Quarantine Flu Cases In 1,000 Omaha Homes

• 1,000 homes to be closed tomorrow morning; no members of the households will be permitted to leave until approved, as the State Department of Health declares influenza “an absolutely quarantinable disease on par with smallpox and scarlet fever.” • City Health Commissioner Manning distributes blue quarantine cards, to be tacked to homes placed under quarantine orders• Manning estimates 400 new cases in past three days. 16 deaths reported Saturday and Sunday. • Dr. Manning and other physicians oppose the quarantine measures, and claim they are too drastic. Manning: “I am not in favor of the quarantine. But we tre [sic] compelled to enforce it as best we can. I know of no other state which has gone so far to check the disease. I hope to be able to do as much as possible with my assistants, without calling on the police for help. But I doubt whether we can absolutely enforce the quarantine.”• Physicians should call the health office as soon as a flu case is confirmed. Written reports delivered two to three days late. Quarantine shall be imposed as soon as the health office is informed of confirmed influenza.Newspaper article