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Show IB CGKQUER 'FLU' ! Committee Considers Clos-i Clos-i ing Rules for City's Various Stores. I I j Regulation of the hours of opening and closing the stores of Salt Lake may be : the next step in the fight against the icad of influenza, according to a slate-! slate-! merit given out lust night by the coni-i coni-i mittec of five appointed at the Commer-j Commer-j cial club meeting Tuesday night to se- cure an increased measure of co-opera -j lion between the city ana: state health I authorities. I The comniitlee, consisting of James P. C.'isev, Fdwurd P. Levy, Walter C. Lewis, ! .M. 1-;. 1 ,ipman and M. H. 1 ianauer, niel t ( st e relay at the otfice of the state board of health, win; re the situation was gone J into at length. Every suggestion ad-! ad-! vunced with a view to aiding in the enn-: enn-: trol of the epidemic was considered, some 1 or them being laid aside as impractical, I whii those found to be meritorious are i to have further consideration. Pased on the success other cities have had tin ough regulating the opening and closing hours, the committee outlined Die billowing as a tentative i.royiam with reference to various lines of business: Tentative Program. Grocery stores open from 8 a. m. until B:::0 p. ni.; men's shops and shoe stores, 10 a. ni. until G p. ni., except Saturdays, when they will be open from 10::;0 a. m. until 'J p. m.; all oi fines open from 9 a. ni. until 4 :30 p. ni. ; department stores, Ti and 10 cent stores, specialty shops, millinery, mil-linery, jewelry, hardware and music stores, 9:30 until 5 ::i0 p. m. week days, except Saturdays, when they will be open from 10 a. m. until 8:30 p. m. This program is expected to relievo the congestion of the street car traffic to a great extent. Restaurants, cafes, drug, cigar and candy stores to follow their present schedule, with the understanding that they will exercise every precaution to prevent the assembling of crowds. All other stores, not specifically mentioned, to follow the schedule given for department depart-ment stores. Jumes P. Casey, who Is chairman of the committee of five, vestcrdav declared that Dr. T. P. Peatty of the state board of health' and Dr. Samuel G. Paul of. the city board are thoroughly agreed that the strict enforcement of the isolation order is the surest and quickest way of stamping stamp-ing out the epidemic. Face Prosecution. 'Persons afflicted with Influenza, or physicians attending such persons who lail to make reports immediately to the city board of health will be vigorously prosecuted," said Mr. Casey. "Conviction "Convic-tion means a fine of ?3U0 or six months m the county Jail." The committee also proposes to place influenza placards on all houses where j the disease existss. The influenza death toll in Salt Lake i yesterdav numbered seven persons, in- eluding WUlard E. Mcl'aniel, 23: Ernest j t rowtun, 2,; Josie Carter, GO; Sadie M. Lundquist, 19; Adelle E. Rathburn,. 37: u:t1ibi Jacob Cooperson, 3S, and Alarnie i ' K.n.llisdach. 2."). j Miss Rindlisdach is said to have come j t ') Suit Lake from Lark a week ago. She, had a sister who died Tuesday at Lark, ! and her death yesterday, is said lo have 1 I e-n the fourth in the Rindlisdach family within a month. I The total number of new cases reported lo the city hoard of health yesterday was i 1"S, but among these were several which j j should have been turned in periodically. Thru iruiiber, however,, did not include I seeial that had been reported, but which 1 had not been verified, and which were t,ic!-c:'ure not definitely known to bo influenza in-fluenza cases. "The physicians are now sending in their reports more promptly," said Dr. S-amuol G. Paul, city physician, last night, "and if reports continue to come in without with-out loss of time, we will be able to do "much more effective work in' isolating patients. Isolation is the most effective method, but our Inspectors cannot isolate until the doctors report the cases. Some of the doctors have been very careless, not only with reports but in other ways. For Instance, a resident in the west side section of the city early yesterday morning morn-ing reported by telephone that a neighbor had influenza. One of our inspectors hurried hur-ried to the house, and upon his arrival there found the patient fully dressed and with her hat on, ready to start for work in a downtown store. When questioned, Ihe girl stated that the doctor had told her she had a very mild case and need not quit work. The Inspector immediately immediate-ly quarantined her." Somewhat Improved. Conditions in the state outside of Salt Lake appeared to be somewhat improved yesterday, both in the matter of deaths and new cases. The Ogden report showed no deaths, for the first time in more than a week, and t lie number of new cases was said to have fallen considerably, while Thistle, where more than 100 cases were prevalent a week ago, reported that not a single case had resulted fatally, and that all the sufferers were convalescent. Dr. C. E. Edwards of the United Suites public health service has been in charge of the situation at Thistle. Midvale registered the death of Magnus I Johnson, 45 years old, while Bingham listed the demise of Mrs. Eugene Sullivan, 2f, Poth towns reported, however, that the situation was considerably Improved. No new influenza cases were admitted to the isolation hospital at Fort Douglas yesterday. There were no deaths, and no new pneumonia cases developed, according accord-ing to the report. The city of Manti, which planned to lift t lie ban on public gatherings next Monday, Mon-day, will not be able to do so. as several new cases developed yesterday. |
