Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-20
FLU SITUATION
WILL NOT ALLOW
LIFTING Of BAN
Meeting Was Held to Consider
Number of Requests Situa-
ton Too Serious to Warrant
Lifting at Present.

| At a Joint meeting of the city
| board of health and the city COM
missioners yesterday in the city hall,
it was decided that under the pres
ent conditions it is advisable to con-
tinue the quarantine as it exists The
resolutions passed at the last meeting
fixing the date of December 2, as the
date for the lifting of the quaran-
tine, still exists.
1t was decided that all meetings
held under the auspices of war or
CARNATIONS such as Red Cross and
the food administration were per-
missable, and the following resolu-
| tons were adopted:
Whereas, The city manager has
! presented to the board of health at
regular meeting held on this 10th
day of November, 1918, certain verbal
petitions which have been presented
to him, asking for relaxation in GER
tain instances of the rules and regu-
lations which, prior to this time,
| have been adopted by the board, gov
erning the Spanish influenza cpl
demic, and
Whereas, The board has been adj
vised of the number of cases of influ-
city of Albuquerque since the meet
| ing held on November 14th, 1918, and
Phas heard the facts and figures pre-
scented in favor of and against lifting
the ban on various business enter
prises. schools, churches and public
meetings, and
Whereas The board is of the OPP
| inion that the Spanish influenza cpl
In h1g
in albuquerque, but on the contrary
the epidemic situation as it exists
today is of serious proportions and
menace to the life and health of the
people of this community, and
Whereas, 1t appears from the re-
ports of the physicians that the cpl
demic Is becoming more serious in
its spread among children of school
age, resulting in at least two deaths
among the young people within the
last tWenty-fonr hours. and the board
being fully advised from the stand
! point of health and sanitation and be-
| lieving it to be to the best Interest of
the people of the city of Albuquer-
que, regardless of any consideration
to financial loss involved, which is to
! no importance when contrasted with
/
| possible loss of life.
! ut is hereby Resolved. Unanimous
| " by the board of health of the city
1 or Albuquerque, in joint session with
the city commission on this 9th day
/ OF November, 1918, that the resou-
! ton adopted by the board on Noyem-
| per 4, setting December I'd as a pos
sible date for the lifting of the rules
YtnT 10 inn IN l.
affirmed and readopted and that it is
the sense of this board that such reso-
luton be strictly adhered to, and
BE it further Resolved, BY the
board that the city manager is here
| by directed to require a petition in
writing from persons who make COM
| plant of Inconsistent conditions which
may exist under the rules heretofore
adopted by the board and that such
! petitions be pi PRESENTED to the board
in regular meeting, and that the petit
TONERS be notified of the time and
place of the next meeting of the
/ board and invited to be present and
state their positions, and
BE it further Resolved, That the
| previous rule of the board be con-
| tinued that absolutely essential war
work meetings shall not be interfered
| with, provided always, that the per-
/ sons in charge of a proposed meeting
shall be required to obtain a permit
! in writing from the city manager be-
! fore holding such meeting and, that
it is the sense of the board that per-
sons expecting to attend such war
| work meetings are warned by the
hoard that such attendance by them
is dangerous to their health and ex-
/ cept in unusually important instances,
they should not expose themselves to
the possibilities of contracting the dis
ease.
A. r. HEBENSTRE FIT,
Chairman of the Board of Health.
| DIR. w. G.. HOPE,
DIR. l.. G.. RICE,
DIR. J. S. CIPFS