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Show iSIX DEATHS OCCUR li SALT LAKE CITY SALT LAKE. Nov. 28. A slight improvement im-provement in the local situation was indicated by the report issued last j night by the city health office, which placed the number of new cases at ninety-three and the number of deaths at six for the day. This was a reduction reduc-tion of five In the total of new cases found as compared with tho preceding day. and four in the number of deaths. T,he Salt Lake death list yesterday Included Mrs. Farrell Reese. 21; Mary Holiis, 2; George Lockyer, 39; Cora M. Wilkinson, 28; Edna M. W. Lee, 27; William Zeese, former policeman, aged j39, and Infant Williams, newly born. One death was also reported from the county, that of Mrs. Mabel Schurlz. 33 years old. The death of Edna M. W. Lee is said by health officers not to be chargeable charge-able to Salt Lake, as she is said to have been brought to this city from (Nevada for treatment I I Dr. V. T. McGillicuddy, United States jarmy surgeon, now on detached duty, with the public health service, yester-!day yester-!day returned to Salt Lake following a! tour of duty in the vicinity of Hiawa-1 tha, where he reports tho situation i very much improved. A communication laid before the city commission yesterday from the Salt Lake County Mdecial society informed the municipal body that tho socioty had adopted a resolution to request enactment of a city ordinance to compel com-pel the wearing of influenza masks by i everybody. I One fntallty was reported from Bingham, where Mrs. Daniel Sullivan! succumbed to the malady. She was I 1 26 years old. j i The Provo report stated that four nev cases had developed, but that j there had been no deaths. Theatrical managers and film managers mana-gers will hold a meeting this morning at Panlages theater to discuss the influenza in-fluenza situation as it affects amusements. amuse-ments. The city board of health will have a t meeting on the influenza question Fri-1 day at an hour to be determined upon ' today. J nn I |