150 Cases Already in
Richmond County. . . 10,000 Cases in the State
The Nation is in the grip of an epidemic of grippe, or
Spanish influenza. In North Carolina alone the number of cases is estimated at
10,000.
At Camp Lee are 6,000 cases, Wilmington, 2,000; the number
of cases said to be in Hamlet is 25, and so far in Rockingham 6; in several of
the mill villages and farming communities of the county are no less than 100
cases. And it is spreading rapidly.
The disease started in Spain in May, affecting 30 per cent
of the population. It is unusually contagious. The hope of the country is that
it will exhaust its supply before its dread ally, pneumonia, arrives in force
in the winter months. The terrible danger of the malady is pneumonia. If you
have aching, high temperature, and sore throat, you may be pretty sure you have
influenza. Go to bed at once and stay there until you are well, until your
temperature has been normal at least two days.
The Board of Health urges the people not to congregate, to
keep out of crowds, not to spit, and if you cough or sneeze do so in your
handkerchief; the germs are carried that way. Also, to avoid using the common
dipper, carelessly washed glasses at soda fountains, etc.
But above all else, at the very first intimation that you
have the malady, GO TO BED and STAY THERE UNTIL WELL! Otherwise you are likely
to have pneumonia.
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