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Show f MM GirfM iS BIS H mm rrjDoons, is ADVICE State Board of, .Health Makes Recommenda- tion to Public; Increase of Cases Here Reported T T NIVERaAIj bearing of mask ; w in Bait Lake will not ht made compulsory by an order for the present. Practical difficulties vuch an an inadequate supply oi materials for making tha maska makes such an order inadvisable at this time, according to Dr. T. B. Heart y, state health commissioner. In charge of tha Jnftuensa situation In Utah. Recommendation wilt be made tc the public, however, that masks o worn by all wherever practical. Largt quantities of matertul for the making of masks have been ordered from the outside, says Dr. fleatty, and persons who are unable to secure masks from tha Red Cross have been urged to v buy tha material and make their own masks. - it RECOMMENDATIONS. Under the recommendations of tht state health commissioner. maski should be worn by all store employes, by persons entering , stores and by persons traveling In streetcara, train and congregating In offices or othei places where they may come In contact con-tact with the disease. Wearing of masks In tha open air Is neither necessary nor Is It recommended. There la a minimum danger of taking the disease In the open air and persons per-sons who are com jw I lei to wear masks Indoors should be able to In-, hale fresh air when they are out In tha open, according to Dr. Beatty. WEAN 'EM INDOORS. "Persons already have been urged to wear maska Indoors In public places." Dr." Heatty c)area. 'When tha disease first made ls appearance In Utah arrangements were made . with the Red Cross and materials procured for tha msktng of masks to bs used by personm entering Ui tok 1 room. Iarge quantities were sent to health officers In the various commu-a nit lea where the influent whs reported re-ported and additional supplies were manufactured for use by persons Ir store -and persona - entering; store where they might come In contact with the disease. There Is no question ques-tion but that the wearing of the masks under those circumstances Is a most efficient measure, both for protection pro-tection against the spreading of the disease and for Individual protection agstnst the tuking of the disease, i ORDER DEFERRED. "An order making the universal wearing of masks compulsory, auch at hsg been promulgated locally In various va-rious communities under the advice of the state board of health, has beer considered for several dys; but practice prac-tice I difficulties, such as th Inade quate supply Of mat crisis for manufacture manu-facture of the masks, hnm made thli InadvisHbl untU these difficulties hsvi been overcome. All persona are urged however, to procure their own ma ski and wear them whenever they dorm In contact with pther persons. "The order making the wearing ol th masks compulsory hsg been deferred de-ferred for the present, but will he put into effect unless the public will d this as a voluntary measure for lu own protection. If one life In thi stat of Utsh Is saved by the wearing wear-ing of masks, tha general Inconvenience Inconve-nience occm stoned thereby will hav been justified. When persons consider con-sider the saving of that one life, especially espe-cially ss It may be their own life they will be willing to suffer th Inconvenience In-convenience of wearing masks. Tht HSBXSsssaL.nciaeasBSta Epidemic of Influenza Unabated in Salt Lake ldency( of the Mormon church, sent out an appeal today to all Mormon' women urging them to cars for lnflu-snsa lnflu-snsa cases In thetr families themselves. them-selves. This was dont In order to relieve re-lieve the Hed Cross and health au-' thorltlea with the great burden of supplying them with n ureas. Aa many of the Mormon women are batter versed In the art of nursing than any other religious sect or group of women wo-men In the city, tha church appeal for thetr aid In this manner. Manager Man-ager H. J. Shields of the Red Cross said that this step would alleviate the burden for those combating tha Influents, epidemic, for In this manner man-ner tha nurses which would b sent I to Mormon hornet will be released for j duty elsewhere. (Continued from page 1.) public will be given tha opportunity to wear the masks voluntarily, pending tha overcoming: of tha practical difficulties.' diffi-culties.' MATERIALS ORDERED. Large quantities of material for tha manufacture of masks have been ordered, or-dered, according to Dr. Baatty, and In tha meantime persona can maka their own masks from grause, cheesecloth, cheese-cloth, or even a hsndkerchlef tied over tha nose and mouth when all other material Is unobtainable. Tha Roseneau In flu ansa culture, ordered or-dered from tha least, will arrive In Salt Lake today. Dr. Beatty has been Informed, and tha vaccine will be nro- by the Red Cross for tha horns construction con-struction of masks: MAKING OF MASKS. 1. Take piece of gauss a yard square. 1. Cut this Into atrlpa nlns Inches wide. t. Fold each strip Into halves, then Into thirds, making six thlcknassaa of gauss. . Turn In row edges and stitch all four sides to hold firm. Maak now measures seven Inches by six. I. Put three pleata In seven-Inch ends, lower pleat deeper than other two to allow room for chin. . Attach a taps sleveti Inches long to each of the two lower corners. Attach At-tach a taps thirteen Inches long to each of tha two upper corners. T. Distinguish outside by s, black thread. - -- - SCHOOL TEACHERS HELP. Reeentlng tha charge that they are slackers fur not responding to the appeal of tha Red Cross for volunteer volun-teer nurses, several local school teach-ere teach-ere today Joined the ranka of the patriots and offered their aervlcea for the relief of stricken famlllea during the epidemic. The claim la made th tt there are more than 20 local teachers teach-ers now actively engaged In fighting the mslady and that more have tmn rejected from serving. There are 735 teachers In Bait Laka. of which number more than (04 are women. CHURCH APPEAL. President Joseph V. Bmith and tha oherwornemlrshejnrBtjja curable within forty-eight hours. Ths' University of Utah laboratory baa been equipped for ths manufacture of the vsccins under tha Koaeneau method, and will begin work aa soon as the culture arrlvea. Tha vaccina will be furnished free by tha state board of health. USE OP VACCINES. Other vaccines have been In uae for some time, soms of them In Bait Lake. but tha Roseneau method Is tha only method that haa proven by Ita work to be really effective In combating the disease. Ths vaccine haa proven both an efficient preventive against ths taking tak-ing of tha disease and haa proven of excellent value In checking the disease dis-ease where It has appeared. I DEATHS DOUBLED. ! More than twice as many deaths oc- mired In Halt Lake last week from Hpanlsh Influenza than during the preceding pre-ceding week. There were, however, a decided reduction In tha number of new cases reported. In the weekly report of contagious and Infectious disease Issued today by tha city board of health. tt new rases of Influensa are listed and fifty-three deatha recorded. Tha report la for the week ending Friday night. For the previous week, ending October 18, there were M new cases reported, with only twenty. four deal he. Thia shows a reduction of 170 new esses and an increase of twenty-nlna deaths for tha week. REPORT ENCOURAGING. The report la regarded aa encourag- j Ing by health officials as they declare . many of the deaths resulted from cases developed In the previous week. Indl- , vidua! precaution on the part of cl(l- , sena la believed to have aided greatly In stemming the spread of the malady. ; Officials say, however, there sre several sev-eral stagea of vfrulency to the epidemic and that It can be expected to subside 1 snd increase at different intervals until un-til It has completely un Its course. INCREASE IN CITY, More persons were admitted to ths Judgs Mercy hospital yesterday than on any previous day since the institution institu-tion has been open. There wss also a marked Increase in tha number of new cases in 8alt- Lake, a total of 101 being repotted. Five deatha also occurred in the city yesterday. Oause far masks are In such de j mand that tha local Red Cross la un- 1 sble to furnish nearly tha number re- ' quired. MASK CATCHES GERMS. "No person reed fear Influensa If they wear a mask." la tha unanimous declaration cf city, county and state health officials. It Is pointed out that it is not necessary to wear tha masks tightly tied about tne face. . If they ! bang loosely over the nose and mouth 1 the effect will be the same. Influensa germs are caught In tba gauxa meshes of the mask and quickly die. j ! Sins sjtthitwing Instructions are Issued j |