Show I PAYSON SMALLPOX SITUA lION PROBED Dr T T. B B. B Beatt Beatty secretary of the state board of health and Dr J. J re returned rp- rp turned this morning from a trip to Pa Payson Pay Pay- son lIOn Utah for the purpose of Investigating ing log the smallpox situation there It was found that a number of or smallpox cases had existed there since last lat May I. I but were unknown n because they had not been re re- re ported The disease was regarded by some seine of ot the people as all chick en pox but according ac ar- cording to Dr Bratty Beatty att It is iii smallpox and the whole l town ton l Is under tinder tx exposure al although iii Bt- though the number num of cases cuell reported has been greatly exaggerated ted Dr H. H Dt Deane ane sent out by the state board of ot health to Investigate In the lie summation situation claims he was Informed that there wc were rr over one hundred hun bun fired dred ea cases there and submitted d hi his hll report to that effect Information comes come from front the thi board of health that list there ate 1111 a number of eases cases s there spread pread b bv hr contact among unvaccinated out un people people- Neglect of quarantine led to the spread of 01 the disease It U will viII re requIre require re- re quire the vigilance of or the health officers s to 10 prevent its further spread There are not o er six ala cases under quarantine at present The most moat serious semiotic feature In connection with l time the smallpox situation physicians say Is the failure to report new cases cues to the health officers The Th concealment t of or th the disease results In widespread ro contagion l glon The board of If health IIII nays S 'S It Is III a 5 too oo common practice In many parts of or the mite state where h smallpox small pox and other oiher contagious diseases exist nUl Individuals and committees realize aUse the serious Rf consequences t titers there will willmore be bemore bemore more stringent enforcement of the quarantine tine tint la laws which h will greatly lessen lellen tho the prevalence pre of the disease |