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Show INFLUENZA ATTACKS REPORTED j; PREVALENT THROUGHOUT UTAH r Attackt of influenza, reported prevalent in all section! of the itate, kept hundred! of Utahni close to their bedi Wednes-. Wednes-. day and prompted phyiiciani to ask the public'! cooperation in in Ogden are absent from classrooms class-rooms because of influenza, Dr. Belnap said. This, he said, compares com-pares with 30 per cent absent several sev-eral weeks ago. Dr. Noall said there are between 75 and 100 cases in Ogden. Cases Declining A similar condition was reported in Davis county, where Dr. D. Keith Barnes, deputy state health officer, said the number of cases is declining. He reported 35 children chil-dren absent from schools in the county -Wednesday, while a week ago the number reached as high as 120. He estimated there are 20 cases of flu aside from students. In five sclfbols in the Bingham area 225 children were absent from classes, officials said. controlling the disease. ' I There were no reports of schools I i being forced to close, but officials I In districts said large numbers of 1 teacher and students were being I kept from classrooms. Hundreds of adults have been forced to stay , , home, crippling the staffs of busi-i busi-i ness firms, public offices and other institutions. Few Complications Dr. William M. McKay, acting state health commissioner, said the i' condition is general. Although the attacks are severe in many in- i stances, he reported, few complica-) complica-) ; tions have resulted. ' City, school and county health officers said general symptoms of t the current Influenza are aching . sensations in all parts of the body, ' headaches, fairly high fever and ' sometimes sore throat. There is danger of pneumonia if the patient Isn't given proper treatment, they . . said. ; The following suggestions for treatment were offered by Dr. McKav: 1. Go to bed immediately. 2. Drink a plentiful amount of t v on. ' 3. Follow a light diet In eating. I ; 4. Take aspirin or a similar J medicine. 5. If fever continues, particularly particu-larly If it is high, call your family k . physician. ; 8. Rest until fully recovered. ' Come In Cycles . When the patient is sent to bed,( Dr. McKay explained, he not only helps himself but also cuts down i contacts with other persons who might contract influenza. The health commissioner expressed the belief weather conditions have little to do with bringing on the sieges, explaining they usually come in i cycles. Physicians In all sections reported report-ed the current type of influenza as . "highly Infectious." Only one death ' has been traced to the disease during dur-ing the present siege, Dr. McKay 1 said. ' Something of the extent of spread of the malady was revealed by Dr. Samuel G. Paul, Salt Lake City school physician, who reported from 12 to 15 children absent from each class in schools he has visited k the last few days. Many Calls Dr. George N. Curtis, superintendent superin-tendent of the Salt Lake' general hospital and county physician, re- J ported members of his staff are making a large number of calls to treat influenza patients. There were 1000 children absent from the Provo city schools because be-cause of Influenza, J. C Moffltt, superintendent, reported. Dr. Howard K. Belnap. Ogden city school physician, and Dr. Wendell Wen-dell Noall, Ogden city physician, said the disease is on the decline In that area, the 'peak having been reached two weeks ago. About 2 per cent of the children |