Show SCARLET FEVER IS AT HEAD OF LIST More Cases of That Malady Than With Other Diseases According to the February bulletin of the Utah state board of ot health just out the total deaths from all causes throughout the state during the month were with 32 deaths not reported from the previous month Of Ot a total of ot towns and districts reporting reported re reported reported ported no deaths at all The report shows there were 75 76 districts entirely free of ot contagious disease Following is the report of contagious disease for the month Scarlet fever cases 7 deaths smallpox 91 cases no deaths diphtheria and mem croup 42 cases 2 deaths ty typhoid typhoid typhoid fever 29 cases 2 deaths whoop whooping whooping whooping ing cough cases 8 deaths measles 25 cases no deaths chicken pox 14 cases no deaths pneumonia cases 40 deaths tuberculosis 15 cases 11 1 1 deaths So far as pneumonia and tuber tuberculosis tuberculosis are concerned it Is said that tha t the report r port Is incomplete As a supplement to the bulletin Dr Beatty has the following to say Filth and are directly y or indirectly responsible for most of oC the th e diseases ases now known to be preventable these Include all contagious or com corn communicable communicable diseases and cause causo the death of more than of the human huma n race The forms torms of which ne exact such a terrible penalty include e filthy bodies from insufficient bathing filthy houses from gross neglect of good goo d housekeeping filthy filth air from neglect of ot o f ventilation filthy premises from allow allowing allowing ing In the accumulation of ot garbage and other refuse including unsanitary out outhouses outhouses outhouses houses filthy water from contaminated ed surface wells and ditches and filthy filth personal habits such as promiscuous spitting All of these deadly and offen offensive offensive sive conditions are easily avoidable e and utterly inexcusable Nature fur furnishes furnishes fishes an abundance of water with wit h which to bathe the body and maintain n clean habitations also it may be se re secured e cured pure and free from contamina contamination tion for drinking purposes Pure air is a universal except where It Is deliberately deliberately deliberately excluded from their houses b by y people who choose to poison polson themselves with foul air in tightly rooms I It is recommended that a campaign against unsanitary conditions shall be b e undertaken throughout the state To Tomake Tomake T make It effective a in inspection inspection sp of ot premises should be made Existing garbage accumulations offen sive live corrals unsanitary outhouses etc should be discovered and orders Issued requiring their prompt removal or abatement It Is especially necessary that this action shall be taken before the fly season as these dangerous pests are almot exclusively propagated prop gated in filth and manure the accumulation of ot which should not be permitted All out house vaults should be made and maintained in strictly sanitary con Health officers and other town and county authorities are urged to earnest ly Join in carrying out these lifesaving measures and the state board of health will assist and cooperate whenever re quested |