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Show ill mm fkgit m coimt flu 1000 Extra Policemen May Enforce New Rules EPIDEMIC CAN BE CHECKED IN WEEK, OFFT (Tf A LS-ASSERT THE police department is to. help stamp out the influenza epidemic and if its force is not large enough to police the city and see that the regulations issued by the city and state boards of health ' are carried out, in addition to several new ones regarding opening and closing hours of business houses, looo men are to be hired to assist them, according to plans adopted by fifty of the leading business men of the city at a meeting presided over by J. P. Casey and held at the Commercial club this morning. The committee of five, consisting of J. P. Casey, M. E. Up-man, Up-man, W. C Lewis, Edward P. Levy and M. H. Hanauer, repre- ; seniing ine ousinesg men, in, i . a. fleatty, head of the stats board of health, and Dr. Kamuel G. Paul, head of 'the city board of health, met with I the city commtsalonera this afternoon to arran plans to enforce the rules. According to E. P. Levy, manager of the Orpheum, who has charge of theatres In seven cities. Bait Laks has had Influenza for seven weeks, while the other cities In which he to the city board of health, or they will be subject to prosecution, with s fine of fsoo or six months In tha eotinty jail. If convicted. APPEAL FOR NURSES. R. J. Shields, executive head of the local chapter of the Red Cross has asked fur at least twenty more nurses to help eomlmt the disease. According to the general opinion of the committee handling the situation for.the business men, the epidemic ran haa business interests have suffered i from the epidemic for not more than ; ! three weeks, due to lack of support accorded to Dr. Beany and the board of health. STOP ALL CROWDING. After hearing expressions of opin- Ion of all business men present, it) aa juErccdtht . the opening and closing hours of all business houses be regulated aa follows; Grocery stores, open from t a. m. 1 nntll t:30 p. m.; men's shops and shoe stores, from 10 a. m. until p. nr. with the eruption of rlatur- u lamm.rvo; mj( wiimn a wwr u every person will give his aid by reporting all violations of rules which come under un-der his notice. All newspapers of the city have agreed not to advertise any sale In a business house which would draw a crowd during the-epidemic. All business busi-ness houses violating any of the rules prescribed will be closed upon discovery discov-ery for the same period. The rules all) become effective tomorrow to-morrow morning. ! SHOP IN MORNING. As u added precaution, customers of department stores have been asked to do their shopping during the morning morn-ing hours to avoid crowding, Seventy-five new cases of Influenza were reported to the city board of health from various sections of the city up until noon today, while more than 10 were reported yesterday. The malady, seems to have again started on a hunt for victims locally, and physicians phy-sicians as well as members of the state and city board of health urge that every available precaution be taken in an attempt to check the disease. WARNING ISSUED. According to Dr. Hamuel G. Paul, eity health officer, the physicians are Just beginning to register their calls, and while the total number registered during the past nwo days wss far greater than last week, there should be ao cause for alarm, says the official. '"Kvery patient should be Isolated." said Dr. Paul today, "and aa new cases dova. when they will be open from I lo in a. m. until p. m.; all offices from a. m. until 4: JO p. m.: depart, j mcnt stores. I and to cent stores and hardware stores. t:30 a. m. until ( i p. m., excepting Haturdaya. when they I will be ora-n from 10:0 a. m. until 1 1:30 p. m.; drug, csndy and cigar atorea and restsumnts are, to open land cloae aa formerly, with tne under-I under-I .tending that they are to uaa very I precaution possible to prevent apread-Ing apread-Ing of tha epidemic. Tha purpose of j the regulation la to prevent con-; con-; gestlon of atreetcara at the cloalng hour, so that employes of the various business houses may be subject to less risk. Crowded elevators sre not to he tolerated, and If any are found vlo-I vlo-I latlng the rule they will be ordered ! to atop running until abatement of the epidemic. ' ISOLATE PATIENTS, j Although no quarantine la td be observed, Isolation of the patients la to be enforced, ss ths dlseusa Is spread through contact with con-valeacents. con-valeacents. Houses are to be placarded pla-carded when there are Inmates suffering suf-fering from the m;i!ady. All socisl functions are to be abolished and persons found to be entertaining nuniliers will be punished. pun-ished. People living In the sams house with Influenza victims sre to Wear masks, snd as soon as cases spa known to exist they sre to be reported at ones appear they should ha reported at once .n order that official, will at all tlmea know the exact number of cases existing exist-ing and in order that every preventive mea.ur. can be taken. In ords-r that th. apread will be checked. A number of cases have been reported within ths laat few days where tha persons having such dlHe.ee hsvs been working, work-ing, regardless of the.r condition and regardless of the fsct thst they ara expoalng the dlseass to others. This practice must stop. A fin. of 100 or a Density of six months In Jail will be imposed on anyone found guilty of .such a crime, and anyone not reporting caaea and found guilty mill ba proe.-. cuted under the same terms." |
