Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-06 | Page 16 | Poor Old Doggie Now Blamed for Spread of Scarlet Fever

t 1 Poor Old Doggie Now Blamed j ji i For Spread o of Scarlet Fever t AT T LAST it has haa been discovered that Shat our poor friend the canine is responsible for the spread of scarlet fever t vcr In Salt Lake For a time when no other solution could be offered it t was declared that the nonobservance of the quarantine regulations caused caus tho the spread from fruin one home to another But now a real solution Is offered oft ered It all happened Monday night when the council was WM considering a a resolution by Charles M Lees that the collection of dog taxes tax a be placed under the care of the health department instead of the city treasurers office as S at present And then Councilman L 1 E PI Hall Ball raised the point that this is fe n 4 most moat serious problem problem problem lem and that the matter should DO ee given careful attention So Bo the tha matter was sent to the finance and sanitary committees An effort was r made Dade ade to amend the resolution to have the t e dog do tax placed laced under the th license assessor assessor but this failed for the Urns time being Mr Hall declared that physicians of Salt Lake bad had informed him that the spread of scarlet fever could be traced to dogs It is claimed that though families and homes are quarantined the family dog is allowed to come coma and go goas goas goas as he pleases He walks into the quarantined quarantined quarantined house mooches around and then thenis is let out In getting an airing the pup wanders over to the neighbors house and starts playing with the rill chil children J dren of ot that house And then mys mysteriously mysteriously the children of the neighbor break out with scarlet fever Mr Hall HaU declared that the dog should be tied up u and quarantined as well as the house or he should be shot No i mention however was made mode of the j i family cat who has a habit of prowling around day and night But the solution of the scarlet fever epidemic which has claimed upwards of victims during the last few months Impressed many of the councilmen favorably and will probably mean that dogs will have to be quarantined in the future I