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Show iWPROllTilS : RAISED BY BOARDS' I i All Closing- Restrictions j Are Lifted, Effective ' December 24. Public Schools of City Will j Open the Day After j Christmas. j il restrictions on public assemblages of every character in Salt bake ha been removed by the state and city boards of health to take effect December Decem-ber 2i. This includes private and public pub-lic dances, parties, pool halls and funerals. fu-nerals. This announcement comes as a Christmas present to the city from the health authorities, who anticipated the joy of all who desire to celebrate Christ- j mas by dancing und merrymaking. A Tne 'public schools will open on "''V""5 day, December 26, according to nounconient made last night by Earnc1 A. Smith. superintendent of public -schools, and the university will commence com-mence registration on January 3 preparatory pre-paratory for regular work on January (j. The schools have been closed lor eleven weeks. According to Dr. T. B. Beatty of the state bgard of health, the decision 'yr go the entire length in lifting the barf-was barf-was arrived at after careful cornparon had been made of the subsidence of new cases and fatalities for the week just previous to the partial lifting of tbe ban and the week ended last Friday. During the last week before partially lifting the ban 7b0 new cases were reported and thirty-seven deaths. For the week ended December 20, 181 new cases were reported and thirteen, deaths. Severe Test Made. From the time the partial lifting of the ban was put into effect, December S, until last night, tbe severest test was given the modified regulations because of the fact that persons were allowed to come in close contact as a result of increased pre -holiday shopping. This. Dr. Beatty says, justifies the complete abrogation of all closing regulations, bur does not necessarily mean that persons should relax vigilance in reporting health rules infractions as they affect quarantine quaran-tine and taking other precautions prescribed pre-scribed for immunization and prevention. The original order issued when Salt bake was closed, October 10. as an emergency emer-gency measure to prevent the spread of influenza, affected churches, Sunday schools, universities, theaters, business colleges, public meetings of all kinds, pool halls, dance halls, private dances and public funerals. Un December 8 the prohibition pro-hibition was removed against, conducting religious services, theaters, labor and fraternal fra-ternal meetings, bast night the public health authorities announced that all remaining re-maining restrictions on public assemblages assem-blages of every character were void December De-cember 24. Must Report Cases. : Compulsory reporting of cases. iS'M -tion and placarding are to be continuiT' until tne disease is entirely stamped oui." J Public funerals, in eases where the vM i tim died of a highly contagious disease have never been allowed, and in oons-j j' quence no public funeral may be heal where the person has died of influenza.- . According to Supcri utendent Smith.!-time Smith.!-time lost by the school children rturirA the enforced vacation from their studi-X will ty1 made up either through lonJr daily sessions and classes or by hr-Jap-i pehool on Saturdays. A comir.ttteof the principals met at. the City and Conn-) (y 'building yesterday to revise the pourse: I of study to. meet the r.er-ds of the sec-; sion. It has hcen decided to eliminate all secondary matter and all .non-essen- j tials in the regular course of study. " , Outlines School Plans. "The schools closed on a Wednesday--; night and wo will open on Thursday) morning, commencing exactly where wj.-le.ft wj.-le.ft off. Saturday an institute of all , the city teachers will probablv be called ' Written plans have her-u sent to ail tbp j . teachers in anticipation of the lifting off t he influenza rostrk t ions. For a week -te-rhers have be.n going ih rough their1' districts investigating influenza eondi-.-'; (ions and reporting in order that every-.'.: j influenza r: slrh -1 ion and iiaranlme rni1" ; ' is enforced. We v.ili ;U11 oarrv on thi. f work. Children will be handed printed" cards and asked to report coses of in-i fluenza occurring in their hoim-s. Dr. Samuel G. Paul nf the city board of--' health is going to put. on an additional number of nurses to serve the. school. "e Dr. .tohn A. Widtsno of the University 'j of Ctah said last night that all students -.1 at the university will be allowed to take extra work in order to make up their?' credits. Tie stated that Salurdav ma 'T ; bo utilized as a school dav and longer'' I class sessions; held. Manv student aetivi-: tics will be entirely eliminated from ', necessity, while othcr will be hi.tfiv' curtailed. The teaching force is. said to V be mtaet and only one or two member !i of the rr.-ulty are ill. , f. Two Deaths Reported. Forty-one new -u.ps of influenza; were J reported to the city board of healthV"- terday and two d-allis. Uichard Hi'on f Moon, 6!" years of age. died :,i a local rVi- f pital and James i,. Knylov, 32 years age died at H'i: Chudwiek' street. .Many 1 of the new cases originated in house's '-' already under quarantine Travl h.-tween Salt Uike and Ring-? ha m. intei dieted some I ime ngo by t lu- '-' Kimrham town board of health is r0lv i' permitted without restrictions. The King- "' ham board at a meeting hist night Mfte ihe prohibition, and made the order fc'iive immediately. The hoard , M.n raised the ban against pui.Iio a;TTi.i- f hlag.-s. social functions and dances "" 'r- x sons attending such gatherings in 'fting- ham will until further orders, however i be compelled to vear gauze masKs ' |