Arizona republican., 1918-10-19
Wlth arfangements completed

With arrangements completed IO open at short notice if necessary an emergency hospital containing 50 beds and with accommodations secured at St. Joseph's hospital for the care of tItteen severe cases, the committee and officials who have taken charge o1 the spanish influenza epidemic in PhoenlX have started the work of con- trolling the situation and preventing further spread of the disease in this section
 The emergency hospital, the loca- tloh or which has not been made pub He, IS ready to open within an hours notice. it was stated last night. Var lous locations have been mentioned. | the Monroe school. the Woman's club, armory and other places, but the se- lection has been kept quiet It's se- lection will depend upon the number of beds required if the epidemic assumes large proportions.
 Incomplete reports at the office of the city health department last night showed that there are a total of 199 cases of Spanish influenza in Phoe- nix present Another report, also incomplete, was to the effect that 25 new cases were reported yesterday. It was announced that the epidemic was growing worse
 A comprehensive survey of the in fluenza situation in this city will be
 made today by the Phoenix Police Reserves under command of Colonel C. Y. Gulley. This is to be done under the direction of " A. Thompson, city manager. This survey is to determine the exact number of Spanish influenza cases in the city. their location, con- dition, care and the size of the emer- gency hospital needed to care for them, and also the probable increase in the cases in the next few days.
 M Call for Volunteers
 call for 20 volunteers who speak
 Spanish has been issued by City Man ager Thompson. He wishes them to accompany the police reserves and as
 sist in covering the Mexican districts.
 He also has called for 20 motor cars
 to convey these men in their work A
 request also has been issued by NIr.
 Thompson to employers of police re-
 serves to give the men leave of half
 day that they may assist in this most
 important work. If the entire force
 of police reserves can be secured it
 IS believed that the work can be com
 pleted in a half day.
 The Red Cross under the direction of
 John D. Loper yesterday established
 a ten-bed emergency hospital at Gila Bend under the authority of the board of supervisors and in charge of pr , Richards, the Southern Pacific phy- sician located there.
 Reports received at the office ot the state health department from
 County Attorney Foster at Globe
 stated that the situation there was well in hand, but that the peak of the epidemic apparently had not yet been reached Four deaths occurred al Globe yesterday and six at Miami a total of fl since the epidemic started in that district.
 : To assist the city health authorities in stamping out Spanish influenza
 Judge Lyman has postponed all cases , set for the coming week in division o fthe superior court. As long as there is any danger of an epidemic cour
 will remain closed although the orde I entered yesterday covers a period O f but one week
 That students at the Arizona Norma
 school will be permitted to return [, their homes, was the statement mad yeserday by E. T. McGonigle, secre
 
 was in the city as a witness in tn Breen case.
 Mir McGonigle said that while schoo ! has been closed for two weeks on ac l count of the Spanish influenza cpl ! demic the pupils remained at the in ] stitution. A new ruling has been mad ] which allows all who care to, to retur i to their homes until the reopening O l school three weeks hence. There hay J been over 200 cases of influenZa in tn
 school with recovery in every case.
 We have kept the students confine \ but now that it is perfectly safe W | think it would be best to allow ther | to return to their homes where the | may be needed at present said M | McGonigle. There has been call fo | just such help as the students al ' capable of rendering and we belieV | they will be of great assistance durin | the epidemic