East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-23
Mayor and City Physician Join
to Rigidly Enforce Ordinance
Before Disease, Now Spread
ing Causes Alarm.
NO GENERAL SHUTDOWN
CONSIDERED NECESSARY
Illness Greatly Decreases At
tendance at School and Some
Rooms are Closed as Pre-
cautionary Move.

Orders received from the state
board of health this morning TO quar-
antine all cases of influenza found i'm
the city will be strictly enforced, Ma
yor j. l.. Vaughan announced today.
Following receipt of the orders. the
mayor and DR.. IL. J. Kavanaugh. city
physician. had II conference In which
plans were made for combating fur
tber spread of the disease.
City ordinance No. 1910. passed on
Nov. %, 1918. will be rigidly en-
forced. This provides for the quar-
antining of all cases OF Spanish in
fluenza as well as other contagious
diseases and provides the same pen
atty for violation as for breaking
quarantine from smallpox, scarlet fe-
yer. etc.
Not Serious But Spreading.
Although there are considerably
more cases of Influenza reported i'm
the city today. there are no serious
developments as yet, the physicians
say. The disease is appearing in
nilder form than last year and is
rot producing the congested condition
Of the lungs, which in many cases de-
vtloped pneumonia. They point out,
however. that I'm spite of the fact that
the epidemic is not so severe. extreme
precautions should be taken by all
persons suffering from colds.
All physicians were issued instruc-
tions today to exercise their power OF
quarantine against any cases of influ-
enza which they attend. This au-
tlI~sity is given them by the city ordl-
nance. In addition. the police de-
partment is enforcing the quarantine
with two officers, John HALEY, Jr.,
and William Lyday.
No General Shutdown.
SO long as individuals observe the
quarantine rule there will be no gem
eral shutdown in the city, Mayor
Vaughan said today He declared /
however that precautions must be ta- 4
ken to prevent a spread of the disease. (
II is possible that sheep dip may
again he used on the streets ms a pre- I
ventiNe measure. This proved sue
cessful last winter when finally tried /
out.
Illness in the city schools caused a !
large percentage of absences today. !
City Superintendent F. +. Austin re-
ported. There are seven teachers abb
gent from the grades today and two \
rooms had to be closed because not .
enough substitutes are available. Most (
OF the teachers absent are from Haw-
thorne school.
Some OF the rooms are also thinned I
cut considerably by illness among the :
students. Que room had II missing
today some of them, however. being
kept at home owing to a quarantine
placed against some other member of
the family.
VIII watch Schools.
Because of its beins the last day of
the week. S,tpt, Austin did not deem
1t necessary to close the buildings. 1t
may be found necessary later to take
such steps. he said If there is con
tinuance of the present condition.
Belief is expressed by some of the
physicians that the conditions of n
year ago will not return, inasmuch
as the symptoms in most cases thus
far have been slightly different. Very
little pneumonia is predicted from
the influenza as many have already
recovered from what used to be known
as the grip.