Show t 20 PER CENT CE FALL RECORDED IN INFLUENZA i Number of Cases Sho Shows s Big Decrease Compared With ith Week Teck Ago STAGGER HOURS RULE STILL CITY REPORTS Dr T. T B. B J Issues Statement Concerning 7 Opening Regulations v STORES INSTALL VACCINE STATIONS In addition to the tho free rree stations established b by tho the city board boord of or health inoculation stations have also been established b by the tho i an antI and Walker department de do- e- e stores These will bo be augmented today b by additional Stations at Au the Z C C. 11 M. M I I. I and Cohns Cohn's stores Louis Loul Simon of oC the Paris and J J. J II It Del Bol- fuss of the Boston stores said last laRt night the they favor or inoculation and will Immediately take t up the matter of ot arran arranging ln for Cor nurses to Rive give free treatment at their places of or business 1 Only two deaths from influenza oc occurred occurred oc- oc In Salt Lake yesterday The They Ther were Alvin B. B White 26 6 years year old old 1 T II T. Seventeenth Se South street and Miss Violet Shaffer 23 3 of ot 31 Hampton aye ave acI I additional homes nue nile Forty eight were quarantined two Seventy-two new I cases of or the diseases w who wire re reported during during- tho the da day Not on only I were the days day's fatalities fewer but the tho number of ot houses and cases reported shows a decrease of or ex exactly ex- ex 20 0 per cent from the record for Cor forthe forthe the he preceding Sunday Sunda indicating the epidemic has been checked and Is still on It Its downward curve cune Contrary to a general c Impression the recent orders of ot the city health department department department depart depart- ment defining stagger hours for offices of ot- Ices and department stores stoIes were not 1 abrogated b by the meeting which lifted the ban on churches theatres and meetIngs meetIngs meet- meet Ings of ot lodges and societies School hool to lo Oi Open Olen cn Later r Schools were vere not Included in the opening order because only two weeks will elapse until the Ule Christmas holiday vacation and It was deemed unnecessary unnecessary sary san to open them again for tor such a a. short period officials explained A statement was Issued last night b by Dr T. T B. B Beatty secretary of or the the- state board of or health which completely defines delnes the position of or the health au authorities au- au of ot the state and city with ree reference to the influenza situation There appears to be some misunderstanding cr- cr standing of ot the tho action of ot the boards of ot health relating relating- to the modification t-f t f the closing closing- orders issued Issue October 9 3 by the he state board o of health he said ald Statement nt o of or Dr Dr The order wl which l h was of ot stat wide state t application r was Is Issued as an cy FY measure soon after aCter It was discovered red ered that Influenza had appeared In la lathe the state The epidemic became I widespread widespread wide wide- spread reaching reaching- Its height In most l bc lo localities b- b c In four weeks then declining and und In man many Ins instances ances entirely 1 In some of or the tho ho latter it has hasI I while numerous other othor communities communities com corn still sun remain free It han haJJ been demonstrated that where quarantine of or ortre the tre patient has been most strict tho the disease e was promptly trolled controlled In Income come omo Instances where t t. t j was neg almost the tho entin population sooner or later Tho The epidemic as a whole showed rapid abatement earl early in November o and the state board of or health adopted resolutions to the effect that local authorities authorities au au- au- au on an and after atter November IS were authorized to remove the bun ban provided pro the Improvement sh should uld continue continue con con- and such action were considered red safe sale In accord with Ith these resolutions ian inan many communities have removed theban theban the theban b an ban and normal activities have havo been re re- re In Salt Lake however whore tho the epidemic reached Its peak during the week wiek ended November 6 G with sv- sv one enty-one deaths and rapidly declined Inthe inthe In Inthe the net two weeks to two twenty deaths there was a renewed activity following the tho peace celebration causing causing caus caus- ing inS the curve curvo to again but only to 50 per cent of ot the former high mark This riia was as followed d b by a decline which d is la continuing from day to da day The time of ot removing remo tho closing order ardor has haa varied in American cities from two to th five weeks The order has been In effect In Salt Lake for tor nine weeks but this excess does docs not result from the fact tact that tho the epidemic has lias been less Icso effectively controlled than elsewhere as witnessed by tho the comparatively corn com um- um low Jow death rate Nor or Is it because because because be be- cause tho the cases or deaths have not reached a point as aa low Jow as In other citIes cities cit cit- cit cit- ies us whore tho ban has haa been raised be because Le- Le cause cause- such auch action a usually has been hean taken when tho the death rate wa was higher than then that existing In Salt Lake City The time has come when It Is the unanimous opinion of ot the state and city board of ot health that tho the ban should be modified which formal ac action action ac- ac tion was taken D December 6 6 The Tho original order Included a a. ban banon banon on public and private schools schoos Sunda Sunday schools colleges business colleges churches theatres moving mo picture houses dance danca halls halla public and private vate dances pool halls rr fraternal meetIngs meetings meet- meet Ings public funerals and all nil other public pub pub- lie lic a assemblies Tho The order aa as modified continues tile the theban ban on schools public and private dances dance and public blI funerals 8 r releasing the other activities mentioned Overcrowding Overcrowding Overcrowding Over Over- crowding Is still prohibited and reducing reducIng reducing ing tho the number of ot people allowed In places of or amusement to 50 per cent of ot tho the seating Beating capacity for tor a short Pe Period Pc- Pc nod Is under con consideration confederation Al Also Q children may bo be prohibited from at attendIng attending attending at- at tending moving picture theatres theatre In In adopting adopting- the above modification of t f tho the restrictive measures tho the boards were largely governed b by certain ta facts ts that have been brought out by In other parts of or the country countr and which have ha led other ther cities to take the same samo action Strict closing orders to faro dare Invaluable Invaluable- while tho the epidemic Is IB IBin in the advancing and active e stage tago but the time arrives when the epidemic virulence abates to a greater or lesser degree decree and we wo then thon have havo to combat 4 merely a a. ver very contagious disease which must mutt b b. b controlled by tho the same earne measures as lS are employed In other diseases dis dis- eases cases that are contagious namely rigid enforcement nl of ot quarantine To prolonged dependence on community community com corn bans or restrictions not only Impose serious loss and hardship on onman man many people but detract from a proper appreciation of or the Importance of ot individual In Individual In- In dl dut duty an and responsibility an anthe and the tho fundamental measures which alone will ultimately ly and permanently control control control con con- the terrible disease that has bas created created cre cre- such devastation Influenza still exists In ever every city elty in the count country where It has hns appeared an and will silI continue continuo to exist during this winter and arid probably next with fluctuations flue tuc from time lime to time It is Impractical impractical impractical im Im- im- im practical even cven if It were efficient to continue closing orders indefinitely and It has been tho the universal policy to discontinue them when the tho rate of or the thO disease has been licen reduced to reasonable limits which as before stated usual usually has been regarded a as reached when the death rate has been higher than that existing In Salt Lake City The action modifying the ban ao so far tal as the state board of or health Is concerned concerned concerned con con- was sas taken after aCtor having re received re- re I ed the assurance of ot the city board of ot health that th It would undertake e and it could accomplish a strict and efficient enforcement of or the quarantine Iuar cluer- antine antino rules ules It If- this can bo be done tile the I disease which spreads only b by contact will very BOTH som reach and maintain a a. low low- point it does not rapidly de- de dine will bo be afforded that people arc are criminally violating the tho law requiring all aU cases of ot Influenza to be bo reported and quarantined and cannot bo depended on to protect the lives of others In that event It will become n necessary c oar to promptly establish re-establish the tho original closing order It is deplorable that a few scores of ot criminally negligent are permitted permitted permitted per per- to paralyze or Interfere with the activities and comfort of ot 12 citi- citi I zens All such should if it discovered be punished to the full extent of the law and It Is the duty of ot all Jo good d citizens to furnish h information of ot the violation I of the law to the board of ot health Until the tho disease Is brought under control by proper quarantine and POpIe people pea peo pIe plc become edu educated to its Ita necessity as asan asan an unremitting measure any lull In the prevalence pre of tho disease la Is to prove pro temporary as shown by epidemic ic recurrences throughout tho clio country Hundreds Inoculated A At t tho the emergency hospital 33 23 persons persons persons per per- sons were given free freo Inoculation yesterday yes yes- s c-s- 8 by nurses At t t other station Stallone several lIe hundred others were treated th thA M Komm hc tl th Vir hr nt-a nt f e I 1 in n 0 3 a. a m m m. m and d noon n nile ile The nurses nurse at fire t uta- uta tation ta- ta tion No o. o 5 6 exhausted their of or vaccine and had to close before noon The Tho hours for tor free rree inoculation today will be from noon until C I p. p m m. and from 6 C to S 8 p p. m m. m Following are arc tho the locations Emergency In Public Public Pub Pub- lic lie Safety building Liberty Libert school 1090 Third East Cant street street- firs fire station No o 2 2 23 25 N N. Second West vest C t Street fire station tation No o 3 l 1135 E E. E Twenty first South Kouth fire station No 4 I Street fire station No o 6 5 1023 E E. Ninth South street and ando No o 6 Eighth South and Post Font streets On request of ot various arlous persons traveling travel travel- ing to 0 Garfield and other state tate joints where quarantine Qu regulations exist tho Olo city health de department department department de- de yesterday Issued one ninety certificates of good health Dr r T B. B Beatty BeaU suggests tho the odd teachers In tho the city schools be temporarily tern tem employed to make a n. to house house can canvass canvas of ot the 01 city t to discover or and report violations of ot the I I re regulations where such Buch exist j |