Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-01-06
HEROIC MEASURES
TO SUPPRESS FLU
State Board of Health Sends Physi-
clan Here and Vigorous Steps Are
To Be Taken In This Community

Called here by Health Officer DR..
B. III. Gibson, and Mayor l.. p. Evans,
DR.. B. c. Wilson, of Bowling Green,
an influenza specialist of the State
Board of Health, outlined plans for
a vigorous campaign which is to be
set on foot in Richmond and Madison
county at once to overcome the epi-
demic, which has been spreading so
fast recently. DIR. Wilson met with
the local Board of Health, physicians,
the members of the city county, the
mayor, the city pastors and other rep
resentative citizens at the city hall
this morning at o'clock Mayor
Evans presided and a spirit of un-
animity was manifested which indi-
Gated that the people generally real
ize the seriousness of the situation
and that it is time aggressive meas
ures are taken to stamp out the NAL
ady which has swent over the entire
community.
All listened attentively to DR.. Will
son. He stated that in his judgment
it would not be best to close the
schools, churches and other public
places at this time, but that in his
official capacity he would place the
following restrictions into effect:
First-AIl chairs to be removed
from pool rooms and the proprietors
of such places be required to venti-
late thoroughly and not to permit
more than u persons to assemble in
any pool room at one time.
Second-That the skating rink be
required to remove all seats and to
limit the attendance to n maximum
number of - persons and that no
children under Il years be admitted.
Third-That all moving picture
shows or theatres shall be required to
| limit their attendance to one patron
for every other seat: that they shall
thoroughly ventilate their places and
that no children under IA years of age
be admitted and that they be required
to maintain an usher to see that the
Iprovisons are carried out.
Fourth-That all 10-cent stores and
other stores be prohibited from hav-
ing special sales to attract crowds;
| that they be required to ventilate
their places thoroughly and that un-
| less the proprietors of such stores
lint the crowds therein, such places
shall be closed during the emergency.
| Fifth-That all churches shall
maintain proper ventilation and dis
courage over-crowding and that it
shall be unlawful for any person
knowing themselves TO be i'll of in
fluenza or not fully recovered from
same to enter any church during SER
vices.
Sixth-That all doctors be required
to report all their cases of influenza
to the Health Officer daily and that
all such cases when reported shall
Immediately be quarantined and pla-
carded; provided, however. that such
Quarantine shall not apply to men,
bers of the family not i'll of the di-
sease from entering or leaving the
premises, nor to grocerymen. laundry
men, or other persons entering such
houses with food, laundry, medicines,
or other necessary supplies; but that
it shall apply to those i'll of the di-
sease and TO convalescents for at least
ten days Immediately preceding the
date of the last elevation of tempera-
ture.
To enforce the above restrictions
and regulations, the Mayor and city
council of Richmond are called upon
to appoint a clerical assistant under
the supervision of the Health Officer,
and that it shall be the duty of the
assistant to call upon each doctor
daily for report and location of any
new cases of the disease and to make
a daily round of inspection of the
skating rink, moving picture shows,
lpooi rooms, ten cents stores and 9TH
er places to see that these regulations
are being complied with and it shall
1Ien ha hse Ar-fx- 10 hot a1t
are properly placarded and quaran-
tined. And the city police be charged
with the places of the placards and
enforcing these rules and regulations.
1t is advised that as a safeguard
for the schools of the city and the
Eastern Normal, that practical train
ed nurses be put on duty at the
schools each day while the emergen-
cy exists, for the purpose of observing
the pupils and taking their tempera-
lures daily, and with any elevation of
Temperature or other suspicious
iSv-,rtnns. such child shall immedi-
ately be sent home and isolated for
the family physician to pass upon.
DR.. Wilson urged that campaign
for innoculating the schools and the
the public be started, similar to the
lcampalgns now going on IN Lexlpg-
ton and many other sections &C -
state, the purpose of innoculation is
to render persons immune from both
Influenza and pneumonia. He said
THAT the Mayo vaccine was being fur
|nished to the State Board of Health
free and that the State Board was re-
distributing it to all the doctors and
health boards in the state without
charge. He said the schools and those
unable to pay for the innoculations
were being innoculated free by the 10
lcal health boards, with the voluntary
service of the physicians. He said
THAT thousands Of doses had been Civ
EN- to date without any harmful re-
Isults and that the Mayo vaccine was
|endorsed by the Surgeon General of
the army, the U. s. Public Health
Service, and all the Health Boards.
THE innoculations in the schools
Throughout the state are voluntary
and not compulsory, the consent Of
1.-THE parents being asked in each case
lby form letter sent out by the city
jsuuaviukendo4t nf achools The doc