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Show PROPER PRECAUTION. While) it is true that a great majority major-ity of the citizens of Salt Lake approve the partial lifting of the influonza ban, which may very properly be regarded as a tentative measure, it is likewise true that there is a most pronounced sentiment upon the part of the moro intelligent in-telligent paronta against opening the uchools until the first of the year, by which time it is assumed the danger of contracting tho disease by contact will be far loss than at prCBent. Salt Lake has boon a closed town for soveral weeks ,and the health boards of the city and state have decided that the time has come for a partial resumption resump-tion of businosa. If no ill rosults follow, fol-low, it will not be long before aH the restrictions will be removed. The health boards, knowing full well the danger attondant upon the opening of the schools, set their faces against placing the lives of bundrods of little ones in jeopardy. In taking this course they Rre sustained by an overwhelming majority ma-jority of the fathers and mothers who would not send their children to school id" case the doors were thrown open in accordance with the desire of the school board. The ban upon public funerals is continued con-tinued because of the danger that some of the near relatives of the influenza victims may also be affected with the disease and communicato it to others if crowds are allowed to assemble to pay the last tribute of roapoct. Undoubtedly Un-doubtedly the restrictions as to funerals will not be removed until the influenza is stamped out. Public and private dances remain under tho ban because of the close contact of the pleasure seekers, and because of the certainty that one of them affected with influenza influ-enza in its incipient stage would communicate com-municate it to many others during the course of a single evening. This happens hap-pens in the case of all communicablo diseases, and tho fact has been recalled that some years ago a Salt Lake girl who had boen exposed to smallpox went to a dance and gave it to every man who had the pleasure of waltzing with her while the fun lasted, about a dozon in all. So it is not probable there will be any dancing until the epidemic has disappeared. We are convinced that rigid enforcement enforce-ment of the regulations will result in finally driving tho Spanish influenza from this community, and all good citizens citi-zens should co-operate with the health authorities in bringing about this happy condition of affairs. If they do not co-operate, and it is thought that the removal of restrictions upon tho churchos, lodges, placos of amusement and business houses is having a harmful harm-ful effect, the "lid" will be promptly replaced. There is no intention upon the part of the health authorities to . sanction such an experiment as the opening of the public schools when such action might result in the death of hundreds hun-dreds of children as well as the death of many of their parents and other membors of the families. There is reason rea-son in ail things. The boards of health have acted in a conservative mannor and their action should be sustained. The situation throughout the 6tate is also improving, and there is no occasion occa-sion for excitement now that the worst is over. Business can go on everywhere if the proper precautions are taken and tho regulations are observed as they should be. |