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—MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION PUBLISHED LAST WEEK REMAINS INFORCE AND EFFECT TILL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2NDSituation Is at Critical Point and AutKoritics Believe It Unwise to LiftRestrictions Yet. Epidemic Is Still Raging, but Physicians■ #Believe Conditions Are Improved^theMayor Parks is authority for the statement that the proclamation issued by him last week will remain in full force and effect for another week, from Saturday unless lifted by later proclamation. the order issued by him last week expires Saturday Physicians and authorities j ancj fever .believe it $ypuld be unwise to lift the bam at th|^t time, and the mayor has proclaimed accordingly.Allow no visitors, and do not go visiting.Call a doctor for all inmates who show signs of beginning sickness.The usual symptoms are: Inflamed and watery eyes, discharging nose, a ioackache, headache, muscular pain IKeep away from crowded places. 1 such as movies, theatres, street cars.See to it that your childrena reThere aTe quite a number of cages Lor. i . ** ,- . « ; , , (Kept warm and dry both dav andof influenza m town, some ofverv severe but fortunately to date Havp sufficjent fjn? thc homp,c there has deen only the one death j U) difipe^. fht ^ ^ j,,reported from this cause, which was. Qpen your winrfows at niffh jf!nreported last week. A number of Lrwt uroofi,ov s1„ ,1 . J u. ! cool weather prevails, add extra bed , ELubbock citizens and former citizens c)oth{ngof this place have died from the dis-oease, but all except the one died in other places. It is the general belief among the health officers that the disease is very well under control just now, but it will take another ten days or possibly more to clear the town of the epidemic, with the greatest precautions exercised, so underSuggestions to those who are nurs-!Img the sick.Keep clean. Isolate your patients. Ju When in attendance upon pa- t| tients wear a mask which will cover | f both the nose and mouth. When n the mask Is once in place do not han-is1die it.u... .. , , v i Change the mask everv two hoursthese conditions it behooves the Plt;*o- o f /c i -i *. - . . . . .4, .. uwing to the scarcity of gauze, boi!jffpie of this city to cooperate with the i * ^^ . . , ,, r . ,. Tor one-hall hour and rinse, then use «authorities m holding the disease: the agaiy. «down as much as possible. , Wflgh yQor han(ig ^ ^ V(u I'There will be no school sooner thancome in contact with the patient Use1aSithan November the 4th and n« bichlorjde of mew ,.,000 nA. Cat. ^ ^ A k ^ •• ... .11 /V —- I n ^ a .1 1 Vk \church services will be held m any UqUor Cre80, conjpbund ,.100 f(jr, of the churches next Sunday |hand dj3jafection ■ Ior between now and the 2nd of Nov-! 0htain at ,da#t men hoim S] \ember. No lodge meeting or picture j in eaeh twenty-four {lours Eat plen shows and the pool hall most remain Ly of ^in o ti\gn alt; itclosed during that time. j Walk io thd air da},yLubbock is indeed very* fortunate Seep wjth your wifldows opfenin not having had more serious cases insist that the patient coughthan she has had and it is largely due!3nee2e or expectorate into cloths that to the carefulness of the people and!may be disinfected or burned, the forethought of the -authorities goil ajj dishes,and health officers that this can be Keep patients warm.j Rule* for Everyone to FollowLet us all adher strictly to the! If you feel a sudden chill, followedrules laid down in the proclamation j by muscular pain, headache, back- 311and the following suggestions and we j ache, unusual tiredness and fever, gomay be able to help in stamping out! to bed at once and send for a doctor, this disease, which is proving fata! j See that there is enough bed cloth-1ivrolin many places:Rule* for TfcoM «t workWalk to work if possible.Avoid the person who coughs or sneezes.Wash your hands before eating. Make fail use of all available sunshine.Dd*» not use a common towel. It4 *spreads disease..mg to keep you warm.Open all windows in your bedroom and keep them open at all times, except in rainy weather.Take medicine to open the bowels freely.Take some nourishing food, such as milk, egHand-mllk or broth every four hours.Stay in bed until a physician telifffe you that it is safe to get up.Allow no one else to sleep in thet!tYsctYjisiflint*‘ttShould you cough or sneeze cover no«e and mouth with a handkerchief, room.Keep out of crofded places. Walkj Protect ‘ othen bv sneezin„ andm fhe open air rather than go to a [coughing into handkerchiefs or clothswhich should be boiled or burned. Insist that whoever givescrowded place of amuBcnjent.“* is necessary for well-being “overexertion, Eat good cleanr.\Keep away from houses where there are cases of influenza.If sick, no matter how slightly, see » physician.If you have had the influenza, stay In bed until the doctor says you can get up.RuUs for Tbos* at HomeKeep out of the sick room unless your attendance is necessary.Don't handle articles coming from tlie sick room until they are boiled.\W\:youwat«r or fbbd or enters the sickroom for any other purpose shall wear a gauze maskt which may be- obtained from the Red Cross or may be made at home of four to six folds of gauze and which should cover the nose and mouth and hp tied behind the headthat these masks must be kept clean, must be put on outside the sickroom, must not be handled after they are tied on and must be boiled thirty minutes and thor- cc oughly dried every time they are taken off.tlJ.hStndidjPlt;ftqlt;Maii..*• vV.ttheavy slick roads. We nulled mudthfcUfle
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Lubbock Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 24, 1918
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