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Show jDEFEIOTIOI I ' REDPEHK ORDER! Developments in "Flu" Situation Sit-uation Soon to Determine Deter-mine Matter. Definite action un tlie proposed reopening reopen-ing of the schools of Salt Lake and other communities in the state is expected from the state board of health tomorrow, ac- I cording to a statement made yesterday by Dr. T. B. Beatty. Whether or not these institutions, as well as other places of I public assemblage, will be allowed to re- open on Monday will depend, it is said, ttpon whether or not any ill effects follow fol-low the congestion of people incident to the peace demonstration last Monday. "If there is not a very great increase in the number" of cases of influenza fol- f lowing the demonstration," said Dr. Beatty, "it may be' assumed that the epidemic activity of the disease has very materially abated. "The decision of the state board of health with regard to the schools of Salt Lake is conditioned on the abatement of the malady. Only the developments of the next two or throe days can determine whether the order will actually be effective effec-tive next Monday. "There were so many opportunities for close contact in tne crowds and among the dancers of Monday, even though the celebration was held in the open air, that if there is still an active epidemic character char-acter to the infection, it will lead to a sharp increase in the number of cases. "The period of incubation is usually from forty-eight 'to seventy-two hours, and that has been the experience in Utah throughout the present epidemic. Thursday, Thurs-day, therefore, will be the decisive date. Of course, there are a number of places in the slate where the local authorities still have a fight on their hands, and such places will remain closed irrespective irrespec-tive of any results from what happened Monday' At a meeting held last night in the city and county building, the board of education passed a resolution allowing all teachers full pay for the period of the enforced closing of the schools, according accord-ing to a statement given out after the meeting- by Superintendent E. A. Smith. The board also adopted a resolution profoundly pro-foundly thanking the teachers for their work in nursing influenza cases during the epidemic. That the epidemic character of the influenza in-fluenza is a thing of the past, was the opinion expressed yesterday by the city health authorities, following the closing of the Judge Mercy emergency hospital. When the institution was closed at noon there were only six patients left under treatment, and these were removed to other hospitals. Two were sent to St. Mark's, two to Holy Cross and two to the county hospital. One of those who was removed to the latter institution was Miss Alice Huff of Clear Creek, who was said to be the only one in serious condition condi-tion at the time. Miss Huff died late last night. She was 28 years old, and is said to have relatives at Spanish Fork, j Twenty-eight new- cases of the malady and two deaths were reported to the health office during the day. One of the victims was Chin Woy, a Chinese, and the other was Thomas Allen Ball, 3 years old, son of Mrs. Emily Ball of G74 Wall street. One new case was reported, from the Fort Douglas isolation hospital. No deaths have occurred there for more than a week. Twelve calls for nurses, which could not be filled because none was available, were received yesterday at the local Red Cross headquarters, according to a statement state-ment given out last night. |