Physicians Cry down Wearing of Masks

PHYSICIAN S DOWN OWN W EAR N 81 I Of MASKS ConConRepresentative Citizens Con Con d fer fel With State and al d' City Heal Health DoctorsDoctors to to Wipe j I I Out Influenza Epidemic j j- rI UI D quarantinec of houses papann and the isolation of influenza pa andaud and widespread use ofr vaccine audti tients sugsugdecided sentiment against the sug a deehl masking masking un gested program for universal Ull features of an were the of session of the city board or open SeSSiOn P C O health last night I l tu I I 11 I With two O or three eexceptions pr they were present declared the cro sicla wearwear strongly opposed to compulsory wearorf masks In addition to leading ingIng ing of Mcdor the Mcd Lako County Countr Ie members of tho Salt Lake or the commitcommittho commit ical society members of lea or of citizen tee or citizens ancl and representatives of picture InterInter theatrical and e Some f a ction esla were P attendancee. 0 tr ih a 1 ic a tile Influenza menace for Patient 1117 lor or the proposed Aller aa. discussion of After treattreattho treat ot confiscated whisky in the USe of anor influenza Chief White an anment merit of ho would provide tho nounced that he flounced city whisky hospitals of ot the with and propropro ph that the in turn could tho physicians curo it from the cure thc hospitals It was provided that no physician malo make any charge for ky prescription or na whisky commissioner of public Karl or the meeting safety BaCel was chairman of IL Raley ancl F. II and G. Paul F Drs Samuel GG or tho Clarence Snow all members bers of the city board of ot health were present as n. neatLy were Dr T F. P. T. 15 Beall Dr F StaufStauf P Stauffer and Dr FF. S. of the state S Bascom ot of health board ot CommissionereLated Commissioner the soso communication from tho medical soso ciety which had been presented to the clety clot or health city board of a-slUng aMI slUng that ot masks be made culver the wearing of universally compulsory throughout tho the city had been referred to the commistho city commiscommis hy thorn referred back losioners and by to lo tho city health board for action Many Ian An Informal discussion was invited who held proxies from Dr or the city cily said five other physicians of ho had called a number oC of physicians over the telephone a hono yesterday and or the object of or tire he told them of when lie the meeting to be bc held last night twenty csc l li t mo nt Ith hl pl cre o I Clans 2 Continued on Page 2 I II I I er I tl ta ice lr O hu assem r I CO o carried ersaIl on Dr William D. maskmaskD Donoher said mask ing lag might InS' ml InS ht Jo lo some sonic good but knowing the Injection of oC scrums serums does prevent Influenza there can bo be no further need for ma masks once a person Is vaccinated Dr AA. C. ot masks C Beblo said wearing of al scaring Ig Is detrimental to the I. G L health Dr G. IL. lie Smart added s is adlIe that thal wearing masks masl contrary to every v ry rule rulo of hygiene maskDr J. favored maskmask JlieCC.also said ho favored hag Ing the use tho or vaccine Dr E of . F. Root Indorsed Dr EF statement Doctor Contracts Contract DIsen e pre hg I repreprep I I resenting tho ho United States public goa expert testimony health service gave that wearing masks s did not Iprotect rot ct masl froni Influenza Tic from he had an dozen said lie lie paid nr changed e very them of and chan ed hour yet ct he contracted tIme flick the disease and was sick three weeks He favors Isolation oC of those who are ill III Dr Drs V. V F. n. and W. W F II oC t te United St Harrison of States public health service also agreed effecthat tive lIo thc quarantine and reed Isolation would do moro good than masking more G G . redays re Dr Samuel G Paul said tho the day's re report showed el oC new cases caseR of from sixty houses There were eight deaths two of which were not In Salt Lake proper Dr Paul said hc believed InfluenzaIs subsiding he c i er ors six hl I I Hoards bushJames bUsbusiJamel P. P Casey chairman of the bush lie busi mens committee said In answer ness iness men's or the representato na question hby one ono of tives oC of picture sho shows that there conflict existing between the state and city boards oC of health in their efforts to combat the tho epidemic and that the offiorelorel lieevery cers oC of both bodies are ors doing everylr doin ever thing possible to operate co-operate Jn stampIn-stamp stamp In ing out influenza The picture show managers ers asked Dr Beatty why he lie had not ecI the big nol clo closed department stores lie replied it was not necessary In tho the boards board's opinion anti that It Is possible to carry and busicarr on busi business as usual provided care Is exercised not to come Into too close personal conconcon U hm stamp tact tact Seized Whisky hisky Goes to Hospitals About or good bonded pints of whisky which has been seized at va whIsk vawhisks vavarious times from persons arrested b y city patrolmen and de detectives will bl tree to distributed Creo Holy Cros lo Hoh Cross St. St 1r. Mark's D. Marks null and 14 D S. S hospitals oof Salt Lake An equal division will bo be made among the larger hospitals for medicimedIcImedIcImedici nal purposes only Tile The stipulation Is made that tho whisky Is primarily for the whIsk use oof influenza patients A limited quantity will bo the bl turned over to tho city emergency hospital for dispensing only on prescriptions oC of reputable ph- l ph I outoutor good repute at out of side points can share In the distribuoC phytion of the liquor More than fifty phy sicians protested against the destrucoC the tion of tho Any hospital An All Lo Mortality Lower In Unmasked Cities I Tho following statement explaining masking Is iii not considered an efef ofof Influficacious method of or enza and further explain why It InS' explaining InS wn measwas not adopted as meas incas lS a ure was Issued last night b y Dr T. T B. B Beatty Beatt secretary of the state board of health l not Tho The state board oC of health did wh why state wide e Cle eighty ot JI of o hl fa ser I or opinion was This of bbased sed on tho heller that ho belief hat the measure was Impractical that the proper uso us and necessary ot the sterilization of tho masks could not be enforced amid and that more harm than good might arise Even It if used Intelligently the or time value of tho mask has been considalue considconsid ered only relative and antI not such as to Juch ns Justify the oC tho tho weakening of ho efforts ot tho health authorities to of lo emphasize and enforce the time Teal real and vital measures for tho or the time dis the control of disdisease ease Case which consists in tIme the immediate report amid and quarantine oof all ancasess amid nil cas an and oC public assemblies the prohibition of schools and other opportunities Cor for time th the or people mingling of C Centis U. S S . CM of U CIUleu These rhese measures measures' together with time the use QC iii tho of the tho mask In the sickroom had been ordered by tho the state board oC of health and arc aro those which have been universally adopted In iii this countr country arid have resulted In tho and ho control oC of the epidemic wherever conscientious conscientiously out- Reports from California carried out as to time aR tho results In tIme the Cite citiess aboveabove mentioned compared with those which have not requiredcl masking arc conconare con flicting but tho state board hoard of health oof California is authority tor for the statement In na. telegram that there thero has been nothing to sustain the con concontention that time th the results havo been mora favorable In San Francisco amid more and Oakland whore masks maRks were used than In other cities of ot the state stale The latest recordss oC of the fe federal eral census bureau dated last week show sho that time the mortality In San Francisco hns has been 44 per 1000 population and In itt Oakland 36 On the same samo date time lIate the report shows that In Los Angeles which did not require masking the mortality hind had been 277 In many cities In the United States even lower deaths were recorded Among mon them wera St. pcr 1000 Cincin ivero StC Louis 17j per CincinCincin2 nati nati Seattle 1155 Columbus 1 I 9 Indianapolis 17j and Cleveland 28S. S While In tho opinion oC of the state board of health tho the measures origin originoriginally adopted by It If enforced b y the aIl all local authorities9 are arc tho the mo mostt effeclye tive tor for the control oC of the thc Influenza epidemic local authorities have havo hadhad lie authority to require compulsory tho lie or masks If us use of It the they so 50 desired on Don oC San Francisco Dr Edwards Edwara of 4 Inquiry disclosed Instate or city inIn the country where th IJo hall the disease hail bean been was tho the compulsory uso oof the mask aadopted opted or approved with the exception ot of tIme menthe cities men tioned In California same wa was also true ot The 1une of the United States army cantonments and the United States public health 3 b Landem plall tIme meantime In the tim fact that tho lint In no or lr q able I t oro Dr wido wida Fr twenty eight I I Page 1I. Continued from PaSc he others besides the five for whom heother opop op they had proxies had hail declared the thai are opposed to masking hen lii part When Dr Critchlow said In tho met and medical society mt anti adopted lie masking king Ii a flu 5 ttho a g n t I 0 ii res favoring ri resolution favo memmemmem thoro were only there UN bers in attendance of UH fast oC But few were aware that na. of such matter oC lint general concern was to bo be acted on of that at that time Tho The expression oC meeting was unfair because only onh one or two physicians who are aro known to oppose maskingThere ail attended maskinghhad was evidently b y those in oC It favor of equalequale who opposee masking feel equal We Illy iy y as conscientious about It as those who favor it Having aa. mask on ones one's dItaco is not only aa. nuisance but na didi face dldl prevents rect menace because it tho the breathing or of fresh by blof foul toul air Is conceded a menace monC bythe lie ie profession generally Advocate Sunshine anti Air Dr Critchlow ras was followed bby W. W ot the American theatre H II Swanson of ofoC Denver of who told of ot the ofilio tho failure of ut their attempt to compel ficers In leers per5 per masking Tie lie declared not over Ier cent wore masks there Dr Stauffer called attention to tIme the disagreeable features oC and of oC far arsaid sunshine and fresh air aro ar are of more value as malts masks are not efficient protection lie suggested that vaccine Is more effective In rendering persons Immune S. Basconi F. S Dr p said the Bascom aiti 10 In brothers or of Itoch InMinn had Inster lInn In Rochester vestigated an fou furand foud found vaccine does fur furnish Immunity fish He added the state lie tato board of health had at one time fully considered th the advisability oC of general 1 limit If It hilt li-i li l 1 tr a ri1protection be a menace than to wearers si b adopt the compulsory US uso or use maskof tho the mask inas measure because in all a time board oC the tho opinion of the hoard such action was not deemed advisable Mask Materiel Material Lacking The question was considered early Tho in tho was learned the outbreak and it wai It tho the merits oC of tho that even If the measure adoption Its Justified was lucre wag there aB not enough mask material In the state tato to meet the Immediate tolate requirements to say nothing of oC the Ray lie constant need that would arise for their renewal BeCore Before thin shortage could be remedied nn this an opportunity was about to bo ed be afforded to test the efficacy oC of the method asas w San Francisco and tlwO or three other iii California at cities In H that particular time adopted It and tho thc results oC of their experience would soon be avail S MASKS I I OF or WEARING I I I I DONN PHYSICIANS CRY DOWN