Influenza is Subsiding, Health Reports Indicate

' NFL U EN Z A IS S UBS II) IN G . I HEALTH REPORTS INDICATE '. and City Officials Twenty-one Cases Being Say That Epidemic Has Treated in Compound Reached Peak. at Fort Douglas. 'State j on T. 1 am .-. i"---""" -''that the :' "'-I..-! " " IXn.I'L.VZA V.ith Ul; !' ve:: aiace? '. made h:::- '. -.ifiiiiioii m Vuih ,i.m,;v..,:,l .-irv..o; i;,e II. li-nily die Hi'. . or,:, !! :i Tin;-nd 1 j -one :'sou .-'.. A i..---s :., now hi ca-.-s d;;r.-..:p.'. T-veat ol th-op.;d S:iiai.,v a:al O!.0 dieloped xeito:! l,'f; d:.--,;ise liiiit ili.- day. I ,w--. -:,, ourm.c the time tbat! th- .-pi.;, into ,-,,-ts -n its In i'ht in .--alt I..-.U-, mh and al t.ic post, tli- prixm Offieeiy sucec-ded hi ke.--pjl, th- priic a r.nn t a ed n .-.nip h-onn. i' iop- d. T:i- n. -s if i.v e-.se ria-a tin- l:--.'ir.- load- i's ;o,o;-.ir,Mie- :am .11 m-.n d-v. toped a.Miips.--"op ;wom I'or per . .lit. and the '.,-' "f '-I to id, " " no-..Is due to the fa.-t llial a-,.. !i sei.tiim-i,.. ,..s S'ifla l.'l.liy Halt-lo ;!.... im; ortiuu of f ,.w a,- tl.,.. n .-.I.-,li .v;t P.i'l.i lp o.iimU ;'... ,i;s- i , j , ' i 1 1 ):' ' .-. I , i :: I i i v." d-. ; 1 ' ( ! s.t.d . ! i,e I,,.;" i' jaii'i ! a-., of minis nbo a.-e of lit" ,,. ;, 'minion !,.a; t.:.. i;.... wane. a It a.n-.-li nt im -.; lime in.-.- aa ve !,, SllMin, Ol is !.I-Ili..a i:..i: "lit to" ,lh..:i-'.; sl-.mhl a mem. hi ,,e re.a ."d. -Ilm n,e .., mi,-;,; ,s Mr,.,, de re. 111. 1 ,. s ha:, .lev lot.ed tf of fie ; of lh- pri-oit 1- tb- inerno.-rs v.ardJ or lh- rd'ie.-rs of ihe p-ison i.rd Ua- oul.'ajipaiem - a pla n a t o: for (lie pros-nee. of th- malauv within tin- eompoum' is lh:i:l it was brotmhl in l-y --n.- i.r ly airiw.-di pii-ain-r .ilium;- a iiuaio.-i- i-.-e(nl'y s-ml! m ro tiie ilii Miip from out-mie poiuis. no oti.-r appaiauit sumaai.-rin ofti. ers ai- inclined to hclif-ve this is thu t of e pla im ion ot Lie sudd- a ii Velop. Not a , i . I nt' 111 . - 1 . j 1 ,,. U lo ;i' -'-! '1 It :i :.tin- lo.-a! tiio iii.-iirx lul-ssioii of L!i-. in S.iii value u( uif Muivui mi.t the an,: i-,-pn; veil iv'-. aU' .n'' na- a.Ktl a L: of i: .ii: :ir r, ,,;,, ;o l: .roi.jlv : ':M-'.-i i . j :n.- I i I I ' . 1 i e 1 i 1 l 1 I.M- 1 ! j .'i Men Isolated. 1 r i -a s,.;s Uit-si' i I i. t , ; . yenrs: Henry Fairhanks. man. ayed 1. uml l'a.ion IVei Ki-oni J'rovu two cleais weie reported1 v, .-m-rdav. I'etei' J. eliason, au'ed ON .Wins, and i'avid W. lV-.iy, 3S. Mu-'.umbin.: to iiiflnoiiZa, i.-'aeii. it tor a hriei" til iw'y.s, Xo new casef were repurted, and the situation is dyetureU to ho yrealty , , I ! j , j , i j I j . -reported . ! - ( Cases at Hospital. ! The stuhcorniief-s of (he influenza audi the r.ersNtem t; with which it hun.s on. des pi to efforts to oradioa to it from the militarv furees, indicated I'y the fact that there are still tifty-one eases in the isola lion hospital at Fort Douglas. if eiiurse. this is a jrreal improvement ovo- the situation at the hciKht of the epidemic, when there were more than i;:n o;isi-s in the hospital for a time. The number of eases gradually dropped down until t he sitnat ion "was a.) most cleared up;- then came the peace day celebration an'd a renewal of the epidemic which has sent Ihe population of the isolation hospital up aain. Tl a i is noticeable alo that there considerably .hiyh- percentage of pneumonia cases d volopint;- amouy the more recent cases of influenza. This seems to hear out the original theory that the disease increased in virility as it progressed, uf the fifty-ono cases of influenza iu the p"st isolation hospital, there are more than twenty cases of pneumonia stasre. There have, been no deaths, however, for a week. J ; j ; j i j j ; 1 : i New Cases Daily. j The present large number of patients in the isnlttimi hosniral is largely due h- the development of the disease amony tlie men of the student army training ( I'tali. Since camp at the I'liiversity tlie iiien h;i"e been sent bark to the' school ihere have been new cases of influenza admitti-d t'.i the hosohal almost daily, i n one day last week seven cases were admitted frmn Ihe university in lu.urs" time. t w.--ni-t..uit'itv i.fn,-injs yesteiday :tnn-'iinc.-d that the rules and retrula lions yoetriitm openjim fxrid closing houi-s have been - so amended that grocery store.s and meat vva remain .-pen until $.') m;u-k'-ts o'clock Wednesday eveiun?. to yrlee the public an opportunity to do their Thanksshoppinii. uit imr H is also suested that all wnnien do their sliopping early enough at aU times' that.thev can sret home bofi-re the1 street' cars 'an- crowded with homebound workers. j ; j j j j I I 1 j I ; ! ; ; ' i j 1 J 1 j j ; ! ' -1 i ; Statistics Are Compiled. of uovernmeitt statistics! A compilation ic-eivci by the ixoverThese statistics ner's office yesterday. In veaiod li:a( the death rates per thoU-a .-and of population fnun influen.a in .senes uf cities were as follows: S.I: 1.7: '.'iilfiaml. San i'-raiici-co. 1.7: henvt-r, ..; i;l:i !.-s. -J.T: St. Louis. :Se:-tt!e. t..-. and I'orliiuul. 2. The S.tltj Lake rate. u t" and including: Xovemb.-r n;. was 1.5 per cent. An additional compilation of sta t ist iv Ucaity showed froii, tin- offi-e of ,".,v---mher liiiat :' r :Ii- first i-'Hv-- days --: wn deaths in there had been s e U to w'ni) from La'---, November tSii: ':, iii. a.-ivc. wiii.-h inciudeit the days of ;Sie peace ceh-hrat iotv t'u-'ve had hem -". deaths a ; tiib'.neJ to in flu.t flUUI-pf I'.R the In ir-d.-U I ; ..ii influeiiza was ! I - i - ; 1 I I ' : f : i J ) ; 1 1 ' 1 j I ; i j ! -am-- i a:d , u". rive -e t wen t y-eii: r.-peci ivf-ly. poi-icds entv-two. v-. h t h (lowans. si a.;.- si pc; ; i ,n r. lh at of public in-!rvicl ion, i- a; house as Last i-iflu-a.a attack. of nihi. he was report. -d to be makirtr fa haxinu i.h-lopcd several day.1 i d. ! ' , ",t the tMei;..n Sn-.rt Line office-; an ofe mpioy.. es jd- r has be,-u i: -u-'d r--iiueslin i j j j ' j th-dr placs. l-'uither tau ihis the ju-isoners ai e relUired to frinieiri.ly wash their hands in an antiseptic s.olcliru. 'they rire ce -uired to wash them in this solutTon immediately" before eating- and it is lequii-ed that ail dkshes and utensils us-d m eooUiug and eatiur snail u- boil-d each time'aller! lla.v are used. addition to tins a eiosj vl' ten is beim: kept by the medh.-al oflicers lo detect the first sins of develupm-nt of the disease ly an- pi-iy jurv. Thf se prceautiotis are simple ;i 11J iu will hd interesting' to note tht- l-sufts of theiienforceir.enl. 11 ; t.n"1 Sat ur Jay. A i Win r or-p uriei s. keeper of a eofuv horse "Was fintd for allowing i,oods to i.'oij:rei:ate in his place, eon tvarv to the vc ulalious. it is )v. l.:eatty i..y 'v. '. to l-'omt'H'y of that pla.e. : ' j 'j 1 . bettor. I 1 , 1 I j ta-d j j : In addition to this precaution the 00:0i:cl had each man wfth a tin tan bearing- a number am; tl c pari ice ir i ,t taeus to hch Im belonged. ns i-uetfons v?re then is.med for-hiddim; :ny man from one barracks enter i nvr a mo her barracks and instructions v eto .iven to Lie nu n in each set of barracks to see to it that no one from another huildiny cane, into! i I i 1. Instructions Issued. Alwrrav lustod one death, that of Miss Uita row ell, f.i; yoiiri; old. whiie another was Hsu-d from l'i ovo Co-iv:h, where Mrs. I.miise I'arlt dh-d trom inilueniia at t'uo oif iJ yeai's. rc-ently oted by thel Tin fiiarantine of Vahoard o;' rounty i.-ommissionors sati-h cumily v as put into encet yesterl;iv. Tinder the rules estah! isied. persons may pass through Wasau-h eomUy -ilhoiL 'stoppiuu. hut anyone from the: on-side at lemptiiiy to turry within the hnuts of tho ooimty is subject to aj-rest arid lino, It is said StuuliirdviUo and Suii'i's, two. towns in-; had l.'feu Lnuler oontiol whieh hiUueii.a prior to thy iotoiy a lo". ration r,f Xo.-ruber 11. no.e t-poi t lo Di". Scatty taat lac dis. iiso has been renewod. Nutwltiisiandiiiy this. 'r. MeatLy says, heoutniny t'a- siuialion in the stto 1 1 i j a- 1 j impiuV'id. Cases Elsewhere. j 11 ( 1' uyd-n yesterday showed ma rkod tmovena-n t in the matter ol" new oases., The unlv ol-luy-ilve heins reported. doaih li.-:t. however, inolud-.-d live names. I 1 ; M "J . pi ' ! i 1 -iiiedialeiy 1 -velop. 1 Ne'e . I t-n in i ! llif S-.n.i u!I, u( Ho ffpoiT id n urn iorel in.",, hut mu.-i of art- s;i id tu ho or iiii'rJ l"':in. T'.iv Hv-vfiiiy-tiven houses in whi.-ti liu-.u CiiMs wx-!0 foil ml were h aU JO'Jih in our n u a rini i i n--d, ' aUv-mliu' pliysifian oijjuv'1. iiMaix l. niyistin that t ho ailment from whirl") j hi.- paiii-iit vas -siii'rV-i iuy was not iullu.'ii;i. i.ut tousiliiis. (im- d.-alh r(r-rut-i-ud in the rouuiy out-. ia i-ity. heing that of Lloxei-j l'alman. Vavsuii eU'i-da- r..io; tod that three .h-atlis h.ui oc-urmi tin-to in tht- last ini lmh.n- Mrs. ) ov; Wels'.Ufmir da .u-i.-,i!. m.-I : I years ulu. ami .-. 1 , vny I'aii i ;. w.T..- : : -1. a ii l.a'vC Hm hi wo 1'a UUi t U". a.s livicl', Thc.-itJ U tliL 'ma ailv. i-ili uCfd I ! ( ! i a k . 1 hull).: uza 'I'll- -i'-i"i-ila- I -i I i ; I i Two Deaths Locally. 1 ! "A",lu-H lh- (iist-a.'.e mad- its..;! maui'-st the nam afflict- d wor-.al unci, ivmo.ed to an isolation warii in the prison hnspilai and .stiii f:.oil r-jlalions -le put into effort to -hecU tm- sprea of the infi'otion anion-: Ice olio r prisoners. Tht hel t'ect vei less of put into im t iiods op. -ration s amis, to lie shown in tlie :',ul that, ahhoi'eh there vv-re iwuity ca-es In one day on Sunuay. only on- c;.se de d st.-rmi'. Tin- prison officers arc hojiii'. that th;.' have nipp d the epid-mic In the hud ami tluit then- will b- liltl-or no further spread of il anion-. Lie intented men. '.Most of the a set- thai have ih-vr-lopod art; of a Ih'ht nalurc. thorn: h s-ime of the patients have a'reade indicali:d doVolopn-oi.t of th'.- piumijioiua slao. When the disease was fiisl iTis.-o--i'-d, '.r-ort-:.; Coionel Myra 111. coin ma nd u-; otlicef of the prison camp, had all per-: sous in ihe rami' who Miowed a.ny mispicious si.Lrns ol cold isolated a.nd placed under niediL'i) obs-r a uee and treatment.1 Immediately -vcty prisoner in ihe 1.11-, tir- tamji as issued two auii-i'lu masks, and orders were issued reipnrin-; him lo weai- a mask at till lim-s. .Ia.eh prisoner! wears a mask for:: riod of imtr hour. tin removes it, imis on a clean cue., and wash, s out ihe s jiled mask in un ai tiseptic solution. In this manner- ih-r is a chiMic ot mark's every four hours by! t !'.c entire came ;-t:d tliere is always ai fresh, sterilized mask at hand for the prisoner's- use. Smi0-;.y ; M I ! 1 I ) 1 -1 I I 1 ! ; I t 1 in liein.: if l.,-;iiv .-.-I'liai, i.l.-ti.--.-i! a t h- i-itn-a'iicia-y nu; i(al 0' l. a- i-i:.- i.nara oi hjH la, ain.l tin- li..ctiau llirt! is lo la- La'.l t'lutii t'if .-utMlf.-. h a ut uri l ie.-'. ii .slam J i i i i 1 : 1 I j !