Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-11 | Page 2 | Military Officers Optimistic over Local Situation

MILITARY OFFICERS OPTIMISTIC OVER LOCAL SITUATION Military medical authorities are optimistic op-timistic that the apex of the influenza situation, so far as local troops are concerned, con-cerned, Iulh been reached and is being I successfully passed. j Vest en! ay only eleven new cases were ! received into the special isolation hospital I at Fort Toug!as and It is hoped and be-i be-i lieved that the situation hns been gotten In hand, and that the spread of the infection infec-tion will soon bf effectively checked. There are now forty-four cases of the disease In the isolation hospital, hut all except four are from outside the resorption, resorp-tion, most of the cases coming from t he student army training corps at the University Uni-versity of Utah. The situation nt the uni ersit y has been pretty well cleaned up. it is hoped, and every possible precaution pre-caution is being taken to check the disease dis-ease from further spread among the student stu-dent soldiers. The closest observation is being maintained main-tained over the students And the first .symptom of trouble is the signal for isolation iso-lation of tlie patient and the taking of prompt steps to determine the nature of I his ailment. If the trouble is found to : be of the influenza brand he is at once removed to the isola tion hospital at the , tort, where the very best of care and attention at-tention is being given the sick soldiers by medical officers and nurses of the pst hospital. Even thing necessary to treat the disease dis-ease has been provided Iti the isolation hospital and ever.,-thing possible is being done for comfort of the patient. In view of t ho fact t ha t i nt lucnbi is an infectious disease and t he pa t ients have to be kept in an Isolation hospital, triends and persons from the outside cannot can-not be permitted to visit them while thev sre In' the Isolation ward. Many people 1 ha e already been calling at the post asking permission to see the ho s in the hospital, but the nature of the disease 1 ma ken it manifest tha t such pri dl ones i could not be per tint ted. To prevent the spread of the malady it must be kept Iso- I laird.