow. ing to the necessity of his presence out the trail in connection with the establishing of the quarantine Mir. Tozier represented him in co-operat. ing with the council
 The first question to be taken up was that of fumigating the mails. Opinions concerning the necessity of the fumigation vary. It is not considered absolutely necessary, but advisable. There is little doubt concerning the authorization of the expenditure of funds for such a pur pose and after the assurance of Mir. Tozier, acting for the health officer, that the mails would be fumigated if the funds were available the city council voted a guarantee. In case the governor feels that he cannot au- thorize the expenditure the city will. The establishment of the quaran- tine was discussed very thoroughly. No persons will be allowed to come into Fairbanks from the coast until they have undergone a quarantine of ten to twelve days.
 Down river a very strict Quaran- tine is to be established at Nulato and if necessary at towns further up the Yukon. The Circle trail will be taken care of in a like manner so that from all sides Fairbanks is to be very thoroughly protected.
 The council meeting was adjourned and at an informal meeting of the citizens it was voted to give the health officer all possible moral and other support which he might need in carrying out the most drastic measures for the protection of Fair banks and the interior.
 The matter of closing the schools and places of public gatherings was discussed. lnasmuch as there is no influenza in any of the nearby towns and the big problem is to keep it out of the interior rather than to prevent the spread here it was con- sidered unnecessary to close any place of public gathering.
 Representing the Red Cross, John A. Clark explained that the Red Cross could make no expenditures unless the disease actually arrived but that much could be done in the way of organizing for a possible epidemic Immediate preparatory work will be done by the local chapter of the Red Cross.
 Tue Cily COuHcll TecOnVeneu ana after lengthy discussion unani- mously voted for the offering of the position of special physician to Dr. Hall for a limited period.
 During the meeting it was empha- sized that all action was purely pre- cautionary. The disease is not near CT than the vicinity of Nome or on the coast end at Juneau There is absolutely no chance of it's being in the interior now. Cordova has very rigid quarantine on the one side and Nenana on the other. Fairbanks people have little to worry about except the actual keeping of all persons away from the city in the future until they have passed thru the strict quarantine, which will eliminate all possibility of their car. rying the disease in any form.