Arizona republican., 1918-11-02
FEWER CASES OF INFLUENZA FUR
 DAY |S REPORT
Situation In This City Has
 Improved Past 24 Hours And Outlook Gives Hope
 Of Early End To Epidemic

Of Early End To Epidemic | Records for the past A hours give the Spanish influenza situation in Phoenix a more encoura ging outlook. Should there be an equal improvement in the next three or four days, the doc l tors say. there will be every reason to believe that the epidemic is well on the mend and that it will not be long be- 1 fore conditions will again be normal with closed places reopened and busi- ness resumed as before the appearance of the disease.
 Reports from the hospitals in Phoe- nix for yesterday showed that three in- fluenza patients had been admitted at St. Joseph's hospital, and two dis charged. At the emergency hospital at the Woman's club eight new cases had been admitted. three discharged, and one death had occurred.
 Record For the Day
 There were g new cases of Spanish influenza in Phoenix and no deaths up until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ac- cording to the official report of <he city health department. One death oc- cured late Thursday night. the official records show The city death report for the month of october will show 67 fatalities from all diseases. The report is not yet complete, but many of this total will be due directly or indirectly 10 Spanish influenza, it is said Sixty seven deaths for any month in Phoenix is reported as very high, according to the records
 The state board of health yesterday 1GI tNN ( t1,o tot ent of health power to lift the quaran- tines existing in various parts of the state. The board met in the governors office at 10 o'clock Those present were: Gov. Geo. W. P. Hunt, President; Dr. O. H. Brown, secretary. and Attor- ney General Wiley E. Jones, vice pres ident.
 Power to Lift Quarantine
 The following resolution was adopted:
 It is hereby resolved that the state superintendent of public health shall have the authority to establish or lift all quarantine on any person or com munity and shall exercise absolute control of Quarantine over any person or community within the state of Ar izona.
 MT Chas R. Harry, who was pres ent at this meeting recently made a Ns son and other leading citizens of the state and it is his opinion that quaran- tine accomplishes nothing and that it works a hardship on a good number of individuals
 MT. C. E. Addams, vice chairman of the state council of defense, repre- sented by Harry Tritle at this meeting, was with Dr. Chas. R. Harry on his visit to Jerome and has concurred in this opinion of Dr. Harry's. and they both recommend that the quarantine be lifted.'
 Governor Hunt and Attorney General Jones expressed themselves as being in favor of lifting the quarantine now on in various communities.
 Jerome Closed Tight
 This action does not however imply the reopening of schools, theaters and churches, but simply the lifting of the bars by which the public is not allowed to travel into and out of infected dis tricts.
 The quarantine at Jerome is abso- lute, no one being allowed to either en- ter or leave under any circumstances while at Ray and other places move ment in and out is allowed by the use of a physicians certificate. The board held. in effect, that legit- innate travel does not spread the dis ease to any extent. but that the gath ering of large ere yds does spread It. No orders for the lifting of the h>r- antines have been issued. About the State Reports received from over the state yesterday by the state board of health indicate that the epidemic is practi- cally over in some places, is subsiding in others, and getting worse in some districts.
 The Globe district reports, for the past 4S hours, 5S new cases. II pneu- monias, and three deaths, which is ap- parently 40 per cent decrease. The Miami district reports for the past two days 36 new influenza cases 64 pneumonia, and Il deaths. | Flagstaff reports 10 new cases and one death. and St. Johns no new cases l and two deaths.
 Reports from the district embracing | Seligman, Ash Fork and Blackberry in | dicate that the condition there IS get ting worse. Dr. Conner at Seligman re- l ported 40 cases there, 20 between Asl | Fork and Blackberry, and asked fol help. as he is the only physician in Se- ligman. Dr. Mary Neff was sent iron | Williams to help, the condition in Will | Hams being good.
 | Trying Vaccines | Dr. G. w. Nickers, who was sent tt | the Apache Indian reservation seVera | days ago, reported yesterday that th'
 crisis had passed there and as the loca \ doctor had recovered, he would b'
 home today.
 I A telegram received yesterday iron
 Surgeon General Blue requested thu
 names of state institutions that wer'
 free from influenza where varlou | vaccines could be tried. The stat | health office replied that all the stat | institutions were as yet free from 1t | that vaccines were being tried in som
 and that any vaccines recommended b!
 the surgeon general would be trle' i out.
 | Copy for influenza placards was pre-
 pared yesterday and sent to the healti
 officers over the state the cards t
 be placed wherever a case exists. Tn l poster is to read
 = To Put Up Posters
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