Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-17 | Page 11 | Red Cross Head Raps Those Who Make Light of Influenza Epidemic

Red Cross Head Raps Those Who Make Light OflnfluenzaEpidemic These mMtum are literally Mvlnr thousands of Uvea and will In a large measure limit tne number of caeea. , DEATH RATE HIGH. "Of all the plague that nave In-i In-i tested mankind none have reached a mortality rate of Jo per cent, while In raees of the tertiary or pneumonia period of thie .Spanish Influenza the mortality la running- In aome localities as high aa 40 par cent, and the number of funerals In Halt Lake will absolutely abso-lutely depend on the precaution! taken to prevent Its spread. Kvery cough, every aneeie. every running noe should be regarded with suspicion heir.' primarr F.mntah Influent, and those who mrf to live ahottld ahun anynne riisnti. vlntc these lymptotni. MASKS URGED. "t;rntee.rue aa would aeem the universal uni-versal wearlr.c -f gauze masks during the conducting of all business In thia city. It would reduce Immediately the apread of the disease 60 per cent and actually stamp It out in ten daya. Thie, hy the way, la the only even partially successful method of prevention that haa. aa yet. been evolved by the com bined medical thought of the country, science having on thia occaalon found absolutely nothing In the category of medicine which wMV either prevent ori ui e this terrific plague." i "Contrary to the opinion of medical i mountobanka and petty polltictana. to whom the dollar means more than human hu-man Ufa, I feel that the epidemic sit-uatlon sit-uatlon In tlila community la the moat aerioua that haa a rise o in tta history." The above expression w made by Captain J. X. Oolph. viaitlng field director di-rector of the American Ked Cross, In discussing The spread of influensa Captain Dolph conferred with Oot- enmr Bamberger eaterday and waa j asked to give out a public statement, i t'Mpt.iin lHlph cm me, her in beha f of Ki-d rts oik. and pot as an- aide to the niftliul ni.ihor.tif in their attack on tirflucna. Seeing, luinever, that in- ! fluer.za was spreading. he stayed here j longer than .'i inttudetl. to render : what aid he cen'd to stem the epl- demtr. He expert to reave Salt 1a fee ' within a f"flr n:t J CAPTAIN STATEMENT. Captain Doipn a statement follows: "r (r anyone at thia tim to lift any seemingly authoritative voice against j the precautions now advocated in com- i baling the so called aSpanish Influensa I would be virtually Inviting your ctti-enry ctti-enry to commit murder by the apread - t ing of germa among their nelghbora. I cannot indorae too strongly the work) of the state hoard of health In its j cloalng regulatlona and its endeavors! 1 tn toP.lbe spread of this malady.