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Show FACTS BARED ON GRAVITY OF -INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC HERE MORE THAN 1000 CASES IN STATE Medical Men Declare ' Stern Measures Are Necessary to Prevent Scores of Deaths EVERT man In Hull 1-eke and the country generelly ahould bo hia brother'a keeper while the -Influenxa. epidemle prevalla. according ac-cording to the eentlment jxpreaaed laat night by medical author It in at a conference con-ference held at the Amelia palace. Preaent at the conference were Mayor W. Mont Kerry. IW. T. B. Bftat-ty, Bftat-ty, aecretary of the atate, board of health; Dr. rtamuel U. I'aul. city health cnmmlaalnner: K. U. Howard, chairman of the executive committee- of the American Red Croaa, and newapaper repreeentatlvea. " r WHILE CERTAIN FACTS DIVULGED WERE GIVEN OUT IN CONFIDENCE. THE OPINION OPIN-ION WAS EXPRESSED THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION SHOULD BE PUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC TO MAKE IT REALIZE WHAT SALT LAKE AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE ARE T'P AGAINST IN FIGHTING THIS EPIDEMIC WHICH HAS ALREADY CLAIMED MANY HUNDREDS OF LIVES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, The declalon Waa reached that the people ahould not be allowed to grope In the dark, but that the whit light of publicity ahould guide the ex-tlvltlea ex-tlvltlea of the people, marking the waya by which Influenza, might be avoided and etampedout. Here are a few thlnrs for everyone to remember In the fight agalnat the dlaeaae, which haa apread to auch Ina nrnnArllAna- likalihood that the Influanaa germa have faetened upon you. If yau happen to meet a par-aen par-aen who appeara t be Buffering from the dieeaae, ehun him. Remember that yau are yeur brother' keeper t thi aatenti By keeping away from these euffer- . , Ing, you will net be a earner to , ether of the diaaaa. There la no need for the public to atamuede In panic on account of the aiiggeatlona given above COMMON RKNHK HHOUI,r fll'IDE" KVKRV-VSK. KVKRV-VSK. The writer of thla article doea not poae aa an alarmlat. There are clear, cold facta to meet, and the aooner thla la reallied the better. It I no ua trying te hide what manifeetly saitta. It la far better bet-ter te let the people knew thoroughly thor-oughly what they have t fight. Common ne aan ebliterat th apldemio in Salt Lake. Cemmen aenaa dietataa the following of the suggestions given above. It If through Inattention In other cltlea that many have Buffered and hundred have died. From thla tragic leeaon Halt Ljike la expected to profit. The dlaeaae le, more or leea. In Ita Inclplency here, and urgent and radical rad-ical meaeurea will rout It. Home Idea of the way In which the dlaeaae haa apread ao that there are now more than 1000 caaea In I'tah la found In the report of Dr. Beatty that up to two weeka ago Hpanlah Influenza Influ-enza waa unknown In the atate. Thirty-five towna. excluding Halt Lake, hav reported an average of fifteen caaea each. Halt Jaka City la believed to be th horn of several hundred aufferera, Heveral employera. milling the lan-ger lan-ger to othera, have cauaed employee form" Hpanlah flu or pneumonia within the laat few weeka. While there la no deatre to rauae a panic, the people ahould know the truth. 1'ubliolty of an educational and Warning nature la demanded by the altuatlun which confronta th nation today. Ther la. further, no dealr to exag-gerate. exag-gerate. The altuatlun cannot be exaggerated, exag-gerated, people muat reoognls facta. Here are a few; The publia health eervioe ia eeeking en f (eettv vaoelne. Meantime influenia nttnue t apread ever th eeuntry. Yesterday Yester-day 12,121 new eaaea at army eamp war reported t th surge sur-ge general with 17(7 nw easee ' f anumma and atg death. Th total f influanaa eases repVtd at the army samps aine th disease first appeared haa new reaehed 211,000. Pneumonia eesea total j 24,04 and deatha 7432. Twenty enlisted men at Camp Bowie, Tea, died yeeterdey f in-tlwenaa. in-tlwenaa. . About 1480 men ar aiek ,, In th eemp. Ohi and Nevada will be -sleaed" stetee tomorrow. Similar order t the iasued in Utah, providing fee th eloeing f (hurehaa, theatres, echeele and thr planes, will k mad effective. Mew York state may be "eleatd" within a few day, eeserding t -medieel putharitiee there. -.- Mer than 10,000 new f Spanish influenia were reported in New York City yeeterday. Residents ef California and Ari-aan Ari-aan hav been aaked by Dr. W. C. Billinga, aanitary officer f th United State health servio. t veid picture shews, ehurshee and -II ether plaee f aaaemblag un- All . 1 J I . The city ef tea Anoeles haa da- . aided te eloee aoheele, ehurehee, theatree and ether s-ublie flatherinfl plaoea beginning at 'aleak te-ntaM. te-ntaM. The eall haa gene eut from CM-rage CM-rage fee en army ef phyaietans te fight the epidemie. Thy will be patd $200 month with treveling -expenses and $4 a day hate I and i aubetetenee allowance. Five deathe eeeurred t il Pass, i Tu, yeeterday frem Influenia. Five deaths wees alee reported at ' Ft Bits. There are 1600 influenia eaeee in CI Faoe. There are 47 In fluema and 264 pneumonia aasss at Ft. Bliss. If you have te oough or eneeie, see to it that you eovor your mouth r neae with a handkerohief, thus preventing the .germs being trsns-ported trsns-ported to any person whom you I might be apeaking to or who might be near you. Don't overeat. Peraons who suffsr frem indigeation ars suacsp-tibhi suacsp-tibhi in sueh condition te the dta-ssse. dta-ssse. Est st least one -lemon a day to . keep the flu away. If any member ef yeur family is suffering frem the disease, be euro, in attending him, that you wear a gsuzs mask, whieh will be a safs-guard safs-guard against tho germa. As mu oh as it is possible, keep awsy from groups ef persons. In deer moetinga are barred, but there is danger ef being afflieted with the disesoe through traveling travel-ing In strsetoars. Tf you have a cough or sneeze, keep st horns.' Ths re ia s strong found coughing or aneeslng to be removed re-moved from their work rnoma and ordered them to atay at homo until they are fully recovered. Ry such prompt action they have probably saved ten or twenty persons being affected. The ten or twenty. In their turn, would communicate the dlesease to others and thus the epidemic epi-demic would spread snd poaalbly envelop en-velop the city. ""this is thk reason why prompt measures in every case a re a bso-lutely bso-lutely imperative. The person flrat afflicted with a cold suffers little. In communicating It to another It develops In the second and suceedlnacases a mors virulent form. Lagrlppe la the sequel. .Those suffering suffer-ing from the grip comunlcate It to others and the virulence again Increases In-creases with the possibility of causing pneumonia to develop. Hiindreriw, nay thmmandw, have died |
