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Show Influenza Ban May Be Lifted Before Long, Dr. Beatty Says THE LOCAL SITUATION. Deaths reported in Salt Lake to date 176 Cases reported to date 2769 Cases reported Monday 45 Cases reported Tuesday 41 Cases reported Tuesday one weeii ago SO Deaths reported Tuesday one week ago 8 Deaths reported Monday 6 Deaths reported Tuesday 8 Total cases In hospitals 195 Decrease in Cases Reported Yesterday; Deaths in City Total Eight. THE ban placed on many uoramuni-- uoramuni-- ties and towns in Utah may soon be lifted, according to en announcement made by Dr. T. B. Beatty of the state board of health last night. "I am considering raising the ban on public assemblages, schools and churches in many communities in the near future, if present indications continue con-tinue and the disease seems to have j passed its epidemic stage in these places." Dr. Beatty said. "If conditions condi-tions justify us in' the belief that the disease has been conquered in any town and that the condition is permanent we will at once raise the order against assemblages as-semblages of any character. " Dr. Beatty said there waB no intention inten-tion of suddenly lifting the ban on the entire state. He said that it was highly high-ly probably that the towns would be relived in succession as conditions seemed to justify. Xo prediction was made as to when the ban would be raised in Salt Lake. Reports Encouraging. Salt Lake and Utah bid fair to break all records in conquering the epidemic, according to health authorities. Within a month since the disease gained full sway it has been checked and each day s report grows more encouraging. Most eastern cities are said to have struggled with the epidemic for three months before positive signs were observed ob-served of progress in eliminating the disease. Forty-one Dew eases were reported Tuesday in Salt Lake and eight deaths. Ogden reported four deaths within the past twenty-four hours. Thirty of every thousand persons wh.o contract influenza in Salt Lake die of the disease. About 6000 people in Salt Lake have had influenza since the epidemic epi-demic started, but only about half this number have been reported to the city board of health. These are the conclusions conclu-sions reached by Dr. Samuel G. Paul, city health commissioner, after a rapid survey of the records of the last month. Influenza claimed the following vic-"tims vic-"tims in Salt Lake Tuesday: N". Maud Berry Guest, 26 years of age. 3349 South West Temple street, wife of W. J. Guest; Abraham Taylor, local hospital; Harry Steffenson, 53 Sunset avenue: Mrs. Martin McPhee. 27 vears of age. 42! South Ninth West street; Mrs. Lilly May Lucas. tS years of ago, 120 West Twenty-seventh South street; Emma Florence Johnson, local hospital: Mrs. John L. Johnson: Grant Kobioson, 34 vears of age. The situation continues to improve, according to Dr. T. B. Beatty of the state board of health. He stated last night that certain towns were reporting report-ing many serious eases and the disease was apparently unchecked in these influenza in-fluenza centers. Eureka W3s reported to have developed 200 new cases and to have suffered twelve deaths. Bountiful reported 309 cases and two deaths, yesterday. Dr. II. Finch of Coalville Coal-ville has been sent to Sego to lend aid. Three more deaths were reported from that town yesterday. The American Fuel company plant has been compelled to close on aecount of the epidemic. The Utah Copper company officials have announced thev will try to have Dr. U. H. 8mith, formerly of Bingham, returned re-turned to that town from a Georgia military camp in order that he may assist in combating influenza, Robert J. Shields, manager of the Ecu Cross, reported yesterday that while the calls for help were not so insistent, the situation was still the same. Nurses who have been preparing to enter army service should know that it has been announced from Washington that no more nurses will be taken from the state until the epidemic has entirely passed, according to Mr. Shields. They can now offer their services to the Ke'd Cross. Precautions at Fort. Yesterday was "inoculation dar?? for officers and men of the 403rd depot engineers en-gineers at Fort Douglas who have not already had the influenza. A quantity of anti-influenza vaccine has been received at the post and all those in the service who have not had the malady are to be ''vaccinated" against it. An order was gotten out yesterday by Lieutenant Bergesch, commanding com-manding officer of the 403rd engineers requiring all those who have not had the influenza to report to the hospital yesterday afternoon for inoculation against tbe disease. Only one new case of influenza was admitted to the isolation hospital at Fort Dougla- vesterday and there were no deaths. There have been no deaths from the disease at the fort for three days past and there is no new development develop-ment of the pneumonia phase. In view of the notable improvement in the epidemic so far as the military organizations are concerned it is be-Bored be-Bored that the quarantine at the post mav soon be raised. However, the officers of-ficers do not intend to take any chances upon a recurrence of the epidemic by lifting the restrictions too soon. |
