The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-02-06
THE BOARD OF HEALTH
PUTS ON THE QUARANTINE
About Seventy.Five Cases Of lnau-
enza Reported on Thursday Morn
inz-No Very Serious Cases.

inx-No Very Serious Eases.
The board of health at meeting
ON Wednesday afternoon decided to
put on a quarantine in the city owing
10 the influenza situation. There IS
no need for unnecessary alarm. The
thing for every one to do is to CO.
operate with every one else and OBJ
serve the ordinary rules of careful
ness and not take any, unnecessary
risks by exposing yourself or by con-
gregating in crowds. The only thing
that we see is that the board OF health
should have taken this action at least
a week or more sooner when the
disease first appeared in Newberry,
instead of pursuing the course OF
watching and waiting to see how tar
the disease was going to spread ana
then when it becomes very extensive
trv to stop it. 1t is like rising
stream the further it goes the more
momentum it gets and the haroer II
is to dam up or stop. However you
can not run the mill with the water
that has passed and the thing to 40
now is to cooperate with the officials
and follow the regulations strictly.
There is no use of regulations and
no good in them unless they are oo-
served and followed. We understand
that Mayor Blease has instructed the
,o]ice to arrest and take home any
children found on the Streets and
that is we'll, because there IS little
need to close the schools if the chill
dren are permitted to run ever the
streets at random. And the same IS
true of the other regulations.
This is. a time when it seems to US
that it would be better to open the
churches wide rather than close them,
because the tendency Of this age IS
700 much toward forgetting that there
is an overuling providence and we 90
not often enough seek his guidance
and protection, depending too much
upon our own strength.
Fortunately so far very few of the
cases have developed pneumonia and
thew have not been severe. The
health officer on Thursday reported
rs cases in Newberry up to that time.
That we suppose includes those who
have recovered and are able to be
out. There were more cases de-
veloped on Wednesday than any one
day since the disease appeared IN
Newberry. Among the number re-
ported is Mr.. NJ. L. Spearman cashler
of the Exchange bank and Mr.. +. nj.
Evans, Jr., bookkeeper of the bank.
The schools and the picture shows
and the pool rooms and the churches
and the drinking fountains have been
closed. These are considered non
essentials, but in a time like this the
question of essentials should not be
considered. and if there is danger IN
congregating every place where that
is the requirement should have been
closed, even the cotton mills, because
the making of little money is very
insignificant thing compared with the
health and life of the people. But the
mills are kept running and the people
who work there are closed in large
number in one room all the day long.
We understand that the state board
advised against quarantine unless 1t
was made a real quarantine and
everything closed down, and the peo-
pie kept at home except in cases OF
real emergency where their services
were actually needed for the help
they might render and in securing the
food necessary to live. but the state
board will cooperate with the local
board in any action taken.
The banks and the stores on
occasions are about as crowded ana
stuffy as some other places that have
been ordered closed and with poor
ventilation and it would be well to
make some arrangement by which the
people may be kept from congrega-
ting and crowding in these places as
we'll as at the union station and the
picture shows. If we are going to
quarantine it should be done in way
that would be effective. Take the
bank lobbies on Saturday especially
and at times the crowd is so heavy
that you can scarcely press your way
in and the same is true at some OF the
stores. The banks and the stores are
not going to offend the people by
driving them out and the only way
we see is to make some regulation
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