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Show I JNFLUENZA SITUATION I 100 FAMILIES QUARANTINED I AND THE DEATHS THIS WEEK The influenza situation in and around American Kotk has "became rather serious, as there are approximately 100 t'las up and over UOO people quarantined in. In most cases, how- ever, the disease is only mild, yet we have some very bad and serious tines. There are several cases of pneumonia and during the week up to Friday, we have had three deaths in the city and two others brought hero for burial. The hoard of health in their proclamation asks the aid of every citizen in fighting and preventing the dreaded disease. H Thursday the district bujioi littond- H I'liL and members of thu School Hoard H decided to cIobo the schools nil over H district until at least Feb. lGtli, or H! until the health conditions wore n- H ruvcil siimcloiitly. Supt. Wui H stated that from 30 to CO per cent ut H the chillron were out in the various H towns, nnd Hint conic 30 teachers In H tho district had been out with the H Mllsease. With the luck or rttondimcc H .and the need of tho present school H teachers as nurses the' board made H their dlclslon. Many pcoplo aro of tho opinion H that our epidemic was started right j after tho quarterly conferenco held H hero on tho 24th nnd 2Gth. It Bcems H that l.ehl hud many caves beforo then, H tout It was not until tho 29th that our H first flag went up. To bear this out, HI VloaB.int Drove had no cases before H conference timo nnd now It only has H J10 canes in all. "VJ 'Of course American Fork does not m seem to bo nny worso than other I cities of the samo size throughout C tho Btato nnd our death rate seem to be lower if" anything. Quarantines V nre bolng placed dally on cities and vi towns all over tho state and nn cpl- h demlc similar to Uic one we havo last la tyenr seems Inevitable. ' President Chlpman gavo out the "word that thcro would bd no Stako "Union and Priesthood held Sunday H j2&&&3to$. and,also that ihoro would bo no mo re1 religious gatherings In the church houses of tho city until conditions improved. "With tho schools, churches nnd all amusement plnces closed our town 1b now under strict quarantine and wo nil ought to help make it so until the present situation ccn bo remedied. Tho following Is tt.o proclamation Issued by tho Uoaid of Health Friday: |