Open AccessADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES AGAINST INFLUENZA
Author(s) -
Allen W. Freeman
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health (1912)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.12.919
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , environmental health , medicine , patient isolation , family medicine , intensive care medicine , infection control , biology , bioinformatics
Science has not yet revealed any successful specific measures against influenza. Isolation and popular education are the only justifiable general methods known at present. Energies must be directed to preventing the complications rather than to preventing influenza. Research is needed and health officers can help by securing accurate records.