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Show NURSE AT DEE HOSPITAL DIES Al THREE OTHER DEATHS OF SAME DISEASE ARE REPORTED a At 2 o'clock this afternoon, there were reported to tho local health authorities au-thorities forty new cases: Great difficulties are being met with in regard lo the emergency hospital but It is hoped that before nightfall these will have been dissipated and Nurse Swainston placed in charge of a splendidly equipped building where twenty cases can be treated. The public is slow to tako advantage of the gauze masks which may bo had by any person nursing a caso of influenza, in-fluenza, on application at the office of the sanitary inspector in tho city hall. Tho (Foctois are being kept busy calling upon patients suffering of all kinds of bad colds, grippe, and influenza influ-enza and one prominent physician offers of-fers a criticism on the remarks of Dr. Woods Hutchinson, to the effect that many an otherwise intelligent person might interpret tho doctor as encouraging carelessness with regard to this complaint, and feels sure that every doctor of the city is treating the patient rather than merely attempting to treat a disease Every patient can hope to be built up in strength, sd as to ward off the more dangerous aspects as-pects of this disease, he says, and therefore every person who is beginning begin-ning to suffer and does not get to bed. call in the family physician and obey his order, is not only acting foolishly towards himself, but Is also endangering endanger-ing the good health of the entire community. com-munity. Suggestion of Business Men. A great many outstanding business men think it is time for the state authorities au-thorities to get busy and put tho state under martial law with regard to promiscuous railway travelling". Every hotel will bear witness to the fact that there is a great deal too much traveling travel-ing being done without any worthy purpose and that one of the ways to corral this epidemic is to prohibit all hut necessary departures. X 111? UVJlll&-- lUUll III lilt I'1 persuaded that common sense nnd lots of It? fresh air and plenty of It will see us through what otherwise may become a very dreadful visitation. The following deaths have occurred: Josephlno Madson, 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Madson of West Twelfth street died a little after midnight last night from pneumonia pneu-monia following upon influenza. Mrs. Madson lies sick of pneumonia and two ofthe children are sick with Influenza. Woodrow Payne, 9 -month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Payne, 2965 Wall avenuo died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Martha Collins, nurse at Dee hospital, hospi-tal, died In that institution In tho early hours of this morning after being sick for some days from pneumonic complications com-plications following upon an attack of influenza. Miss Collins' home Is in Park City, and the body will bo taken to that city. She "was 25 years of ago. On acocunt of the widespread epidemic epi-demic of Spanish influenza, many towns in Wyoming on the Oregon Short Line are being quarantined. It is reported that Evanston is suffering from a severe attack of the malady, that there are more than 400 cases and that twenty-one deaths have al ready ensued from the disease. William Rhea, 24, of Wendover, died late last night after an attack of pneumonia following upon influenza. influen-za. The deceased leaves to mourn him a wife and one child, one sister, Mrs. J. C. Combs, and two brothers, Francis and Edward Rhea. Funoral arrangements arrange-ments will be announced later. The body is being cared for by the Larkln chapel. combat the Spanish Influenza epidemic In this state. There is an acuto shortage of physicians, physi-cians, the board said today, and tho disease is spreading rapidly. At least 9500 cases has been reported to the board since the disease made 'Us appearance ap-pearance in this state several weeks ago. oo |
