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Show FDURTEEN DEATHS IH CITY. DISEASE TOLL Eighty New Cases of Influenza Influ-enza Reported to Local Health Officers. OGDEN HAS DECREASE Dr. Beatty Urges Renewed Vigilance in Combating the Epidemic. orjpeon General Kuporl BhM hA.s nott-Ileil nott-Ileil tr. T. B. l!oaily. t.-( licalth commissioner, com-missioner, (hat li- lias applied to a dozo.n largv cllios In a ain attempt to seoiiro purses M send to CtJv None Is available avail-able and anotlicr call lias lieen sen! out by tlie lied Cross for volunteer nurses. More dealtis ooourrcd In Salt llc yesterday yes-terday llian during any day since the epidemic of Influenza visited tlie city. IViuneen dcatlis took ploce xtierday and four deaths were reported lo Hie city hoard of health that had not previously been noted. Btghty new cases of tnflu-ena tnflu-ena kx! reported. i:er member of a family of ten on Tola avenue became ertoiifely 111 with Influenza yestordav, according ac-cording to I he citv boanl of health. During the past week fifty-three deaths were- reported to the city board of health. uring the previous week twenty-four dths were reforted. This shows an In-erase In-erase of twenty -nine deaths. The number num-ber of cases was reduced materially. , Ogden reported lour deaths and a marked decrease in the number of cases during the pas,t Tew days. Dr. Hcatty's Opinion. In reviewing the situation Dt. Beatty Jd that the outlooV was encouraging tjut that no relaxation waste be permitted in waging battle against the epidemic, "It is unfortunate that the already depleted de-pleted ranks of the physicians In 1'tah shjould sttll be reduced by calls to the army to take commissions," said Or. Hoauy last night. Yesterday DP, QolW tif Tooele was ordonjrd ro report at once. Vhts leaves only two doctors to cope with critical Situation. The lluoe physicians wen1 ovcrw helmed w ith w ork before Or. vjjolh was called. "Ketired phvsicians are gallanily volunteering vol-unteering their services in this emergency, Ycslerdav Pr. I'rawley of Sail lke. who retlreji from his practice in South Carolina, Caro-lina, came rOrwaixl and was at once serf out to help in a stricken town. I.nn-dyl I.nn-dyl telegraphed yesterday that a serious situation existed in thai town and no trained nurses were available. Several famllie were stricken. The Red Cross tnt what aid was available. I.ynndyl s appeal Is characteristic. More volunteers ahonld come forward." Ir. TSeattv Mated that he had received report to ihe effe. t that several sororities soror-ities and Ureek letter BOCtettefe were hold infi secret sessious and partita In defiance de-fiance of the order of the board of health against public assemblies. He declared that such meetings did Pol have the sanction of the University of Vtah authorities au-thorities and that they will not he per-niiuod. per-niiuod. Work Kails Short. On of th tykM Btartltm thtna re caled by the epidemic, he stated. VFfcS th 1lco've that some of the Red v'ross oJWLlfS In Ul state had prove.! inefficient. inef-ficient. tead 1 itnber was hein; weeded out. he mW, and lan V. . Vi-iw.d. Aslpried so the Ked t"ivs h Rupert Klue, mifgeon Bnefal. was working to tot in touch with ail the chapter of the R1 v'rOK. He satd that nurses rrre now tftWTHnff through t he a.l e i insr in -stmel tons a n1 enlist tnc olun t eers t o uurw IllftMAM c;.ses. The icn aJ chapter rtf the Red ('pons, he stated, had pnved iwdtepenKaMe. He said it w creatly oveHMinJend and that it deserve full rmixe. Tho doa t h t oil n Sal 1 ,a k e etterrlav was as follow irs. H. Wil -llftjnr, yearn of are, S2 W 'est Stinh Tonnlo street r .John A . lilev-, E37 Otlth Vpiirtiriith West street; WttA Tnr-ftcr. Tnr-ftcr. 13. SI SOttth Main street ; Mildred Strom. ?. 70 lrst avnv.ir; Mrs t orn S. Ksr, 2.S2 Movent h avenue; W. R iaJy. "V. lot-al hotel; Violet K. Malonev, local btwptta.1. 2!l; l.eah est erman. Ills K&sl Vtrst Xorth street ; (Vorffo (""a Ulster, :To Redwood nwri, iJporRe N. Taylor. U son of. .Tohn H, Tajdor; Mrs. Ka.v ( "a rt i nRton, lot-a.1 hospital; Lilly R Haworth, Hi Morgan. . lo.al hv-pttal ; Mrs, 7Ua t'larVwvn, Hollywood avenue. TV. Rott said that t ho w caring of ma.vks ii, laH la.Vo and other towns of tbo .tato -woxild not he made compulsory On Aevvnrif of the lack of material. Reo-Mnffteftd&Uon Reo-Mnffteftd&Uon iaB ma.ie that the masks be Bti hy eveii one x Ik it r; then1 wns da ngrer of infection. He said 1 hat the statement credttod to him regarding the efficiency of masKs.and vaccine had been sltgMly rvajrgerated. Mask Host Protection. "Neither tho masks nor the vaccine are 100 per cent protection against nflneii7.a," RaM Dr. IVatty. The RosenaSi vaccine U rACHrnled b' the medical authorities as being thr best :gjent now known for otahlishing protection from isocoming tn -teoted with the Hsrase. hnt it Is not all poworf ul , Tho mask will proba My fa i 1 lO protect in isolated Instances, but It Is ih Wst ortllnary protection wo have." Only eight r.w caws of influenza wpe admitted to the px.t isolation hospital yesterda-. Tbe wot all from the commands com-mands at the post. The admittances yesterday yes-terday showed a dcoroaso ucler tho number num-ber for tho pr coding da.y anl new case have been on the docroas-e for se eral days tat, which Is taken as a gx"Hd indication. indi-cation. Quarantine regulations are st IU being on f orved and will con 1 1 ne to be. It is stated, until the disease is stamped out of Ihe reservation. There were no deaths at the post hospital and fonrtt on influenza pat lent s were diseha nred f rom the hospital hos-pital as recovered. Indooonionl do on. The Insurance Kedrration of I "tab, through its execnl i e committed, rmvo heflri.- irdoi semen t esterdax- to the ac tlon of the state bosnd of health in its recommendat ion concern 1 ng the une eif gauxe masks The in.h rsemenl was signed hy C. D Smith. prrsileT.t, and J, . Col linn of tho executive committee. Thirty -five men and hoys, ranging from IS to 2r -ear of age, were arretted ves-tcrtlay ves-tcrtlay for alhgel vtcUtlOii of the state hoard -f health ordn prohlhttlng .iv-. m hltes during the period of the epidemic. The pot tot CMUH (he reid at what Is nown as Rtusieians' hall at Second South ft.nd West Templo klwot Thi was the first nrest of this c haract rr made in Salt 1-ake slnee the commen. etvent f the epidemic, following a severe leetur.- delivered de-livered by ffitef of Pol too .1 Pojta) Whit lhe men were released |
