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Show iLlfiZT I ttSTATE j IMPROVING 147 New Cases Reported I in Salt Lake City; 11 ; Deaths Including Army I Nurse at Fort Douglas. Situation Bad in Several Towns, but General Condition Better, Says Official; Help Needed. I , One hundred and forty-seven new cases of Spanish influenza were reported to the city board of health yesterday, an inerfcee of sixty-seven cases over the TaSrevIous day. This Is the largest number . of cases reported during any one day for r the past week. Eleven deaths occurred jflp Halt Lake as the result of influenza, fus of these at Fort Douglas. Three deatl.s were reported at Ogden. I Robert J. Shields, manager of the Red Cross,. reported yesterday was the busiest Sunday ever experienced by tho local Red Cross chapter. Eight of the most ! urgont calls., for "nurses were unanswered L at a late hour last night, as no nurses j were to be had. i f The Rev. Chester Snyder was sent to j -Morgan, Utah, yesterday to speed up the - Red Cross work there. The situation is , roported to be serious in that city. Dean I W. "W. Fleetwood is sending out representatives represen-tatives to work In tho towns of the state ! In which the Red Cross chapters aro -in j need of Instruction in how to cope with the epidemic. BRIGHAM CITY IN SERIOUS CONDITION. Dr. T. B. Beatly went to Tremonton yesterday and from that city investi-i investi-i satod tho situation in the surrounding towns. Ho reported the most serious situation to exist at Brigham City. There are four doctors in tho town and each one Is seriously ill with Influenza. , Curses are lacking and a large number ot Influenza cases exist. In Tremonton the situation has improved. Cokovllle, Wyo., has notified Utah that tho town Is under a strict quarantine in , an effort to keep the disease from becom-i becom-i J"B epidomle In that town. Passenger , trains aro forbidden to unload passengers I within tho city limits. Guards have been posted to enforce tho order on all roans, if any person succeeds In getting Into '"O city he Is to be placed under a four-nay four-nay quarantine. SITUATION BETTER THROUGHOUT STATE. "J find the situation throughout the ate apparently Improving," said Dr. 1 tatty last night. "There are many ' which seem to have prevented the 1 er aY.5jlc from spreading at as rapid a rate as It did before, and others are jallantly fighting the disease. There is apparently no Increase In deaths outside I. of Salt Uike." I According to tho stato board of health. , I'eha adopted the most stringent mca-0 mca-0 . ot any town 1,1 tlle state In an i mort to combat tho Influenza. Accord-I Accord-I IlfS ,0 a rH'rt received at tho health I all i i c"y ci'i"11 f Delta ordered Ml !! 11)0 stores and business houses of the I Ti i t0 lransact a" business In the street. I ai i. was (lope. with mnnv peculiar re-I re-I ut. A druggist notified Dr. Beattv I Jl 1,0 would close bis store rather than "Hnpouml prescriptions In the street. Dr. "eatty Informed the town officials that; : ovcryono who entered the stores wore r 1 fauze masks It would be as effective a i .I'""ve aa lf thev transacted business "i the streets. Following Dr. Beatty's th i' ttl0 business houses reopened and I " citizens donned gauze 'masks. QUARANTINE FAILS ; IN PARK CITY. "' I sti. r'"nK to reports received bv the I nil? 2ealh office. Park CItv had al- " i fliiBn dcvelPed a number of cases of In- :' wa f1 Deff,re the protective quarantine "" 1 ronim j008- Tne quarantine was later it et ed wnon "lis fact becamo appar- ijl s,H1!,fc!"owlri was the death toll In s-fui. ako yesterday: Loo Tonlln. 17 I C? aw- of Pioche. New. at a local l v,!;Mal; Emrriett D. Mouslev Yager. 31 ' I V.n.lii . -" Windsor avenue; Wll-i Wll-i I iijr7''',Hs':- yarn of age. at a local fZJfZT: Mrs- ' R. '-ov at a local hoS- iTv Two (,lcr deaths were reported - I a leal undertaker, but no data could ' I ." inert last night. Funerals W'ere I ''tcd to have been so numerous yes- (Contiuued on Page Five.) 14 NEW CASES ARE BEP0RTEM1 DEATHS Situation Generally Better in Utah, Declares Dr. T. B. Beatty. 'Continued from Page One.) : terday that corteges were compelled to await their turn at the gates of the ceme- l'f3 Samuel G. Paul announced last I night that a large quantity of Rosenau H vaccine had been manufactured at the city laboratory and that as many cltl-i cltl-i zens as would apply would be vaccinated today. Several doctors secured quanti- I ties of the vaccine and will administer 1 It to those whom they believe may be i the most exposed to the disease. :yfclffe Reaction. 1 p Doctors state that there Is but little re- t'' action to the vaccine and that the per 1 fion vaccinated experiences but little in- convenience. The vaccine is said to be " the only agent recognized by the Boston vaccine commission as furnishing the largest percentage of cases with im- rnnnitv to influenza. Major J. P- Morton of the Salvation H 'Army announced last night that the army is in urgent need of clothing for victims 'L of influenza. According to Major Morton Mor-ton he has discovered entire families t without a change of clothing. Warm un-derclothes un-derclothes for men, women and children 3 are needed urgently, but all kinds of clothes are required. Major Morton found a family of four last night all lying help- fcj less with Influenza. Warm clothing was needed for every member of the family. ' Many in Misery. The cc weather is said to have ac-' ac-' centuate the misery of many pneumonia victims. In several cases patients have been found lying helpless, with the cover- -, ng fallen from the beds and the patients too weak to put it hack. Clothing may be brought to 19 Orpheum avenue. If it is impossible to bring it to the Salvation Army rooms, a telephone message to J Wasatch 21S7 will notify the workers and they will call for It at any address. If those who have clothing to spare .j would prefer to give the clothing personally per-sonally to needy families, the addresses if! nf manv cases will be supplied, according accord-ing to Major Morton. The first presidency of the Latter-day e Saints has requested the presidents of Btakes and bishops of wards to stimulate : the church members In aiding the Red Cross in every manner possible. Imme- t: dlate action and proper caution are .stated in the request to be imperative. |
