Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-25 | Page 36 | Urges Plan to Fight Typhoid

URGES PLAN TO I FIGHT TYPHOID Dr S. S G. G Paul Says Jordan Canal Should Be Covered or 01 Course Changed There hore arc are now In Salt Lake five ty-five quarantined cases of or typhoid said Dr Samuel G. G Paul rt city health commissioner yesterday and of or these all nl but bul two iwo are aro lie in the First ward There Is no system stem thorp there and that thai has Its Is on the thc typhoid ind there hero may bo be other ether contributing causes but tho the bl big cause cuo in is tho to Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan river ean canal l. l Somo think th that t I am when I ur urge o that ihal thin canal be bo co covered or that It bo La taken to t the lie by some sonic other route than through tho the city But Dut last year car car there were thirteen thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen deaths in Salt J iko from typhoid which Is a a. preventable dl disease casA For r P I i I I I l I r I I years cars typhoid ld fever lever has been prevalent preva a lent In the southeastern part of the theet et city cily Last year car there were 14 cases and I of or these 87 wore in that section The year ear before that there were O cn cases e In Salt Sal Lake and n of or these were In the Iho southeastern part of Salt Sal Lake e. e Covering of ot the canal would ro rio but butI little Ittle Joo good If Ie people are arc alo allowed ed to continue taking water from It I. I Every gely analysis of or the water vater has shown sewage sew sew- age ago deposit Children go o swimming In n It and tho the laterals are arc taken lOUt out the tho small children wade there and of at course are re likely to get ct an any dis ease germs that thai are to lo be found round there thero The ftc ditches as as me bl big canal are aro arp a menace monace to the people living in that hat neighborhood Some Somo wn ny 1 should he be o provided to o supply water for the he people coplo living in iii the thc neighborhood for tor torI Irrl irrigation atlon and the tho canal should be beI diverted south of at Salt SnI I Lake I S