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Show abatemeiiiof infiueiiza iii nmnioiEo Encouraging Report Are Received in Office of the State Health Board From Many Sections THE epidemic of Spanifih influenza in-fluenza has at last developed' signs of general abatement throughout the state. The most enroura gm g report on the situ a Uon since the epidemic started was 1 Issued today hy lr, T. H. hsatty, slats I health commissioner. He says that in every part of the state there Is a tendency ten-dency toward general subsidence of the malady. p "Fewer new cases and deaths are being reported dally and In some local-I local-I tics the epidemic Is entirely under j rontrrj," said Dr. Realty. "This news, huwever. should not he permitted to ! retard the precautionary measures i taken hy citizens nor the efforts of : workers in combating the disease. It j really should have Just the opposite ! effect and serve as a stimulus for I greater effort and renewed activity I toward wiping out the epidemic In the i shortest time possible. Dr. Beatty stated that If the scourge 1 continues to decrease and no relapse 1 results from lethargic action, the schools and public places of the state ; may be expected to reopen at an early dste. v FREE VACCINE. By Next Tuesday or Wednesday Dr. Beatty says enough Rosenau Influenza Influ-enza vaccine will have been, manufactured manufac-tured from the culture received yesterday yes-terday from the naval laboratories at 8eHuie to provide Inoculation for every person In the state. The vaccine vac-cine Is now being developed from the culture by Dr. L. L. Iialnes, state hac-ter'ologist. hac-ter'ologist. and will be provided free to citisens. Physicians and health authorities of the state may obtain the vaccine free from the hoard of health. Doctors will of every member of a family where I the disease exists. The germ of the disease cannot be carld by a third person and can be contracted only through personal contact with ths afflicted af-flicted person. "The placarding of house with Influenza In-fluenza signs must be done as a protection pro-tection to the public. Persons living In hduses where Influenza Is prevalent a warning are guilty of a serious crime. There are three things that are Imperative In successfully combating com-bating the disease. They are the reporting re-porting of suspicious case. Isolation after the disease has been determined and the avoiding of crowds and of coming In contact with persons who might be carrying the germs." 14t DEATHS IN CITY. Up .to last night there had been 149 death due to Influenza in tfalt Lake since the epidemic started. A total of 2C50 cases have developed Eight deaths and seventy-six new case were reported In the city yesterday, as against fourteen death and 119 new cases Thursday. Many volunteer nurses and workers not he permitted to charge for the vaccine, hut only a nominal sum for sdmtnistertng it. Where It Is given by public health nurse and officers there will be no charge of any kind to the patient USE EXPLAINED. In explaining the se of the vaccine. Dr. Ileatty said he desired It to be understood un-derstood that In no sense Is It to toe considered an shsolute and positive preventative. He says it has been used ith excellent results In the East and in most cases will prevent Infection Infec-tion ot diminish the vlrulency of the disease If an Inoculated person contracts con-tracts It. When the vaccine is released re-leased for Inoculation purpose there will be no limit to the supply. Dr. Beatty said. To clear up confusion and misinterpretation misin-terpretation of his Influenza quarry-tine quarry-tine order. Dr. Beatty today made the following explanation: QUARANTINE ORDER. "Persons actually afflicted with Influenza In-fluenza must be kept under an absolute abso-lute quarantine. Their Isolation must extend for at least ten days and any violation of this order Is punlchable i by fine or imprisonment. I have never! tailed an nHfr demanding; quarantine j are said to be almost exhausted from their efforts for the last two weeks and an attempt 1 being mad to replace re-place them with other workers. Red Croe officials still report a shortage of nurse and doctor and another call for volunteers hss been made. Robert Rob-ert J. Shields, manager of the local ! Red Cross, says thtr art not enough nurses now available to care for all the work at Judge Mercy hospital. Several towns In Idaho have appealed ap-pealed to Utah health off tela la for aid In combating the disease there They ask that as many doctor and nurse a possible be sent to their relief at one. However, it I Improbable that any relief can be sent to them bo-cause bo-cause of the continued shortage of nurses and doctor her. Totsl number of communities In the state that(v reported the epidemic 1 Influenza. 17. New district reporting. Enterprise, ths second town in Washington county i to report. Communities f porting new case: 1 Manti, 28 new case and death of ( Dolores 8homaker, October SO. Huntsvllle. 12 new cases. I Horte f?om health officer for th month of October: Boxelder county ' i. ..jtn o.strx-t No. 3 Portage, 100 case; Blue Creek, l case; IS unset. 41 cases: total case. Ill; totsl deaths. . I Moras n City Total deatha, , In- , eluding George Neutebonon October. 29. land Kfla Kawle Nauteboom October 90. I Hcofleid IS cases snd no deaths. Wlnterquarters II cases and no ' deaths. i Goshen 24 caaea and one deeth. Gunniaon 40 cases and 1 death r - I Tenterfteld SS cases and no deaths. Health district surrounding Gunnl- ' son 29 caaea and 1 death. Emery 24 eae and 2 desths. Including In-cluding Reuben Hrodertck. October SI. I I Cedar City 183 case total la Octo- ( her. Mr. Urana Jones Foster died November 1. Ieeptte precaution, th ( disease hss material I yspread In the last few days. ' jr VI H ford IS casesvno deaths. There i are 9 cases at present. Ieran 20 pAses. Except Id -one ( family thereave been no new eases . for a week I Bout hand health district. Ctah coun- t ty 40" esses, 1 death, Ophir 1 case. |