Show MEASLES STILL SWEEPING CITY HIT Serious Spread of Contagious Diseases Continues Un Unchecked checked TYPHOID IS DECREASING SCARLET FEVER AND DIPHTHERIA RIA RETAIN THEIR GRIP Contagious Disease Record t First Week 4 t Disease se Oct Nov In Dec t t Scarlet fever 13 26 6 S 8 Sp I p Diphtheria 33 40 0 8 Measles 60 Tuberculosis 3 2 1 f Mumps 2 1 Typhoid 73 54 U 5 Chicken pox 3 9 9 1 3 3 Pneumonia 2 4 24 2 f Totals 4 t t f 11 M H 4 That the department of health has failed to make any appreciable headway in the spread of contagious diseases is shown by the above table comparing the November and October records and the statement for the first week In December The only feature of the table which is at all encouraging is the decrease of the number of cases of typhoid from 73 in October to 34 31 in November This how however however however ever is due principally to the cooler weather and not at all to any attempt by b the health officials to locate the cause of the spread of that malady Diphtheria still retains Its hoM on the community and the number or or cases of the dread scarlet sc fever have doubled The record for the first week of December shows that scarlet fever Is on the In Increase increase increase crease while diphtheria remains about stationary The number of cases of measles Is phe phenomenal and probably has never been ex cx exceeded exceeded in a city the size of Salt Lake The records show however that the dis die disease dIsease ease has not been marked by any great fatality only two deaths having haing been bean reported due to this malady Its spread however has seriously Affected the scho l attendance Death Rate Is High The death report of for November was as exceedingly large the number of deaths reported exceeding the October rec roe record record ord by 7 and the average for the same month since 1900 by 41 Heart disease claimed the largest num number number ber of victims It being responsible for f r releven eleven deaths Brights disease and ty typhoid typhoid typhoid fever took away six each mch and pneumonia pneumonia pneumonia monia claimed nine Below is a comparative table showing birth reports First Week Oct Dot Nov In Dec Dee Male 31 01 ll 79 17 Ii Female 11 l 67 6 28 x Totals HG 40 to The birth rate for the month shows a considerable falling off as indicated by bythe bythe bythe the above table The number of births during October however was unusually high and it Is hardly fair to compare that month with November which al although although although though below normal does not show any real tendencies ten Howard race suicide The county clerk issued only IS mar marriage marriage niage licenses during November as against 73 in October but it must be re remembered remembered remembered that the Mormon conference In October brought many from outside points here to be married in the temple tempe The birth record for the past week of 40 Is a good average for the city although it does not compare favorably with the death record as forty are listed under that head for the week Sanitary Inspector 4 t During November William Margetts sanitary inspector attended to com corn complaints complaints plaints as against during October I showing that the spread of or disease has awakened the people to the need of bet better better better ter sanitary conditions Walter Vatter Frazier food Inspector only con condemned condemned condemned 23 pounds of bad food during the month During October he condemned 1519 pounds and an according to his state statement statement ment meat this had a good effect as a It re reduced reduced reduced the efforts of vendors to place poor stuff on the market The usual number of or inspections were made |