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MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION PUBLISHED LAST WEEK REMAINS IN FORCE AND EFFECT TILL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND•Situation U at Critical Point and AutWitiei Believe It UnwUe to Lift the Restrictions Yet. Epidemic Is Still Raging, but PhysiciansBelieve Conditions Are Improved. 'Mayor Parks as authority for the statement that the proclamation issued by him last week will remain in full force ami effect for another week, from Saturday unless lifted by later proclamation- the order issued by him last week expires Saturday but Physicians and authorities .behove it-would be unwise to lift the ban at that time, and the mayor hasproclaimed accordingly.\ * 'There are quite a number of cases of influenza in town, some of themvei-v severe, but fortunately to datet-horo *i.____ ... Have sufficiAllow no visitors, and do not go visiting.Call a doctor for all inmates who show signs of--beginning sickness.I he usual symptoms are: Inflamed and watery, eyes, discharging nose. a backache, headache, muscular pain and fever. .fteep away from crowded places such as movies, theatres, street cars. ’See to it that your children are kept warm, and dry both day an.1 night.ienL.fire in the honithere has deen only the one death reported from this cause, which was reported last week. A number of Lubbock citizens and former citizens C?'*, Llt; of this place have died from the dis'-i^° R'case, but all except the one died in j eeslOthpr ft !.• i t... !to disperse the dampness.Open your windows at night, j cool weather prevails, add extra be,ions in thoic who the sick.are RUriother places. It is. the general be-! .. mg the sick,lief among the health officers that; ('lean- .Isolate your patientthe disease is very’ well under control ; . n *n attcnii;uice upon pjjust now, but it will take another;*,e,)is we“«‘ «• mask which will Covtjust now, but it will take anotheri!'^ ten days or possibly more to clear the! ? nose-.and' mouth. Whtown of the epidemic, with the great-' C !'lriS^ J's once in place do not h: - - J , it. I.cst precautions exercised, so under r-!t- ’these conditions it behooves the peo- A .. ,Ke mask every two hour pie of this city to cooperate with the’fU'njr to ^ scarcity of gauze, be authorities in holding the disease .v one'halfour and rinse, their u.authorities in holding the discaso down as much as possible.There will be no school sooner thanthe pauze again.Wash your hands each time yc ;Come in contact with; the patient. Ult;i hioltlnhi'.l- r - •than November the 4th, and no I contact 'WHH; the patient.church services will he held in any', ; of :meVCury, 1-1000.of the churches next Sundayiul?7^-V0,’-°n’n-“nd’ !‘100’or between now and the 2nd of Nov- A',, .3m eel.or|*3ember. No lodge meeting or i.in« • »'”n at least seven hours’ ior between now and the 2nd of Nov- , .ember. No lodge meeting or picture • * 2’°I** 4 seven hours’ .4!efshows and the pool hall must remain ' Wenty-four hours. Eat pie closed during that time. ;Lubbock is indeed very fortunate in riot having had more serious cases . .than she has had and it is Inrgelv due ,n,nJ ■ ,the Rat,ent cou*to the carefulness of the people and?njav w IT1” cloth* lhthe forethought of the. authoritiesMl *Tunci health officers that this can be! £Li n u V’■sfiirl. Kttp patients warm.Let us nil adher slrietly to the If you fee) sudclem chill^flll^Irid”tha:f in tHC T,.rodamtion! }? muscular pnin, Headache,0 bZn av ^ hi ?nl f?ttCStlons nwt e jHehe, unusual tiredness and fever may be able to help ,n stamping, out to bed at one'e arid send for a docfthis disease, which is proving fatal See that there is enough bed clcm many places: mp to keep you warm.Rule* for Thoie *t work j Open all windom? in your bedrotWalk to work if possible. anci ^ecl them open at all times,Avoid the person who coughs or sneezes.Wash your hands before eating.Make full use of all available sunshine.Do-’-not use a common towel-. It spreads disease.Should you cough or sneeze covernone and mouth with a handkerchief.Keep out of crofded places. Walkty of gobd, clean food.Walk in the fresh, air daily. Sleep with your windows open. Insist that the patient cougcept in rainy weather.Take medicine to open the bow freely.Take $omesnourishing food, such milk, egg-and-m{ik or broth eve four hours. •' */;*•*stay in bed until a physician tv you that it is safe to get up.Allow no one else to sleep in t same room. •Protect others bv sneezing a ughing into handkerchiefs or. clol which should be boiled or burned.Insist that whoever gives v water or food or. enters the sickroi .for any other purpose shall wearin the open air rather than go to a mm u • l ' Snee;crowded place of amusement- coiu.^h,n5 into handkerchiefsSleep is necessary for well-being— avoid overcxertion. Eat good clean food.Keep away from houses where shaH *'eathere are casts of influenza. from the Re i^r yIf sick, no matter how slightly, sec • - Cro5sor *«* be ma physician. : • ‘If you have had the influenza, stay •in bed until the. doctor says you can safely get up. 'Rule* for Tho«e at HomeKeep out of the sick room unless your attendance is necessary.Don’t handle articles coming from the sick room until they are boiled.. ’ - HIat home of four to six folds of ga and. which should cover the nose mouth and be tied behind the heatRemember that these masks o be kept clean, must be put on lt;side the sickroom, must not be ha led after they are tied on and tt be boded thirty minutes andnughly dried every time theytaken off.■ fc
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Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 24, 1918
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