The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-10-26
Flu REGULATIONS
Are PULLED TIGHT

-sr~ detailed by Chtef warren
s.surday morning 60 patrol all
- liucs In the central section Of
shr city and stop all street cars
90 having at least enc.third OF
-. shadows open ON each side,
!. an added influenza prceau-
I'm.
All traffic policemen wero also In.
..e.rsrd 10 stop cars with too many
49,, windows before they were al
,ow<d 20 proceed.
rr,,ormen were out early Satur
~ morning In the Industrial dis
.~,s, 10 see that ahlpyard workers
"A not come to their employment In
closed cars.
Were doing everything In our
saver 10 enforce the regulations"
ala the chief. just before going into
conference with the mayor TO report
an the effect OF steps being taken
- check the epidemic.
90 More Deaths
twenty additional deaths and sss
nav influenza cases have been re
rcr,rd 10 the city health authorities
snc~ noon Friday. OF these five
seaths were reported saturday
morning. and % cases. The follow
,nw men. Industrial workers. were
reverted dead Of pneumonia Satur-
day:
Thomas Cunningham. SO. A. D.
hotel; Charles Ecker. 10. address un-
ruown: zae Arras, 20. Els King St.
and J. Gugich. l5st Melrcse ave.
John c. Young. assistant general
manager OF the skinner & Eddy cor
pcration. Of 1898 f. Harrison st.
aies IN the Minor private hospital
h,r Friday OF Spanish influenza.
Dcplcte Mask supply
stating that the excessive call for
Influenza preventive masks has de
p,e,cd the Red Cross supply. so that
no definite Instructions for certain
classes OF employees to wear them
can be issued. Commissioner Me
Ride stated that. beginning Mon.
DAY. IL may be compulsory for wait.
srs In restaurants and eating places
to wear gauxe masks.
DR.. Mcbride urged restaurant pro
prie.ors 10 20 to the Red Cross
headquarters. AT ais University st.
and obtain for their employees such
masks as remain. the masks to be
pressed into service at once.
Claiming that tho anti-toxin
serum being manufactured by city
physicians is successful. and. IL
taken before Illness. Is practically a
certain preventive for influenza. DE-
Mcbride saturday urged every per.
son In the city TO obtain two lniec-
tons within ss hours from some pri-
waite physician.
Don't Realize Peril
People do no, seem to realize the
seriousness Of spanish Influenza, or
the pneumonia that results from H."
Or. Mcbride msd. Pneumonia
that results from the flu Il OF the
most virulen, and dangerous char
acter kno~n. and there Is "A very
great possibility OF person dying
when the influenza has passed into
complications or pneumonia
whenever a person feels sick. he
should hasten TO secure medical
care. and take every safeguard"
Another point emphasized by DIR.
Mcbride IS that there Is room In the
Old courthouse emergency hospital
for 200 additional patients. and that
those who are not in circumstances
to be taken TO a private hospital.
should call the city ambulance at
onre and place themselves In the
hands Of the city doctors for treat
nsent.
Percentage Il Low
We hav. an efficient and reliable
csrpx Of nurses and the best doctors
and facilities in the city" DR.. Nc
Bride stated. Everything possible
= done for our patients. and the
rRcentaEe of fatalities among cases
treated a, the emergency hospitals
Il very low. II has been called 10
NY attention that there are men
without relatives or families living
In iIl-ventifated hotel rooms in the
southern section OF the city. who
have contracted Influenza. and who
wait until Il is too late 70 send for
help. I wish TO point out that they
can ave their lives by calling the
city ambulance in time"
He stressed the following warn
tnss:
Stay nj home.
ksep the home well ventilated
Avoid crowds.
DO not snecxe or expectorate
Dremiscuousiy.
II well. keep I'm the open air.
II sick, keep warm and
sreathe fresh air.
Seattle people would do more
than all the doctors toward stopping
the spread OF Influenza" says DR..
Mcbride. IF they would stay at
home for two days. There Is abso-