Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 50 | Influenza under Control Locally

INFLUENZA UNDER CONTROL LOCALLY Eight New Cases and Three Deaths Reported to the Health Board. Disease Still Ravaging Certain Cer-tain Communities in the State. Yesterday's Influenza development summed only eight new cases, as against thirty-three last Sunday and H7 the week prior. Six houses were placed under quarantine quar-antine and three deaths were recorded. The deaths are: Joseph llemsloy, 3S years of age. died at his home, 356 West Ninth south street; Roland McMahon, Infant In-fant son of Mrs. Florence McMahon, at Red Cross Emergency hospital; Jose Minochaco, 37 years of age, died at St. Mark's hospital. Five of tho eight new cases were received re-ceived at the L. D. S. hospital, two at St. Mark's and one at Holy Cross hospital. There are now twenty-two influenza patients at (he Red Cross Emergency hospital. hos-pital. Ten were discharged Saturday, and orders have been issued to accept no more unless there is a renewal of the epidemic. Other hospitals in Salt Lake, It is stated, are amply able to take care of all influenza influ-enza patients. Paul Is Optimistic. "The influenza epidemic is about cleaned out." said Dr. S. G. Paul, of the city health department, last evening. He admitted, ad-mitted, however, that he had looked tor a relapse In consequence of the tjacl weather last week. "A change for tlie worse naturally was expected Saturday and today," the health officer said, but since it has not come I am free to say-that say-that with ordinary conditions prevailing and the observance of rigid precautions the scourge should be completely stamped out in the coming week." "As far as I am informed, there is no change whatever In the Influenza situation from the Saturday report," said Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the state health board, last night. Dr. Beatty, however, intimated that conditions were satisfactory, satisfac-tory, so much so in fact that he had been able to observe Sunday as a day of rest. Help for Dr. Beatty. To assist the state health department in its fight against the scourge, which, according ac-cording to Dr. Beatty. is still uncon-quered uncon-quered in many communities about the state, a physician Is on the way from Sacramento Sac-ramento Cal., and should arrive In Salt Lake some time today. The doctor comes on orders from Surgeon General Rupert Blue, of the United States army, and by request of Dr. Beatty, who finds a need for several medical assistants in outlying districts to cope with the disease. Still Need for Caution. Having served the purpose for which it was Instituted, serving of meals to needy sick and nurses attending Influenza Influ-enza cases, the emergency diet kitchen at the community center on Regent street, has been discontinued. A decision was reached yesterday, when thirty meals were served to nurses and patients. This does not mean, however, that all need for this sort of help has vanished with the decadence of the influenza epidemic. epi-demic. The emergency still exists, though in a much minor degree than at any other time In the past month. The suggestion, sug-gestion, therefore, has been made that to meet this exigency until the contagion has passed away entirely householders Jfit-l .,,L.,,1, r..- tlio UchtTiAd lnir- den. A few nurses, including recruits from teacher and store staff3, are still emploved on serious cases. These workers work-ers must be provided for. Philanthropi-callv Philanthropi-callv inclined persons are asked to communicate com-municate with Red Cross headquarters daily (his week and state how many nurses they can entertain at noonday luncheon, or how many lunches they can provide for patients. The motor corps, directed by Miss Mary Mayne, will see that the nurses are taken to the home for the meal and returned to their posts afterwards, and will also deliver the meals to the sick. The work heretofore hereto-fore done by the kitchen will be in the hands of the home service department. Diet Kitchen Opens. The emergency diet kitchen opened about a month ago and since that date has served on an average of sixty meals a day to volunteer nurses and patients. Its staff was composed entirely of Salt Lake school teachers, as was also the staff operating the motor corps. In the latter department the young women have operated cars at their own expense, supplying sup-plying gas and oil gratis. One young woman has spent $25 in gasoline alone. Expense of operating the kitchen, which has been in charge of Mrs. Leah Jennings, has been met through donations by merchants mer-chants and citizens, together with voiun tary reimbursements tendered by those who received aid in the emergency. Members Mem-bers of the faculty of the L. D. S. domestic do-mestic science school each alternate day provided all dessert dishes for the meals served. 1