Up To Individuals To Stamp It Out

• From statement by Dr. Justin K. Fuller, USPHS asst surgeon:• ‘Although cases of influenza are apparently increasing, yet these figures are not to be regarded too pessimistically. Cases are undoubtedly being reported as new which in reality have not been previously reported by the doctors in attendance because of lack of time. It may be expected that the situation will turn favorably at any time. Whether or not it does rests largely with the individuals themselves. Everyone should know by this time how to avoid infection and immediate recognition and early medical attention are cardinal points to stamping out the epidemic.’• “Fear of the disease or of its complications will not of itself keep the individual from becoming sick. Knowledge and courage offer infinitely more protection. For this reason, mill and other workers are urged to remain at their posts. It is actually more dangerous to remain fearfully in a stuffy home than it is to go with a free conscience to a mill where one is assured that he is in relatively less physical danger.”• “All relief forces, local and general, are becoming day by day better able to deal with a situation that has been fairly staggering in its proportions. Doctors and nurses that have been so desperately needed heretofore are on their way to our aid from all parts of the country and it will be only a matter of days before adequate staffs will be present.”Newspaper article1,