| Show IBA BAN UPON S MA MAY Y STOP SATURDAY Board of Health Considering Considering Considering Consider Consider- ing Reopening Theatres Schools Other Places as Epidemic Declines T THE THE HE state stale board of f or order er closing schools theatre and other places of public assemblage ma may maj be beI lifted d in Salt Lake Saturday or Ion Ion- I da day according r to statements made madela la lat last t night by Dr Fred red Stauffer president president president pres pres- ident of the board I 1 have ha suggested to several le delegations delegations dele dele- cf of business men and others In Interested lii- lii crested In an early opening that if tr tho the epidemic does not nol spread followIng following follow follow- ing Ins Mondays Monday's celebration that it willbe will willbe willbe be safe to open places of or public assemblage assemblage assemblage as as- a da day two or-two sooner than tho the state stale board of or health has hitherto an anticipated anticipated an- an said Dr Stauffer I 1 for forone forone one am willing to vote that this be bedone bedone bedone done providing the conditions warrant such action by tomorrow evening Epidemic on one Dr Stauffer declared that in his lila opinion there would bo be no increase in inthe tho the spread of or the thc epidemic He said that thal while no ito meeting ot or the state board of or health would be called it would he possible to communicate with the Individual m members in order to I reach a t final decision on the tho question of or an earlier opening by tonight It will take tako e from forty eight to seventy seventy- two hours to ascertain what effect Mondays Monday's crowds crowl's will have hac on the situation sit alt he sal said Epidemic r conditions continued hl highly encouraging Jn in Salt LaJ Lake e yesterday the thc first forty eight hours following the close contre congregating of thousands of or peace da day celebrators apparently haYing havIn having hav haY In ing little or no effect upon the disease situation locally Thirty-one Thirty new oases eases of or bad colds la Ia grippe and In Influenza influenza In- In health were reported to city authorities Some Sonic of ot these are said to have e developed as lon long ago as last Sunday but not officially reported un until until tin un- til yesterday Two deaths from suspected suspected sus sus- Influenza nia were reported Dr Samuel G. G Paul city health physician phy pl- declared la last l nl night ht that thal there thero seems to be no question of oC the ability of the lie local hospitals to lo tack care ot of all influenza patients brou brought ht to them His Ills opinion was the result of a careful In etI Investigation atlon of oC conditions at the tho varl- varl one ouO hospitals made malle yesterday I I 1 cannot see an any reason why the tIme Salt Lake hospitals now open cannot ea easily lh and effectively handle handlo all aU the new cases of or Spanish Influenza brou brought ht to them saId paid Dr Paul I investigated gated the situation In them yesterday and found round all capable of taking care of ot additional cases without crow crowding Three e Ilo hospital pUal Cn Cot ei eiNo No o now new cases rase a e of or influenza were re received re- re erl el at al St Sl Marks Mark's I L. L D. D S. S I hospital received recel one new case an and Hol Holy Cro Cross s three Announcement was made last nIght of or the receipt b by the city health office of or three shipments of oC Influenza vaccine from forn Dr Timothy Leary of Tufts Med Med- Ic l collo college c. c Boston Mass The serum will w be read ready this morning to begin the vaccination of ot all aU persons who de desIre desire desire de- de sire to be treated The vaccine Is said to be considerably stronger than nn any heretofore used here Shipments have havo already been prepared for tor other points in Utah and to Idaho and Nevada Dr T or B state stale health commissioner com corn missioner loner declared yesterday esterday that to today's today's to- to days day's developments would tell the tha tale taleuS ns uS to whether or not the Monday celebration cele edo bration would have nn any effect upon the situation here He lie said It mIght be he pos possible to lo provide for tor foran foran toran an earlier opening of or places of or public n assemblage If conditions warranted such action Conditions in O Ogden de 1 were regarded as somewhat worse yesterday when over o new ne cases castI of oC bad colds la Ja anti and Influenza were reported Stole SPite count county and city officials will unite toda today In seeking somo some more ef effective eC- eC method of or combating the disease die dis ease easo in the Junction CIl City They will viII meet today with health authorities Two deaths were wre reported In Ogden yesterday Local physicians are una unable lo loto to account for Cor tho the increase In the number number number num num- ber of new cases |
