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Show oo 'FLU' 01 DECREASE II SIT LAKE SALT LAKE, Dec. 6 Only one death from influenza was reported yesterday yester-day in Salt Lake, while new cases reported re-ported totaled ninety-one, a decrease of thirty-four as compared with the preceding pre-ceding day. when 125 new cases were found. Members of both the state and city boards of health, upon hearing the day's report, were much encouraged. I The .nglc fatality was iho flfath of Miss Bertha Borgquist, 36 years ol who died after a week's illness. Sixtj-seven Sixtj-seven houses were quarantined yesterday yester-day as a result of tho finding of the ninety-one new cases. A record of anti-Influenza inoculations inocula-tions was established yesterday, when 13G5 Salt Lakers applied for, and received, re-ceived, the combination Leary and Ro-senau Ro-senau serum treatment, which is given as a preventive of both influenza and pneumonia. Six hundred and twenty of the vaccinations were given at the emergency hospital, while the rest were performed at. the several city fire stations. Tho emergency hospital also filled 131 liquor prescriptions. Dr. Samuel G. Paul, city health commissioner, com-missioner, last night announced that another substation wiil be opened at nooi today for the vaccination of persons per-sons living in the vicinity of Third East Tenth South streets. The new station sta-tion will be located In the Liberty school building. 1000 Third East street. Ruler; EnHorrpH m The board of governors of tho Salt Lake Commercial club held a meeting at noon yesterday, when they adopted the following resolution with reference to the influenza rul.es ami regulations placed in operation December 1 by joint action of the state and city boards of health. "Kesolved, , that we fully indorse state and city boards of health officers and the regulations adopted by them, and commend their efforts to the good will and hearty support of the public, and earnestly urge the rigid enforcement enforce-ment of all ordinances and regulations adopted to combat the epidemic, and the prompt and vigorous prosecution and punishment of all violations thereof." there-of." The board also went on record as "reposing full faith in the intelligence twin imugruy ui ui siaie and city health officers." The following members of the board of governors signed the resolution: H. N. Byrne, Joseph Decker, C. A. Faus, James Ingebrctsen, A. N. McKay, Mc-Kay, R. C. Gemmell, C. B. Hawley, S. R. Inch, Edward Rosenbaum, I C. Schramm, Charles Tyng, W. N. Williams. Wil-liams. Deaths at Douglas. One death was reported from the post Isolation hospital yesterday, tho case being that of another student army training corps man from tho Uni-vcrsi.ty Uni-vcrsi.ty of Utah. Elmo A. Gillen of Murray, Mur-ray, who was a member of C company com-pany of the training corps, died at tho hospital during the day from influenza-pneumonia. influenza-pneumonia. This makes a total of nine deaths from the university since tho corps was remoblllzed on November IS. Three new cases of the disease were admitted to the post hospital yesterday yester-day from the training corps. This makes a total of 141 cases in the post hospital now from the training corps. Conditions in the state outside of Salt Lake aro rapidly improving, according ac-cording to Dr. T. B, Beatty or the state board of health, with the exception excep-tion of a few towns here and there. "Cache, Weber and Utah counties are practically cleared up," Dr. Beatty asserted last night, "with tho oxcep-tion oxcep-tion of the towns of Smithfield and Richmond, in Cache county, and a few scattered communities In the other counties. The two towns named are doing well, however, and should soon be free from the Bcourgo entirely. The vaccine has been found very offective there and is being used by most of the residents. "Dr. P. V. McGillicuddy of tho public health service, who has been working at Ogden under my direction, will discontinue dis-continue his work in that city Friday and will direct his attention to cleaning clean-ing up other points in Weber county, while Dr. Clarence E. Edwards of the samo service, who has recently been at work In the southern part of the state, will go to Cache county to stamp out the last smouldering embers of the epidemic there. Davis County Free. "There has been no new cases reported re-ported from Davis county for more than a week, and I think it safe to say that the scourge there has died out. "Tho only really bad report we havo had today came from tho city of Duchesne, Du-chesne, where the plague has apparently apparent-ly taken a new hold. We hope, however, how-ever, that we can stamp it out in short order." |