LETTER FROM HEALTH BOARD health board enforcement of luw law requiring of discharges from cases of typhoid ld fever salt luke lake city utah july 21 1909 to health officers health officers are again 0 urged to exercise tile the utmost vi vigilance M blanco in the enforcement of 0 the law requiring tile the of discharges from till all cases cafes 0 of typhoid fever tile the disease ori originates 1 injates soloy soley in the germs given off in the ox ex cretu which if not destroyed by il 1 r re e liable to be a ea con nr voyed to food products prod acts and water and endanger all who consume them it is a simple matter to disinfect tile the discharges and ren der them harmless and the law requires that this shall be done by the persons having charge of the case in accordance with the rules of the state board or of health I 1 and further that the I 1 physician in attendance shall personally satisfy himself that proper is performed health off officers leers should also visit the case when reported and at such other times as they may deem necessary for the purpose of instructing the attendants and I 1 enforcing str strict let compliance with the law if privies are used for the disposal of the discharges the contents should be frequently covered with lime during the course of the disease and after recovery it should bo be remembered that the germs if undestroyed may le bo carried by seepage into wel wells i and other sources of water and also by illes hies which become contaminated and carry them to milk and 0 ther other food supplies the rho uy fly is one of the most frequent carriers of disease germs and is cespon sible for hundreds of cases caos ol of typhoid fever in utah all of the above precautions apply equally to the diseases of infants such its as the deadly so called summer corn plaint which is an infectious disease transmitted through 0 tile the dischar discharges es in the same manner its as typhoid favor plies flies cal contaminated tamina ted with tho discharge of an affected i infant carry the garms to the milk or nursing bottle etc us used ed by other it infants especial care should be to exclude flies file from houses where any case of infectious dis ease case exists local authorities should recognize reco the importance import of these I 1 measures thoy they should properly compensate health off officers leers for their services and require of thein faithful ua corf performance armance of tho the duties asset as sot forth also neigh hors bora and other citizens should co operate reporting all cases of failure or neglect to properly safe safeguard guard the public health alent along t those lines many lives way may bo be saved and much suf suffering foring and loss prevented by tile the faithful operation cooperation co of all concerned health officers uro are requested to rigidly enforce the law re quiring the report of nil all cases of typhoid fever and to investigate ca tile the source of infection reporting the result of their 1 in tion to the S state tato board of health T B bratty BEATTY M D I 1 secretary