Show Y f SAFETY li 3 ADDED u Health e th and Police Achieve Record Despite t It Difficult Year Yeary 11 y Frank A. A Hunt HuntI I Icy Y department of public sty never has had a year to contend with i of 1918 reveals been je n a year ear of difficult with little or no precedents a ear or of war and pestilence mi mid unrest and yet et things of alue have been accomplished or of Commissioner Scheid ably assisted by the teach h department rC-ORD rC CORD OF POLICE tic f e department lent active I to the government in I and assisted in out ut the draft program to a conclusion Chief of Police White has succeeded In re- re and prostitution to toi i id degree gree An unceasing cam cam- t bootlegging has been fi h resulted In the 62 pints of whisky and other Ind nd arrests for viola vlola- liquor ordinances Statis- Statis tf that crime has been great great- pd d many offenses brought m m great I I f ES ES REDUCED e fire department W V. II 11 l announces that during the JI 8 the total total fire losses to us as compared to 17 Differences existing fly and the hewl organ organ- union were adjusted d to the satisfaction of off f I D DEPARTMENT ENT II direction of Dr Samuel t ph physician the health de- de on an Intensive warl war war- l enza contagIOn with a comparable with ity in the United RS urt collected In nuary 1 1917 to Decem- Decem and Wand handled 2477 cases I Id I'd d five hundred undred and sixty sixty- were brought before the II gf the e preceding e Y year b but buti ne eY i rut of these e cases s on ts tB with the dumber de- de t l c month DERS I In n lee atTests arrests for murder were olice during 1918 and two murder The past few 1 1 decided decrease in the urdel's s but 1918 has the I story of the The many years ears previous show shown 8 n and twelve morn attempted murders MADE rid and sixty one arrests a the police ordinance burglary totaled 32 arrests assault 35 vIolations violations vIola vIola- of the tho drug law 20 robbery 6 grand larceny 28 petty larceny 44 battery 30 assault with a deadly weapon 4 gambling involuntary manslaughter 1 check forging 15 and several others for minor offenses The total number of arrests In 1916 were In 1917 the tho number was while In 1918 the number dropped to STOLEN AUTOS RETAKEN Ninety nine per cent of the automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles stolen during the year have been recovered Of cars reported haie hae been to the police as stolen restored to their owners Stolen property property prop prop- erty to the value or of has been recovered by the detective department and the polIce including money watches pins rIngs and other Jew Jew- elry AID IN DRAFT J J. J L L. Ma May the chief of police aided the federal authorities to toa toa a marked degree in Salt Lake by regI registering reg- reg I alien enemies and keeping I their records lIe He personally made Important arrests of alIen ene- ene mies Draft evaders and alIen enemies enemies ene- ene mies arrested totaled FIGHTING THE FLU Three hundred and seventy nine people died In Salt Lake as a result of influenza and Its complications during 1918 The principal weapons brought Into play by the health office in Its efforts efforts ef- ef forts to combat the disease were wera the quarantine and tho vaccines Vaccine Vaccine Vac Vac- cine stations were opened in several localIties and the serum administered without charge to thousands plans which had been confiscated by bythe bythe the polIce were requisitioned by the health authorities and with the cooperation cooperation co- co operation of Chief of Poll Police co J. J Parley White the whisky and other liquors were used to good effect in combat combat- ting pneumonia complications Denver has h had d three times as many cases and deaths from influenza as Salt alt Lake Pueblo Colo which has but half the population has had as many cases and deaths as Salt Lake In Salt Lake the death rate was but 14 per thousand in spite of the epidemic while in many big cities the death rate increased from 20 to 25 per cent OTHER DISEASES Deaths Deatha- from preventable diseases have been very fe the past year Only nine deaths occurred from typhoid and nine from measles Only fifteen Infants under 2 years of age died from gastro while the death rate has been much higher durIng during dur- dur Ing the tho past years and is enormous In inmany many large cities This Is due to a good milk supply ana the pread of education among parents by bythe bythe the nurses and health staff TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC Dr Paul will establIsh a a. tuberculosis tuberculosis losis clInic as soon as possible In the emergency hospital There Is plenty of roo and there r are n nurses a aPaul and doctors ci f a available at for the he work Dr Paul states that tuberculosis is increasing increasing in- in creasing and as it is a communicable disease steps for its treatment and eradication should hould be taken talen at once Influenza Is a respiratory disease and often leaves the patient with a lowered lowered low low- ered resistance consequently tuberculosis tuberculosis losis often finds a fertile field in such cases cases' according to Dr Paul SOCIAL HYGIENE The venereal clinic In the emergency emergency emer- emer gency hospital has the Interest of the tho fedora authorities and is accomplishing accomplish accomplish- ing much good In the treatment and eradication of social diseases Its connection connection con con- with the emergency hospital prevents publicity and it is also educational edu- edu in its scope Patients are re at liberty to apply for any Information on the subject FIRE PREVENTION I The Salt Lake City tire fire department from the records of the year just past Is still making rapid strides along the lines of fire prevention as wen well as fire protection During the year ear 1918 the department responded to alarms of which were fires and false and unnecessary as compared to alarms of oC which were fires and false and unnecessary In the tho year 1917 The large reduction in the number of fires fires' was due entirely to the constant daft dail made mad by the chief the regular inspectors and other members members mem- mem bers of the department on the great work of tire fire prevention which is as Important and necessary for tor the protection pro pro- of the lives and property of the citizens as the putting out of fires after they have started During the year inspections were made an average of three forty per day not including Sundays The chief of the department wishes to extend a word of thanks to the business men of the city for their hearty cooperation with the department in the work of keeping keeping keep keep- ing basements and alleys clean and not allowing the accumulation of rubbish and other combustibles that are such fire breeders WEEKS WEEK'S CAMPAIGN A large and elaborate campaign on fire faro prevention was held in this city week of January 20 to 25 inclusive The chief was assisted in these exer- exer s by the fire prevention bureau ot of the Pacific a number of Illustrated lectures were given at a a. number of club and in various theatres of the city which were followed with the keenest ot of Interest by everyone present The chief had arranged to have a campaign on this great subject i such as had never been seen in this community before and he Is more than satisfied with the results attained and the great Impression these exercises made upon the people which is evIdenced evidenced evI- evI by the large number of inquiries inquiries in- in made and advice sought by a number of residents of this community They have been Imbued with the desire desire de- de sire to remove the simple everyday fire hazards In and around theIr homes and reduce the number number num- num ber of fires PROPERTY LOSSES During the year 1918 the total fire losses amounted to as compared compared com com- pared to In 1917 In 1918 the total value of property involved at all fires was This made but a 14 per cent loss of the property in- in Salt Lake Lale City may well be proud of Its fire department and the splendid work It Is accomplishing In keeping the tire fire losses down to the minimum There Is no city In the United States with a population around has more modern or up- up date to-date fire fighting apparatus or can boast ot of lower annual fire losses than Salt Lake City Just because the people people peo- peo have such good protection against fire they should not let up In their efforts efforts ef- ef forts to make the conditions in and around theIr homes such that all alI of those preventable fires will not occur SAYING SAVING ON ON REPAIRS The department Is still maintaining Its machine shop All the repairs on the equipment of the department are done in this shop which causes a great savIng to the city as wel as havIng these repairs made promptly and without without with with- out the serious hindrance to the operation operation oper- oper of the department as would be experienced by having to depend onn on the various automobile repair shops for this work Fire apparatus might be needed at any time therefore it is not good policy to have it laying in some repair shop for a day or day dayI I and a half waiting to be repaired No matter what time a breakdown occurs I Inight night or daY It Is immediately taken to the machine shop and Is repaired and put back In service with the least possible delay In addition to the regular regular reg- reg ular running repairs being kept up another another an- an other combination hose and chemical motor car has been rebuilt In the machine shop This piece of apparatus is now worth and the cost to the city was very nominal |