| Show closing order effective throughout state on account of rapid spread of influenza owing to the rapid spread ot of the disease known as spanish influenza dr T B beatty state health corn com missioner miss loner this week issued an or der prohibiting public gatherings in all parts ot of the state of utah lOard A similar order from the local loca board ot health went into effect in cities on tuesday of this week and since that time the schools baa have been closed and no or other public entertainments have been allowed pool halls have also been closed and no card playing in public places Is permitted in many of the cities of the state the disease has spread with alarm in ing rapidity causi causing ngoa a number of a deaths ath s but here in the DIs brict conditions are said to be very satisfactory some sickness pre vails but there are none of the vl vt bulent cases of influenza such as ex 1st in many of the other towns of the state great care however should be taken to prevent the disease get ting a foothold here strict antane should be established even in the event la grippe Is reported because there seems to be no way of telling when la grippe leaves off and influenza starts the two being al most identical except tor for the tact fact that one effects the bead head while the other usually settles in the lunge lung and causes pneumonia which some times results fatally the Re reporter parter believes bel levea that some restrictions should be placed upon r ayel y to oan o an and from the places where t the e disease Is so prevalent As the matter now stands our people are coming from and going lo all parts ot of the state to the towns which are reporting the largest number of ca ses and even attending funerals and visiting with sick relatives it will be a miracle it if someone does not bring the dise disease ase in its most virulent type back to this district our health officers and some who are not health officers have been very active during the past week in putting the order from dr beatty into effect and there Is an opportunity tor for them to con continue dinue the good work by insisting on a strict quarantine and at the same time prevent people from coming into tin tic camps direct from the disease s stricken sections ot of the state Q |
