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Show BUT 01 FLU DEATH 1 REPORTED THURSDAY Health Officials Are Encouraged En-couraged by Decrease in Cases and Fatalities. 1365 Salt Lakers Yesterday j Received Inoculation Se- J rum; Rules Stiffened. ! Only one deat h from iiirium.a wm ; reported yesterday in Suit Lake, while l . now riiif'H reported totaled ninety-one. a ftf-rrisf. of I h i r! y - four ;lh enmpared with, t.hp preceding day, when new rases : ware found. Members of bnih the flat.: J nn'l rily boards of health, upon hearing; the d;iy':: report, worn much enconr- j The single facility wa" the !: H of M I h ij P.erlha ttnrgmiisl, 3 fi year:-; old, who died after a week's illness. .Sixty-yoven h mines worn (pin ra n t ined yes lerday as a result of tin-, finding of the ninety-one new cases. A record (iv ant i-influenza Inocula-i Inocula-i ions was o.'tn hi i shed yesl onlay, wlini 1 :tn.i Salt i .a tiers a pplied for, a, ml received, re-ceived, llio ri.nihiiiat icii Ieary and ll-u-nau serum treatment, which is given as n preventive of belli influenza and pneumonia. Six hundred and Iwonly of the vaccinations wetv given at tho emor-concy emor-concy hospital, while the rest wcn performed per-formed at the several eitv fire .stations. The finer -unify hospital also filled Lil litpior prescript iotts. Or. Samuel (.;. I'aul, oily health corn-mlsioner, corn-mlsioner, last night anuuuneed that another an-other mii list a t km will be opened at nnm today for the vaeeiuallon of persona living liv-ing hi the vieinlty of Third Kasl and Ten tli Hon tli streets. Tho new station will lie loeat ed In the I ahrri y school building, H1!'!) Third Uast street. Rules Endorsed. The board of governors of the Sa It Lake Commercial club held a mooting at noon yesterday, whan tliey adopted tho following resolution with reference to the influenza rules and regulations placed in operation 1 ceomber 1 by joint action of the state and city boards of health: Kesnived. that we fully indorse, state and city boards of health officers and I he regulat ions adopt ed by them, and from me m I their efforts to the Rood will and hearty shpporl of- the. public, and earnestly urge, the rigid enforcement of all ordinances and regulations adopted to combat the epidemic, and the -prompt and vigorous prosecution and punishment punish-ment of all violations thereof." The board also went: on record as "reposing "re-posing full fait h in the intelligence and integrity of the state and city health officers." Tim following members of the board of governors signed the resolution: 11. X. Byrne, Joseph Decker, C. A. Fans, James I ngebretsen. A. N. McKay, II. i.1. (.lemmell, I". K. Hawley, S. R. inch, Kdward Kosenbuum, F. C Schramm, Charles Tyng, W. N. Williams. Slackers Reported. Two cases were reported to t lie city health office yesterday where families are alleged to be concealing the fact that one or metre members are suffering from the malady. The reports were made by neighbors late yesterday evening, and an Investigation is to bo made this morning. When the at ten Lion of J r. I'aul was called tn the complaints, he issued is-sued the following statement: "We shall make a thorough investigation investiga-tion of these alleged violators of the regulations, reg-ulations, and if we find the complaints to be well founded, we shall certainly prosecute to the full extent of the law. The inspectors will look into the matter the first thing in the morning." During a lengthy discussion of the influenza in-fluenza situation indulged in by the city com mission yesterday morning. Commissioner Commis-sioner Karl A. Seheid informed the commission com-mission that, if no better, the epidemic was at least no worse. .Mr. Seheid told the commissioners that they might be trailed upon by the board of health for support in yet more drastic dras-tic regulations toward control of the epidemic. epi-demic. He explained that Salt Luke, however, is already more severe in regulations regu-lations than many other cities of the count ry. lie reported also, submitting j statistics to support the statement, that ! tho death rate has been lower so far in ' Salt L.ake than in New York, Fhiladel- ; pliia, Boston, Pittsburg. Providence. R. 1 I.; Denver, Seattle and San Francisco, and higher than in Minneapolis. Indian- i apolis and Dallas. j Death at Douglas. . j One death was reported from the post isolation hospital yesterday, the case be- j ing that of another student army train- I iug corps man from t lie University of i I' tn ii. F.tmo A. C illen of Murray, who ! was a member of C company of the j training corps, died at the hospital dur- , lug the dav from influenza-pneuliionia. 1 This makes a total of nine deaths from tin university since the corps was re-mohilized re-mohilized on NoVemner IS. Three new chsos of the disease were admitted to the Post hospital yesterday from the training train-ing corps. This makes a total of 1 -ft asrs in the post hospital now from the training corps. , Conditions in the slate outside of Salt Lake are rapidly improving, according i n Dr. T. Ib Beaity of the state board of health, with the" exception of a few towns here ami there. "Cache. Weber and T'taii counties-are practically cleared up." 1 u Beatty asserted as-serted last nii.'ht. "with1 the exception or" the towns of Smilhfield and Richmond, in Cache county, and a few scattered communities com-munities in tiie other counties. The two i ownn named are doing well, however. 1 and shouul soon be free from tiie scourge entirely. The vaccine lias tie en found very effective there and is being uspTl hy inot of the residents. "IT. 1'. V. McCiiliicuddy of the tuthiic hcali .i serv ice, ho has been work in g at 0-den under my direction, will discontinue dis-continue his work in that city Friday and will direct his attention to cleaning ip other points in Weber county, while Or. Clarence K. F.d wards of the same service, who has recently been at work :n the southern part of the stat. wiil go to Cache o'uniy to statu)) out the last smouldering ember.'! of the epidemic there. Davis County Free. "There has been no new case:- re-norU'ii re-norU'ii from Davis county for more than a week, and I think it safe to say that x :he scourge there has died out. "The only really bad report we have h;r(i today came from the city of I u-. u-. hesne. where the plaaue has anparemly taken a new hold. We hone, however, i ;at we can siainp ii out in short o;- Ogden ye;erdjy reported but tveu:y-r. tveu:y-r. : no new cases and only one dca: h. in -c :ca : in- that the s' : ua tion there is well !:i hand bv the health officers, l.oiran is -ar.i to have pra't ically shaken oif the epidemic in the last week or ten days. one death, that of John C.iohs. aged was reported yesterday from ' fyrnm. recurrence of the influenza epidemic a:" Delia "'as reported at nHl Cros? headquarters yesterday. Two nurses were hurried out o ili-it place to work wi;h ; he' forces already enagM ;n figh.iinff the spreading of tho malady. The Murray branch of the Red Cross vest erda v morning rcjiorted 'Jott ra s''- f i if In cr7. a in it 51 '' ris : t ion. ti o'' these .ei ii g i n t he town of M urra v itself. i ;.,i I'r's head'iuarierv I'O'wceM -hirtv-fne and 'ortv cads for train. -d curses were r.-eived ves:erdav. fe .1.- oaad !";;,!, filled on'v w ier.- ti-ere "as I hi f'.-r. riiicnt of : ne aea! ; ii order re- ! q.iirine: ti.e wearing of masks outside of incorporated cities in Salt Lako futility ; wiil bo ''eun today. Violation of the ! orders carries a rtuutHy of S:,". tin- TIm tool;1 :ion :"'"i" orncr, perf' -N-d ! bv t lie '1J niv at! oraey's 'o:'fii.e, was , sintui laei nijiht by the t::ree coiuity : co;m;-sioners. It orovides t.iat the 01111- naiici . s in I "- en forced by t !;c licri IT. ; i 'ounty heaitii officers he ai i lie : depo: wl e'.i trains leave for I'.arfieM t-iis mo ruin i; c.;ar in? work nu" n w bo 'it us; i lcac i'"" citv's limits :o ,yo to ;iie:r em- .io-m.-n1 . i '.rcu'a.rs -:-. be d isr ri -m ; d. ! e;. 'ilaimti? rc v-'m ' i; s o;" ih. i-ow or icr. i r-;., ; ils o'' fta.. (.iuiit .v Tra. for I i'(i:iii:.iny and o: bi-r com p.i r. ics opera l',w-r i .'.iinniou car; iers iia bf.'ii lmt'fifd o:' ' Hi. ri.. visions o-; iiK- ..rd.-r and nave - -! pressed readings to .oaip'y mill |
