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Show Fill EXPERT JO' FIGHT f EPII Capt. C. Dolph It Here Representing American Red Cross; Hospitals to Be Well Organized ACTING undrr instruct ion just received from Washington, Wash-ington, Captain C. Dolph of the American Ktd Cross, who was sent here to assist in combating the F Danish Influenza epidemic, ha begun preliminary atep toward tho organization of aever.il Influenia hoa-pttala hoa-pttala throughout the ntAte. Captain loIph will appoint influenia commit-tees commit-tees In various town of the state, who will work under the direction of the state board of heulth. Thia action la taken a a reault of the restrictions decided upon Sunday against transporting patients from one city to Hnother during; the period of the epidemic. At a conference be-twren be-twren atate, city and county health official, executives of the local Red Cross chapter and medical authorities of the railroad, it waa decided to discontinue the transportation of ajiy Influenza patlenla. NONRESIDENTS BARRED. The order ha gone out from the Judg Mercy hospital that no patient from outside halt Lake county will be received there for treatment. V Iftoalth officials Intimated that If at-k at-k tempt are made to smuggle patient itnto the city, thoae reeponalble for fcach action will be proeecuted. There la already a atate law prohibiting; tho transportation of peraona afflicted with contagious or infectious disease from one city to. another. Inasmuch a influenza la regarded aa a highly contagious diaeaHe, the statute can be marie to apply during the present epidemic. DELTA PROSTRATE. Delta, Vtah, la prostrate with Spanish Span-ish Influenza, according to a report re- cetved at local lied Cruww headquar . ters. The entire town Is said to be afflicted af-flicted with serious casea of the malady mal-ady and no facilities are at hand to rare for the patient. An appeal waa made to the atate health board for nurse and physician to aid In treating treat-ing the present cases and assist In curbing Its spread. Owing to the shortage of nurses In Salt Lake It was ' Impossible to aend moro than one nurae to the stricken district. STRANGERS KEPT OUT. Fearful of an autbreak of the malady, mal-ady, authorities at Montpellrr. Ida., and Kemmerer, Wyo., have taken perhaps per-haps the moat drastic action agalnat the epidemic of any Western cities. According Ac-cording to reports received by local railroad officials, no transients are permitted per-mitted to atop off In either town. Notice No-tice ha been posted that If any stranger stran-ger succeeds in getting by guards at the railroad stations,, he will be arrested arrest-ed nd held In Jail for seven days. Both Montpeller and Kemmerer have not yet reported a single case of Influenza. TURNING POINT. The belief is expressed by Iocs) health official that the turning point In tho epidemic haa been reached. Although reports received re-ceived ahow a continued spread of the malady Into several now towns of the state, new caaea are not developing de-veloping locally in the alarming K proportions that they were a few days ago. Thia is attributed to tho extreme precautions taken by the public and health official since tho epidemic became rampant. A report Issued by the city board ol health shows that out of ten deaths re. suiting from Spanish influenza in Salt 1,ake since ( c tuber &. six were pa- FLU EXPERT (Continued from page 1.. tlents brought In her from other cities cit-ies of states. NAMES OF VICTIMS. Following ar th names of those who have died from Influents ainc the flrat caae was reported: Johanna R. llolladay. Halt leke. October 4; Ku-genlo Ku-genlo Rossi, Ruth, Nev.. October ; John E. Chrlstensen, Chicago, Octo bar I: Jnsenh Hctissell. American Fork. October 0; lllndernltsu Teruya, 'al-lente, 'al-lente, .Nev., October 10; Ieo V. Bean. Magna, October II; Charles Olbba, Randolph, t'tah. October 11; Alvin W. Jaoobaen, Bait Iake, Octoler IS; Gertrude Ger-trude Y. Hu lock, Halt Iake, October IS; Clifford dray, California, tctoher IS. The last named victim came to Halt lake about a month ago and a believed to have contracted the diaeaae here. In addition to the above Hat the death of a Japanese patient waa reported re-ported from Judge Mercy hoapltal. He waa on of slit brought here a few days ago from Calient a, Nev. The first death from Infhienxa In Mount Pleasant la that of Arthur Jor-gen Jor-gen sen, 20 years old. who died there j Hunday. Three other members of the, same family are reported confined with ' the same diaeaae. There are now eighteen cases of In-fluenaa In-fluenaa In Brig ham City, six more having been reported from In ere Hunday. Hun-day. None of the cases, however. Is aald to be serious. Reports from Provn say that the altuatlon there la well In hand, no new cases having develop! the laat two days. Mayor leKuy luxon la reported re-ported out of danger. The board of county commissioners has ruled that all county patients be removed from the county hospital to tha Judge Merry hospital, where their car will be paid for by the rounjv The action la a precaution against the spread of the disease In the county coun-ty Institution. Good Weather Is Present Outlook "Tha wralhrr la o.n to ha popular popu-lar wllh 'nu' auffarra." aald J. 'arll Altar, waathar man today, aa h. toyed with a map. "Th. praaant rnndlllon of Inriurnsa la Juat Ilka tha bond lean le-an proposition. If wa nnly allele It out Inn. enough everything will come out all right. Thia office la not laau-Ing laau-Ing medical advice along with weather prophectea, hut doctora aay that nice weather helpa tha fight agalnat flu.' baraua. everybody gets out in the aun-ahln.. aun-ahln.. "I would say that there la going to be aome nice weather for at laaat a few daya and .v.ry on. will have a chanc. to r.vel In th. aunahlne. Her. I. a report from Oak City that tha aorghum crop la axcellent. Not many placea In th. atat. rata, aorghum and tha fact that th. crop Is a auoceea la Improving, due to. th augar ahnrt-aae. ahnrt-aae. At Ieert In Millard county many of tha arhnola hav. cloaed and th. enure help has been requisitioned. Hajp la scarce alnce .0 many men left Uiere to go to was-" |
