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Show STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ISSUES DRASTIC ORDER EFFECTIVE K1MEDIATELY r mi., ii i i i mi ii i in i ii SALT LAKE CITY will he schoolless, churchless and amusementless after tonight. In a well de-fined de-fined order to check the spread of Spanish influenza, . the state board of health this morning issued an order placing a ban upon all public gatherings, including in-cluding churches, schools, theatres thea-tres and motion picture houses in Salt Lake City, . where the disease tins fettslned a footing, end la ev-y een- HTThif state fn whk'n'tivl dlsesse appear. - The order, doe not allow of the Interpretation In-terpretation thst public gathering's should be prohibited after a number of cases have been reported, but upon tha appearance of the disease, according to Dr. T. B. Featty, stats health commissioner. com-missioner. The order of the' stats board of health Is effective Immediately, Immediate-ly, but probably It will not be so drastic dras-tic as to prohibit sny gatherings that have been arranged for tonight. Theatres and motion picture houses, It is assumed, will be sllowed to operate tonight, and put- their affairs Into ahape for closing, but after to- night the lines will be drawn tightly. OPEN CAR WINOOWS. As a further means of checking the spread of the disease, Dr. Hamuel (I Paul, city health commissioner, will ask thst all streetcara be run i with windows open. Travel In crowded care, with little ventlla- ! tion, is a means of spreading the disease, according to Dr. I'aul. and the opening of the windows and the admission of plenty of fresh air Into the cars will be one of the greatest helps In eliminating the epidemic. I All cases of Bpanieh Influents 'should be reported to the city board of health Immediately uion their ills. ! covery, according to Dr. Beatty. Local boards of health are required to report 1 all new caaes to tha state board of health. I That Rait Lake Is In tha grip of sn epidemic of Hpanlsh Influensa, Is now believed certain. Heveral hundred caaes have been reported In Halt iake City, seventy-five of which have been reported to the city board of health since noon Tuesday. In many sections of the state the dsesse hss sppeared Continued on psget ) edT Miss Catherine McNeil, a trained nurse, has been employed and every member of tha firm will be given a nasal and throat wash dally. Any employe em-ploye who shows symptoms of the Ulaease will be Immediately taolated. It Is expected that other business houses of ths city will alao follow, the system started by tha local firm. eaaaasaMMaaaaaaawaaaa.. by the Ked Croaa to check the epidemic. epi-demic. CA8EST0 Be ISOLATED. All caeea of Spanish Influenza reported re-ported to the local and atate board, of hralth will he l.olat.d Immediately In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic epi-demic In that eectlun. Quarantine meaaurea will ha gotten under way. To prevent any appearance df the dl.eaae In tha Utah atate prlaon, the board of correction, of the prlaon haa pu.eed a resolution prohibiting vlaltor. during the period of the epidemic. IDAHO 18 STRICKEN. Idaho aa well a. Utah la In the grip of Hpuni.h InfluenXH, and the Idaho tote. board ol health h ordered the clo.lnR of all theatre., HrhoolK, churches Rtid motion picture house. In lioine and other towns. Kpunlnh Influenxa 1. not a new disease, dis-ease, aocordlng to health authorities. It datea back from the time 'of Hip- pocratea, and It. appearance haa been i noted In every century aince. Alway. I It ha. taken the form of an efildemlc Huron, S. D., Schools, Churches, Are Closed HURON, 8. D., Oct. . All school, and churche. In this city were ordered closed today by the health official, aa a precautionary meaaure against the spread of . Hpanlsh Influeasa, About 12$ cases of the epidemic have boen reported, and mitnv of these have developed into pneumonia. DRASTIC MEASURES TO CHECK .TUT . EPIDflC (Continued from page. 1). and Is spreading rapidly. Onden has reported 126 canes to Us IncM heard of j health. KiRht or ten deaths also have-resulted have-resulted from pneumonia, superln- j duced by Hpanlsh Influenza. 1 DEATH AT COALVILLE. - , One death ha. re.ultrd from tha disease dis-ease In Coalville, and another person Is seriously ill with pneumonia brought nn by ripanlsh Inflenaa. A third case of pneumonia superinduced by "flu" is reported at Echo. Coalville, without a doctor, has been at the mercy of the disease. F.mergency calls for help bsve bee sent out by the state hoard of health for the mobilization of nurses and physicians, and help will be sent to stricken communities, where thsre are no doctors or nurse.. The local Red Cross nrgantxatton ttaa ;iwnt a nurse to Coalville. NURSES MOBOLIZED. Tha war deparment has mobilized the nursea and physicians throughout the country and a everted effort will be made to eradicate all traces of the diseuse. The Judxe Mercy hospital In ralt Lake will be cleaned and chanxea made to accommodate patlenta. The hospital haa been Inspected by a com-ntttee com-ntttee of local Ked Cross officials. A committee of nine persons, composed of phy.iolan. and others competent to handle the dtweHse. has been selected that sweeps ths country. Physicians now ha.ve a thoroush understanding of the disease and the method of treatment treat-ment for Its eradication. Ths disease will be fought In Utah 1y assigning physicians and nursea to the sections afflicted, according to Ir. Heatty. Upon application of the state board of health, . the Red Cross will assign nurses to these communities. MANY SCHOOLt CLOSED. ' Schools have been closed In various sections of the atate on account of the! prevalence of the disease. Hchools in Morgan have suspended on account of the epidemic, says Mlsa Jean Cox, atate supervisor of home economics under tha state board of education, who has Just returned from a trip to that section. sec-tion. John R Chrtstensen. 27 years old, son of Albert and Agnes Christansen I of Kulrview, Utah, died Tuesday at a local hospital. (Spanish Influensa, whtcfc later developed Into pneumonia. Is given giv-en ss the cause of death. The body was removed to Kairvlew, Utah, for burial. Ted A. Young, l years, son of John W, and Nancy Young, f llsndersun, Utah, was ths second victim to die Tuesday. Us slao died of influensa. He was ln the military service and was stationed at Ft. Douglas, The bmly will be removed to Henderson and funeral fu-neral services will be held tomorrow 6 CASES AT -U." I Five cases were reported at, the Ur.l-I Ur.l-I varsity of Utah today. The victims were Isolated at once and every precaution pre-caution la being made to protect the many students who are enrolled there. Two cases have been reported at ths 8. A. T. C. at Provo and four at the Lor an school. Kelth-0'Hriens department store Inaugurated In-augurated a system yesterday In order that their employes might be protect |