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Show OF BEFBEE Roseneau Vaccine Ordered Or-dered by Dr. Beatty ana1 More WillBe' Made at University ROSENEAU vaccine, on? of th beat methods for pre-, venting the taking of Spanish influenza, is now available ' for use in Utah, and a supply has bMD ordered from the East by Dr. T. B. Beatty, state health commissioner... commission-er... In charge of the Infiuensa altua-tlon. altua-tlon. In connection with this, the University Uni-versity ot Utah laboratory will ba quipped Immediately o that auppllea of the vmcrlne can ba made there under the Roseneau method. Aa eoon aa a eupply arrives It will be made available for public uae free by the etate boar of health, and the man- j ufacture of the vaccine at the University Uni-versity of Utah laboratory will be under the direction of the state board of health. COMING IN FEW DAYS. No supply has been available up to the present for Utah, on account of the sreat demand for the vaccine In the Kastern cities. That demand has somewhat decreased, on account of the check Ins of the epidemic In the last- j ern section of the country, and Dr. 1 Beatty has been notified that Utah may be shipped a supply within the next few days. HAS RECORD O RESULTS. The Roseneau vaccine has achieved sreat results in the Kastern cities where the Infiuensa epidemic has raged violently for weeks. It Is considered one of the most prom'sins preventives and will be recommended by Dr. Beatty for publio use. As soon aa the unlver-J aity laboratory can be equipped for the manufacture of the Roseneau vaccine, vac-cine, large auppllea will be available for distribution by the state board of health throughout the entire stste. i TWELVE MORE TOWNS MIT. I Twelve new Utah towns reported the outbreak of Spanish Infiuensa to the stste board of health today. Fifteen other communities also reported continued con-tinued spread of the epidemic, with no Immediate signs ot abatement. Re-porta Re-porta of fifteen additional deaths were also received by the health board. The new towns where the malady has developed are: Wood row. HI. Johns. Csslle Dale, Tropic, rllockton, Kar West. Ooldhill. Abraham, Roy, Aurora, Au-rora, gtandardvllle and Latvula. CASES REPORTED. ' '" Mayfield reported twenty new cases and two deaths. One person Is dead at Ptorrs and eleven new cases have developed. Thirty-six new cases were reported from Helper and 1 death. Magna reported S deaths, I e wis ton 1, Hear Klver 1. Morel and 1 dead and 12 new cases. Kphrsim .1 dead, Haines 1 dead end 2S new caaea, tiandy 40 new esses, Ogden,7 new cases snd a deaths, Bingham It new cases and 1 deed. Provo 11 new cases and Logan new cases VYeshlngton and Kane I counties are the only counties of the , state who have not yet reported the I presence of Infiuensa. ' EPIDEMIC YET RAGES. I 1 reunite the hopes of officials thst j the epidemic of Hpenish Infiuensa had subs. tied In I'tah and was at Isat on the decline, the malady continued to rage with equal violence today. Afflictions Af-flictions continue to develop in the same large numbers In Halt Lake with a slight Indication of a decline in the number of deaths. FAMILIES PROSTRATE. Heveral families became prostrate with the disease today and the officers of the Ked Cross snd the boards of health were kept on the Jump receiv- , ing reports of new cases. The demand fr nurses becsms so i urgent that an sppeal was msde to ' Kurgeon (general Hupert Blue of Washington Wash-ington to send twelve trained nurses ' here immediately to aid in combating the epidemic. , 70 CASES AT SCHOOL j V nex peel ed I y . ae ven t y cs ses of In fluensa developed - yesterday st the' etate industrial school at Osden. There ' are lie bos In the Institution snd. many of the cases are said to be of a aerlotjs nature. It wee Impossible to send more than one' nurse to their assists nee. MORE NURSES WANTED. -Robert Hhietds. manager of the Red Cross, stated today thai the demand for nurses Is so acute that wn expended ex-pended to bring one nurse to Halt Lake from Vemsl. "It Is Impossible to get enough trained nurses, so we are ap-peeling ap-peeling to every patriotic woman in Continued ea pace I ) . TREATMENT OF FLU (OoTttifinad from pugw 1.) th atata to lend ''her aervlcea durlnc tha emenrency.'' said Mr. Shields. "Although "Al-though they are inexperienced thea olun tears ara often the direct means of saving many lives." 60 NED CASES TODAY. Fifty new cases were reported up to noon today to the Ked Cross and the 'city board nf health, making' tota.1 of 130 new caaea since yeaterday morning. morn-ing. Kight deaths occurred during the same period in the city. Dr. DaK. Myers of Hpokane. who was aent here at the direction of the surgeon sur-geon general, arrived laat night and was Immediately dispatched to Ogden to aid In combating the spread of the epidemic there. |