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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
6
The article explains influenza spreads via nasal and throat secretions carried in droplets and dust. It notes an incubation period of one to four days and lists symptoms including fever body aches sore throat and severe cases like pneumonia.
Practical influenza guidance urges workers to walk if possible while avoiding coughers, wash hands before meals, seek sunshine, avoid shared towels, and cover coughs with a handkerchief. Stay away from crowded areas and sick houses, rest in bed if ill, and consult a physician before returning to work.
Guidance for households on preventing spread of illness. Do not enter sick rooms or handle items from them without boiling. No visitors. call a doctor for inmates showing early symptoms such as watery eyes fever and aches. Stay from crowds. keep children warm and dry. ensure fire and ventilation.
Advice on cleanliness isolation and infection control for caregivers. Emphasizes wearing masks during visits avoiding touching the mask, changing every two hours, reusing boiled gauze, thorough hand washing, and disinfectants. Recommends seven hours sleep daily, fresh air, sleeping with windows open, and coughing or sneezing into disinfectable or burnable cloths. Boil all dishes to sanitize.
Readers are advised to stay in bed and seek a doctor if chills, muscle pain, headache, fatigue or fever appear. Open windows for ventilation, cleanse nose and throat, keep the patient warm, and restrict room-sharing. Wear a mask when giving water or food and boil masks after use.
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