| Show I t 1 r Fa I Health Commissioner i Is Speaker Sp a er Before S M Medical Society I t T It ItT T S i 1 i S I i DR SAMUEL G. G I. I I PAUL WARNS PHYSICIANS AGAINST FAILURE TO REPORT BIRTHS Utah Medical Association Visits Visits Visits Vis Vis- its Clinics and Hears Lectures r the meeting of ot tho the Utah State A AT Medical association yesterday Health Commissioner Samuel G. G Paul Issued a a. warning to all members of tho the medical profession who tall fall to en enforce enforce en- en force the tIme quarantine laws and comply with tho tIme laws regarding vital statistic statis statis- tic tics My I remarks with reference to quarantine quarantine antine and vital Hal statistics Commis Commis- Commissioner Commissioner stoner Paul Patti said are made in the hope hop notice and that physicians will vill take tako give ivo a little more attention to thesis these matters especially vital statistics Commissioner Paul stated that some physicians assume that the reporting of or births Is a duty imposed upon them for Ol the they get ct no r remuneration I It 1 maintain the thc commissioner saul said that It II is a duty the they owe their patient and tIme the proper propel re registration of or the birth th value to the is of as much or 01 more immure Individual than It I Is to the state The value to tho tIme state Is pur purely l statistical while the value luc to the In individual l I ual Inmany Inmany in inmany many cases cannot be figured in dollars ls and nd cen cents ls S Commissioner P Paul cited cases where early cally reports on the time quarantine cases s ha had iad prevented the spreading spreading- of ot contaGious contagious con- con diseases Ise The commissioner declared that the rc atlon of oC deaths In this state should bo be governed go by bO the International International interns interns- classification lie stated tt that th the tho appreciate man nany physicians do not object an and the need for 0 correct death reports Many Ian times he lie said when thu physician Is asked for or a moro moore definite call cause Ci of or 1 bc lie becomes angry angry an an- gr gry and ami wants to know Ino h what l right soniC cheap JI clerk has to question his l diagnosis 1 J 11 us I Her After spending th the timO morning at t the Continued on Pal Page Column iJ J WARNS PHYSICIANS AGAINST FAILURE TO REPORT BIRTHS Utah M Medical Association Visits Visits Visits Vis Vis- its Clinics and Hears S Lectures S Continued from Pa Page e 1 1 I clinics at St. St Marks and the tho L L. D D. S S. S lao hospitals members of br the Utah State Medical association opened their thair i 1 first days day's session lon of tho the nineteenth annual I meeting of their organization yesterday yesterday yester ester da day afternoon In the council ch chamber at the City and Co County nt building At the afternoon meeting surgeons Burgeons from various parts of the country de delivered delivered de- de livered papers that were followed by discussions b by members of or tho the a. a tion Among Amons- the tho prominent physicians who read papers before borore the tho delegates were Dr Samuel G. G Paul health commissioner com corn missioner of or Salt SnIt Lake Drs Leonard W. W Ely Eh Denver S. S C. C Baldwin Salt Lake Lalta and James R 11 Arneill Denver Discussions were opened b by Drs R R. W W. Ashley R. R W. W Fisher A A. C. C Behle J J. J S. S Richards Ezra C. C Rich D. D C. C Budge A. A L. L Castleman and Warren Benjamin Criticism m of Physician Physicians In discussing Commissioner Pauls Paul's criticism of ot doctors who fall fail to report cases promptly to the bureau of vital Ital statistics Dr R R. TV Yo Ashley declared that physicians who think they are Imposed upon because tho they have to re rePort report report re- re port such SOS cases without compensation but who would gladly make tho the It If there was a a. 25 2 cent fee feo In each case cas ought to start all over O again Dr Dl and Mrs Irs Andrew J J. J Hosmer will give a a. reception to tho the members of the association at their home Thirteenth Thirteenth Thirteenth Thir Thir- East from rom 8 S to 11 tonight The doctors will resume their sessions sea ses this morning at 90 Visits will willbe willbe be made mado today to tho the Holy Cross Judge Mere Mercy and County Count hospitals One Ono thing I regret Dr Fisher said sald Is that we find rind it necessary to change health officers and employees so often otten Changes In administration brings with them ne new men In the health department department depart depart- ment mont who often otten are aro not as 8 well won prepared pre pre- pared to take up the work Vork as S the men who had haa preceded them thorn I hope the time timo will come when It will nm be necessary necessary sar sary for men In tho the health department to take tako special courses In colleges and training schools schools' ls to equip them for their work Tho The health department of ot Salt Lake does docs excellent work on tho the monc money allowed each ench year ear Dr Paul said In part put Among Amons the most Import Important nt duties of or a local health officer aro are the registration regis regis- of or vital statistics the tho enforcement enforce enforce- ment mont of ot quarantine laws and tho sanitary codo and und the protection of or orthe the city's water supply Back of or the real work worle of the health department we wo will take tako up tho the water BUPP supply first Where here there Is a municipal municipal municipal muni muni- cipal water water system we wa have only to todeal todeal todeal deal with conditions on the er wa sheds above tho the intakes This is a serious matter as people living on the watersheds arc aro seldom Interested Inthe in inthe inthe the city or town and also claim prior rights which the they thoy think entitle them to pollute the water ater to any extent they ma may desire Theor Theory May Not ot Apply On tho the theory that running water purifies itself In ten miles the legislature legis lature limited the Jurisdiction of municipalities on watersheds to ten miles from tho the intakes While there Is an abundance of or evidence c to prove this theor theory In the case of ot broad slow moving waters I am ant not willing to admit admit ad ad- mit that the same theory applies to our rapidly moving canyon canOn Dr Paul dealt at length on the enforcement enforcement en en- of the tho sanitary code in cities clUes and towns and said that on account ol or orthe the supposed impossibility of or small towns to employ a regularly re salaried physician as health officer it was necessary necessary necessary essary to depend on the private citiZen citizen citizen citi citi- zen doctor to do this work and that thatto thatto to protect his practice he could not be too harsh on persons who did not conform strictly to tho the law The rue samo sarno condition he fie said ald applied to the enforcement of the quarantine laws in inthe tho the smaller towns Tho paper also brought out the Importance Im Im- im- im of ot vital statistics an and urged each doctor to see sec that there thore was proper proper proper pro pro- per registration of ot each birth at which ho was wae attendant Tho The importance o or of stating causes of or death on Oil death certificates certificates also was brought out by Dr Paul who said that tho the registration ol or deaths was governed h by international classification and that I If a health de department department de- de clerk called upon a 3 doctor Cormore for Cor more definite causes cause R of ot death he was as acting under rules laid down b by the tho best medical authorities In iii the country countr and was not malting making an arbitrary ruling In conclusion Dr Paul said sald Personally Per I ha have no complaint to make maJo so far ns as the local health Is concerned as we havo have been well supported by br the medical profession and only In occasional cases have o we had an any difficulty I hope however that tho the ph physicians will take notice and give a little more attention to quarantine regulations and na especially to vital statistics Banquet at nt Utah More than a hundred physicians at att attended attended at- at t tended the banquet of the a association at tho the Hotel Utah last night and ana lis listened listened lie lis- toned to scientific addresses and humorous humorous hu hu- toa toasts ts The reading of a a. scientific fic tic paper tho the presidents president's addre address s b by DrA Dr A A. J. J r was ono one of ot tho the principal pal features of oC the evenings evening's pro program ram Speakers were Introduced by Toastmaster Toastmaster Toastmaster Toast- Toast master Dr 1 J. J F. F Critchlow Toasts were ere mado made by Drs C. C F. F Root II H. 1 B. B Robinson John F. F Sharp J. J R. R Morrell l and Rev r E E. I T. T Goshen |
