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Show HOMES WHERE INFLUENZA HAS APPEARED TO BE PLACARDED, BY ORDER OF HEALTH BOARD SALT LAKE, Oct. 30. All houses In Salt Lake and Utah in which influenza cases havo devclop6d must bo placarded placard-ed at once with signs bearing the word "Influenza" In large letters. This order was issued yesterday by Dr. T. B. Beatty, stato health commissioner. All persons in the family In which a case is discovered are instructed to don masks at once. Dr. Beatty said that in almost every case where one member of the family contracted influenza tho entire household soon became victims of tho disease. "No one should go into a house in which a patient is suffering from -influenza except in case of necessity, and then only wearing a mask, and otherwise properly safeguarded," said Dr. Beatty last night "In case these rules aro violated it will be necessary to quarantine the entire household, which would undoubtedly work a hardship which should be unnecessary if the public will observe tho rules." Portage developed seventy cases over night. ProviouB to this report, which was received last night, no ca5e had been discovered in that town. Startling facts were revealed yesterday yester-day when nurses reported that In some cases members of families were deserting 'their own relatives through fear of coff&gion. "One nurso reported report-ed that agmother refused to care for her own' daughter," said Mr. Shields. "Inother instances patients do not get the proper care because members of the family arc too frightened to come near them." 'Safeguards Are Simple. "These people should realizo , that they are absolutely safe in handling these cases if they will wear masks, properly wash and disinfect their hands and thoroughly boil the dishes used by the patient. They must realize real-ize that we can not secure enough help to even care for the cases in which no member of the family is able to care for the patients. If such families famil-ies want advice or masks or gowns they can bo obtained from the Red Cross. A graduate city nurso will visit all cases and give Instructions and see that everything needed in caring for the patient is supplied." Five Pneumonia Cases. There were five new cases of pneumonia pneu-monia during tho day. Tho number of new cases of influenza has been decreasing de-creasing daily for four or five days past and the daily number of new cases of pneumonia has remained the same The percentage of mortality among the pneumonia patients has been below tho average for other camps. Tho supply of Rosenau vaccine at the city board of health became exhausted ex-hausted yesterday at noon. By that tlmo about 200 people had received tho treatment, while doctors throughout the city had vaccinated several others. How soon another supply will reach the city or stato hoard of health is uncertain, un-certain, but requisitions have been sent to eastern laboratories. The vaa-clne vaa-clne being manufactured at the city laboratory is not yet ready for use. An interesting fact has been discovered discov-ered by doctors who have examined tho records of the city board of health. According to the statistics kept regarding re-garding the influenza fatalities, it has been discovered that the greator number num-ber of victims inSaULake City arc between the ages ofTS and 40 years. Only about twelve of tho 117 deaths which have occurred in the city as a result of the cpidemlq have been those of children under 12 years of age, and about ten are those of men and women over 50 years of age. The following is the death toll in Salt Lake yesterday: J. A. Beck, 39, local hospital; ,-Isabel Marcroff, 725 South Eighth West street, local hospital; hos-pital; W. T. Nuttall, 35, 54 North West Tcmplo street; Mrs. Hazel Chapman, 22, local hospital; baby Williamson, 220 East Fifth South street; Ralph T. Godbe, 30, local hospital; Privates Desmond and Payne at Fort Douglas. Charged with violating tho order of the stale board of health prohibiting assemblages of any kind during the present epidemic of influenza, John Pappas, proprietor of a soft drink establishment es-tablishment and card room at 547 West Second South street, to'gother with, six Greeks and a Mexican, who were alleged al-leged to be playing cards In the place, was arrested last night by Police Sergeant Ser-geant C. W. Pitts and Patrolman Ham-by. Ham-by. All were released on their own recognizance. Six Deaths in Park City. In Park City, while only thirty cases have been reported to the state board of health, six deaths have been reported, with another case almost certain to be fatal. This is an unusually unusual-ly high percentage, but the state officials offic-ials surmise that possibly not all Mie cases have been reported, while all the deaths have. Threo of the deaths wore reported by name: Mike Rowey, Mike Zuppan and D. C. Hanoy. Washington county has not yet reported re-ported any cases, and quarantine has been established in the communities j there against visitors from other i places. Dr. Beatty said that any com- j munity that has not yet been visited by the disease, or where only a few cases have been found, which are" under control, is justified in establishing establish-ing a quarantine against anyone from outside, or in establishing, a rule that persona coming into the community must remain in quarantine for at least four dajs. |
