| Show BOARD ISOARD FORBIDS USE OF SCHOOL AS HOSPITAL Education Heads Refuse Re c- c fuse Building They Off Offered Of Of- f creel to Ci City Cily ty HuM herald Sl Special lat S Ogden Nov Nor 29 After Ater After authorizing H. H C. C Johnson superintendent of oC the theO O Ogden Og- Og den city schools school to offer to the board hoard of health anti and the lie hu business mens men's committee committee com coin tho the Ogden Ili III for use as nn an emergency hospital tho thio Og Ogden elt city board of ot education tonight repudiated tinted the transaction The action of or tho board of ot education Ion I I WaR vas th the tho general topic of or conversation I and speculation tonight Criticism and I approbation was heard on ever every side Members of at tho lie school board present I at the Iho meeting tonight AV W. IT II Williams president ont Dr E ward 1 I. Rich nich who l led d the opposition J J. J V IV Lee and T J. J IT II Riley ado Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son another member was absent TJ The committee appointed 1 by tho board hoard of oC health and tho thio IJu business men with powei powel pow- pow ei el to equip th the high school for tor emergency emer emer- gency purpose q consisted of or thi tho Tier Rov J. J I 13 B. Carver Car Red lied Cross director Sanitary San San- itar- itar I Inspector Geor George o Shorten horten of or the Iho board of or health Thomas Burt of the business menK mens committee Superintendent dent H. H C C. Johnson of or th the city schools and County Commissioner loner M M. P P. Brown Commissioner lone r Drown Brown was absent from Crom the meeting Committee Named to In See Hoard I I I After Arter the tI-ic appointment of the committee commit commit- tee this afternoon Mayor T. T S. S Brown Brown- In lag and Superintendent J Johnson hn on who In offering the high h school as 9 an emergency emergency emer emer- gency ency hospital had hod said that he ho had hatI had hind i a personal Interview with the school board hoard members Invited the committee corn com to confer tonight ht with the board boar boardo o of ot education At the meeting tonight ht Dr Rich who fought tous-ht the closing of or schools when theban tho the ban Ian was as established opposed tho lie using o of the lie high school chool as al an all emergency I hospital l. In his hiM attack on the closing of or the schools he lie maintained that the epidemic could be more easily stamped out with the tho children In school under medical supervision Tonight ht Dr Rich averred that the health hel of or the children would woul l ho he endangered or d when the they returned ro- ro turned to the thc high school b by the presence presence pres pres- ence nce of oC Influenza cerms gernis erms In jn tho the build build- In lag Ing Motion Wrecks Plan Finally Finay he lie moved mO to defer the tho u use c of or orthe I the high school as a n. hospital unless It Is demon demonstrated to our complete satisfaction sat sat- satI I that other suitable buildings cannot bo obtained This motion car car- ried ned After the vote on the motion Thomas Burt of or the business mens men's committee said Lots Lets put them out in the field The committee explained that tho hl high h school was a an n Ideal building for forlie lie Iho hospital being equipped with a amo mo modern ern domestic science department and heated b by modern methods It was also pointed out that Its use would make amends for the thc lack of ot physicians and nd nurses It was agreed reed at the tho meeting of oC the I board of or health and business men inthe in tho the afternoon that It was to be used I for tor patients from front Ogden OSden and Weber I count county I a II I PhysicIans to Report a large larbe number of or Joc local l clans to report to board or Ut health It was vas unable to state tonight how man many n new vv cases of or Influenza were discovered in Ogden today The rhe board of ot health and city commissioners recently passed a resolution covering such neglect which will bo ho the subject of or dl discussion at a meeting tomorrow It is understood that prosecutions ma may follow disregard of or the resolution Four deaths were were reported At tho the meeting held today It was de decided decided decided de- de tl to limit the number of ot per persons on attending funerals to tho the immediate relatives to allow only three automo automo- bibs biles for each funeral and to limit the services to fifteen minutes New ew cases of ot the tho disease have been Contracted b by sufferers while attending attending- funerals it was reported The Tho board of or health all merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants today that If Ir employee were found tomorrow without masks the they would be bc arrested immediately Mayor d declared at tho the meeting that the regulation that hail had been ma made e would be strictly enforced AVel Web Web-er r Count County Counts I h Had Plight Sanitary Inspector George Shorten announced that county was In dire straits as a result of oC the spread of or the epidemic Calls CaUs for help had hall been received from Ito Roy West Weber Clinton Warren arren ant and other places but the local board boord was unable to furnish an any help hell The board of oC health and the business businessmen men mens men's a committee will meet again to tomorrow tomorrow to morrow at i 1 o'clock |
