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Show i I oo W ; TEN DEATHS OCCUR li j i SALT LAKE ON j ; TUESDAY . SALT LAKE, Nov. 27 Ten deaths M I attributable to Influenza occurred in 9 . Salt Lake yesterday, as against only w , twothe previous day, while the num- m ber oT-newcases reported was nine- K ty-eight, as&ompared with 105 on the m preceding day. .jH The death list in Salt Lake included tho following; Johanna Chrlstensen, JN aged 20; Hazel Pingree, 11; Mabel Reynolds, 37; Claude M. Saxey. 32; Golden Wanner, 16; Bert M. Gross, gfl 34; George Peterson, 32; Mrs. J. W. -fl .Powell, 37, and Richard Leroy Palfrey- N man, 17, who is said to have been the JD third of his family to succumb to the malady within the last week. w Dr. Maximilian Kampmann, an in- mate of the war prison compound at Wk Fort Douglas, was the tenth victim jH to bo claimed by the malady yester- fla An almost parallel condition was re an corded yesterday at Ogden, where nine M deaths occurred during the day, as compared with five on Monday. Tho w number of new cases listed in the w neighboring city showed a decrease Ml from eighty-nine to seventy-four aa M: between the two days. B Situation in Ogden ,jB Referring' to the difficulty exper- jq, ienced by Ogden health officers in combatting the scourge, Dr. T. B. Beat- K ty of tho state board of hfealth said m last night that lack of public appro- u ciation of the danger was responsible. Hi "Until very rocently Ogdenltes ap- oRj peared to have little appreciation of MJ the seriousness of the situation," Dr. Wj Beatty declared, "and this, together M I with an entirely Inadequate number 1 u of inspectors to enforce the regula- M i tions, handicapped tho health, depart- mcnt tremendously. Both of these S handicaps have now been overcome, m I believe, and we expect to witness t radical improvement within the next jfj two or three days." X f Provo reported no new cases, but S one death, while Bingham recorded no 9 new cases and two deaths. Health WBl authorities of tho last named city are ofr rejoicing over tho fact that the opl- 94 demic there is finally under control, K and have announced that the precau- lM tionary restrictions will continue to be rigidly enforced to obviate tho pos- slbiltty of a relapse. At, No new cases and but one death was mm the gist of a report received yesterdaj jBk from the vicinity of Silver City, here tho malady had for a time given con- m& siderable Lroublo- Jufj |
