Health Board Acts To Check Influenza

• 150 mild influenza cases at Fort Snelling hospital, and 75 cases at the University• Six cases discovered among civilians• Minnesota state board of health urged victims of influenza to quarantine themselves • Several cases have been severe or followed by pneumonia• Northern division of Red Cross has made 50,000 gauze masks• Dr. Bracken of state board of health announced that caskets of flu victims may not be opened, and only private funerals will be allowed• Health bulletin for prevention and treatment of disease to be handed out• Dr. Bracken requests people with colds to remain at home• Education campaign will be tried before any quarantine will be considered, if necessary on October 10• Dr. H. W. Hill of Minn. Public Health Association said he did not think quarantine was practical due to large number of people with colds and mild cases of flu• Minneapolis police asked to enforce anti-spitting ordinance• Patients should be isolated from other members of the family• List of symptoms and description of course of the disease provided in articleNewspaper article1, 1