Thirty-One Cases, Influenza Report

• Only 16 new houses were put under quarantine• American public Health Association provided a list of methods for dealing with future outbreaks of influenza, all of which are in place in Salt Lake:• Compulsory case reports• Quarantine and placarding of houses• Closing of all public gathering places• Survey of city services• Establishment of public kitchens and laundries when necessary• Prevention of profiteering• Council of National Defense warns of a second wave of influenza throughout the country: “Risks are aggravated by the fact that medical and sanitary facilities have been depleted to meet war needs and cannot be restores for some time, nor without concerted effort.”• Beatty concurs with the CND that education of the people on the spread of flu is necessary• Dr. Paul reports that the consensus of doctors at the APHA meeting was that education campaigns and vaccinations were the most effective means of combating the fluNewspaper article1