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Show Special Hospital for Influenza Patients Is Opened -20,000-PAMPHLETS -7 ON FIGHTING "FLU" . TO BE DISTRIBUTED Coughert and Sneezers to Be Forbidden to Appear on Street If Epidemic Spreads Further, Officials Declare. FIFTEEN persons with aggravated cases of Spanish, influenza were removed to Judge-Mercy hospital today with the opening Df that institution. Accommodations had been provided for only about thirty patients, but with indications of the continued spread of the molody it was decided today to renovate the complete building build-ing and provide quarters for at least 150 patients. A force of workmen began cleaning the upper floors immediately and an emergency call for more nurses for duty at the hospital was sent out. At the request of the state board of health, the various Boy Scout units of Salt Lake will distribute 20,000 Spanish infhsenza pamphlets throughout the county Monday. The pamphlets have just been received from Surgeon General Rupert Blue of Washington Wash-ington by the state health authorities, and it is desired to place one in each home. the atata Instructing the different afflicted af-flicted sections in the methods for combating the disease. BOSTON HARDEST HIT. In a report received today from Washington. Boston la ahown to hava been hit harder than any other American Ameri-can city In the number of deaths due to Influensa during the week ending October b. IrvJhle abort period, 1 deaths occurred aa a direct result of the malady. Philadelphia la second on the list with m deatha. New York third with 299. and Chicago fourth with XTj deatha, Doaens of reports nf definite and auaplcloua new canes of Influenaa, con- . tinued to pour Into tha offices of the city and state board, of health today. to-day. Record, show that the epidemic has now become prevalent on a Urge scale In more than forty cities and towna of the atnte. EMBARGO OBSERVED. Tha embargo placed upon all public pub-lic gathering by the state health authorities au-thorities Is being unserved rigidly all over the state. In addition to this drastic order, local restrictions are k being applied In aeveral tnwna where X. th malady has reached more threaten- raiamrf proporttnna. Ktna peraona died In I'tah eaterday 1 aa a direct reault nf influensa. Two deatha were reported at Onden. two at Price and one each at Tremonton, Richfield. Kcho, Heber City and Logan. MORE DRASTIC RULES. Health official are now considering the adviaaliility of Invokinft mnredrHa-tio mnredrHa-tio reatrictlona aRainat cureless Individ Indi-vid ua la who have the allR-hlem aymp-tomi aymp-tomi of tha malady. Much pernonn. while they may not le ronwclouw of It. ara aaid to "be the real disseminator of Influenza icerm. j In tha event preaent prfcaiijiona and meaaurea are unavailing in auppreaii-ing auppreaii-ing the epidemic, apeciitl emergency laws may be pusaed making It unlawful unlaw-ful for anerzera mul rougher to appear ap-pear on the alreeta or in any public place. OFFICIALS DETERMINED. Official declure they are determined to atop the further apread of t he dls-eaae dls-eaae and will employ any mean necea- , wary for the aafety of th Keneral public pub-lic health. Feraona who now are forced to touirh and aneeze are warned to move away from other peraona I while doing: ao and to cover their I moutha with handkerchiefs. In addition to thouaanda of inqulrlea belnia- received every day renardinic aymptoma of Influenza, acory: of In- i qulriea are belna; received ai tha offices of-fices of the state and city hoards of health refEitrdlnff the scope of the cloa-irtg cloa-irtg order. Thia question brought out a definite defi-nite answipr from the health department depart-ment today, when a report was made to the police that two local cfe permitted per-mitted danciiiR last nlftht. Thia ia absolutely ab-solutely against the law during the ' present emergency and the police mill ne Instructed to make arrests in the future. v BINGHAM TAKES STEPS. Bingham will establish sn emer- j k tency hospital In the city hall, to t ar t for cases of Hpantsh Influenza, accord- , atamng to Misa Ksta Knelgn and Mlra Kfcth Hall, I'tah public health agenta attached to the atata board of health, who have Just returned from that territory. ter-ritory. Both Miss Knslgn and Miss Hall have ben traveling throughout |