Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1918 — TAKE NO ACTION TO STOP SPREAD OF FLU [ARTICLE]

TAKE NO ACTION TO STOP SPREAD OF FLU

Evansville, Oct 7.—At a meeting of the local board with Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, it was decided not to close schools, theatres and churches as a means of stopping the spread of Spanish influenza. Dr. Hurty said that there was really no epidemic m Evansville and that such action would not be necessary until more cases developed. This probably will be the action taken by the state board of health at its meeting Wednesday. The question of placing a quarantine on public places likely will be left to the individual county and city boards.