Gives Rules to Aid in Avoiding Influenza

• Dr. L.M. Powers, the city health commissioner, suggested the following anti-influenza precautions: avoid crowds; avoid linen used by an infected person; clean the nose with antiseptic several times per day; isolate infected people and summon a doctor to care for them; infected people and attendants should wear gauze masks; after recovery from influenza a patient's room, bedding, and clothes should be washed and the room should be aired.• Transmission is mainly through handling items used by a sick person and through coughing and sneezing.Newspaper article