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Show FIVE DEATHS FROM 1FLMM IIU CAPITAL SALT LAKE, Dec. 5. A considerable consider-able drop. In the number of deaths reported re-ported yesterday as compared with the reports of the previous day, heartened the health authorities of Salt Lake last night, despite the fact that the number of new cases of influenza reported re-ported was somewhat higher than on Tuesday. New cases registered totaled to-taled 113, as. against 84 thc preceding day, while the death toll yesterday fell to five, as compared with eleven on Tuesday. Seventy houses were quarantined yesterday, while tho quarantine sign was removed from 76 dwellings during the same period. The list of fatalities Included Louis H . Strong, aged 26; John E. Leigh, 22; Margaret Bogan, 22; Elizabeth Bogan, 23, and Mrs. Mary A. Bogan Pappas, 34. Margaret and Elizabeth Bogan and Mrs. Pappas were sisters, and they died within a few hours of each other. Another death reported to the city health office yesterday was that of Henry Lynham, 30 years old, a resident resi-dent of Magna, who was taken to a local hospital from the Arthur plant several days ago suffering from the scourge. One thousand and twelve persons were vaccinated against influenza during the day at the several stations recently opened about the city by the board 6f health. Of the total number 4S4 were inoculated at the emergency hospital, while tho remainder were treated at the substations. Ninety liquor prescriptions were filled. Starting tomorrow, according to Dr. Samuel G. Paul of tho city board of health, the inoculation stations at the various fire houses will bo run on a different schedule of hours. After Inoculation. "We have found," said Dr. raul last night, "that many men who can not leave their work in the daytime wish to take advantage of the anti-influenza treatment that is being given gratis by the city. For their convenience we have arranged to change the hours during which the public may apply for inoculation. Starting Friday the stations sta-tions will open at noon and remain open until 5 o'clock, when they will close for one hour in order that the nurses in charge of them can get their dinners. They will then open again at 6 o'clock and remain open until 8 o'clock in the evening, so that persons unable to come- in during the day may have opportunity to secure immunization. immuni-zation. "We wish to serve notice that we are going to put on a dozen additional inspectors tomorrow morning, whose sole duty it will be to ferret out instances in-stances where people are hiding the fact that influenza exists in their homes, and also to gather evidence against persons who violate the quarantine quar-antine regulations by leaving their dwellings while they are under quarantine. quar-antine. Wo are going to adopt at once a policy of vigorous prosecution of all persons guilty of either of these offenses. If the appintment of a dozen additional inspectors is not enough to enforco the law, wo shall appoint as many more as may be necessary. The opening and closing order will also al-so be enforced to the letter, and every violation that comes to light will be prosecuted with vigor." Four Counties Free. Four counties of the state are now free of influenza, according to Dr. T. B. Beatty, state health commissioner, and conditions in several other counties coun-ties are rapidly improving. "Grand county was opened today," Dr. Beatty said last night, "not a single case of the malady having developed there in more than a week. Morgan, Rich and Wasatch counties havo also been opened, as the scourge lias entirely en-tirely disappeared there. Reports received re-ceived today Indicate that Sanpeto county will be ready to open in another an-other day or two, as the disease has practically been wiped out there. "Conditions at Torrey, where the situation had been bad for some time, havo so improved in the last few days that the physician we sent there is to leave for some place where be is needed more urgently. The situation at Murray is showing great improvement, improve-ment, only two cases a day having been reported from there for several days. "Conditions at the students' army training camp at the University of Utah have been such that when the corps Is ordered demobilized we shall keep every member of it under obser-I obser-I vation for a period of three or four jdays, as a precaution against the further fur-ther spread, of the malady." oo |
