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Show IIIISITY BGVS TB 60 HOME II ORDER 10 ESCAPE 'FLU' SALT LAKE, Nov. 25. Ninety-nine new cases of the epidemic -were rc. ported to the health officers yesterday yester-day as against MS Saturday. There have been five deaths from the disease dis-ease since the previous report. "There is some reason to assume that the crest of the epidemic relapse has been passed, but the general condition con-dition in the city is far from being assuring." Dr. Samuel G- Paul of the citv health department said yesterday. He" stntcd that his department during Sunday quarantined sixty-seven houses and that the isolation squad would resume operations early this morning. Altogether, according to Dr. Paul, there are now approxiatemly 500 cases of influenza under quarantine in Salt Lake. This number will be considerably consider-ably increased by tonight, a.s many patients have not been recorded, through failure on the part or those in charge of them to report to the health authorities. Of the new cases in Salt Lake, thirteen thir-teen were reported at the hospitals, with two deaths. The deaths since the last report are: John Wadloy, CO years old, of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, at a local hospital; Esther L. Blaine, 2 years old, No. 3 Lester court; Carl A. Jensen, 2 years old. 137 North Fourth West street; John R. Beynon, 20 years old. 50G East Twenty-first South street, at a local hospital; hos-pital; Gust Girmpolikas. 35 years old, Magna, at a local hospital. Governor Bamberger yesterday appointed ap-pointed a committee to investigate health conditions at the Uriiversity of Utah, where there arc about S000 young men of the student army training train-ing corps. A few cases of influenza have been reported in tho corps. The committee is composed of President Pres-ident J. A. Widtsoo of the university, Dr. Perry G. Snow of the university faculty, Colonel Edmund S. Wright of mm the student army training corps and ijllJ Dr. T. B. Beatty of the state health department. A report of the commit-iWftl commit-iWftl tee pertaining to its investigations will Ibe made to Governor Bamberger and is expected to carry a recommendation that members of the training body be I given indefinite furloughs, so they may go io their homes until the epidemic has passed. |