| Show TWENTYTHREE NEW CASES OF TYPHOID OID Epidemic Worst s to ry o of Salt Lake J City Officials Almost in in Panic Utter carelessness lack of initiative aud nd slothfulness ulness when energy is needed on the part of the city board of pf health h alth has iaz as thrown Salt Lake into a typhoid fever epidemic unparalleled in its history Twentythree new cases case c se of typhoid were reported yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day and the board of health is in a condition bordering on panic It Is certain that t t there are man many more cases eases which have not yet ret been re reported reported reported ported owing to the fact that physicians physicians clans seem puzzled d by the early evi evidences evidences dences of the fever which is now at attacking attacking attacking tacking young and old mil of ot Salt Lake The feature of the cases esterday yesterday was the territory over which they th y are spread not like the first spore s ore of vic vc victims tims who were about over a small area on the northeast bench With the twentythree cases cages a es yester yesterday yesterday ester day da there are now eases cases in ln Salt Lake reported on the books of the board of health since the first f o the month Among these there have been six si deaths and it is that the new cases which have been reported ported r recently are of a much more serious character than the early etty ones The cases calleS reported were ns follows CARL WIRTH 2 years ears old 3 I Citi Citizens Citizens CItIzens zens court TOM TO I WADSWORTH 28 23 1 Isling Islington Islington ton court RUDOLPH 24 4 66 55 Navajo street BENJAMIN BINJAMIN F BOWMAN 2 fl uS liS North Second West Test BEESLEY BEESLY LELAND 17 46 45 4 West Second North DEVEREAUX WILLES Holy Cross CroSB hospital h ALLEN ALLEr STEELE 9 57 T Canyon Canon road RUTH FOSTER 44 Fourth avenue GEMP GE IP 10 South aln Continued on on Page 2 TWENTYTHREE NEW I CASES OF TYPHOID I I ICHRIST Continued from Page 1 CHRIST HANSEN HA SEN 30 East See Sec Second ond cod South S CORA COTtA MILLICAN 20 17 Chicago avenue ROBERT JESSEN 14 68 Brigham street S VERONA DANSIE 7 1388 McCleland avenue IRA JESSEN 28 22 58 Brigham street TOM 88 i Ml Wot W Second South street MRS H II 30 rear It 34 4 Baat ast Fifth South W H 36 20 O Brunswick avenue MRS D A WILSON 36 3 West Second North KATIE KAT E CURLY CURLEY 16 Brigham street MISS STANLEY 15 16 l South First West S VERNIE RALLS HALLS 22 96 South First West WestCHESTER We L CHESTER WOOD 14 Second Sec East street VICTOR WOOD 16 14 4 Second East street Waiting for Report Dr T B Beatty secretary r of the state board of health is waiting Availing for a report from the city health officials on the number of patients p and the source of their milk supply before taking fur further further further ther action against the dairymen of Bountiful and Woods Cross It is stated that patients in an anarea anarea anarea area of a half mile square on the north northeast northeast northeast east bench all took milk from one of the three dairies against quarantine quarantine quarantine tine has been established at the order of Dr F S Bascom president of the state board of health According to Dr Beatty last night the embargo will probably be continued for another day or two or 01 until conditions c are im improved improved Improved proved and made sanitary Several new cases have developed along alon Canyon road Ruth Squires 6 years ears old daughter of Mr and Mrs W V C Squires 24 Canyon road is be believed believed believed to have rever but this i will be known definitely this morning Stella Steila Angell Canyon road is also believed to have haye typhoid t fever Both took milk from the Moss Brothers dai dairy dairy dairy ry which has been n stopped I deity delivering delivering ering milk in the city Boll every bit of wa and milk and clean thoroughly all fruit anc and vegetables is the urgent urgen advice given ghen by Dr M R Stewart city health com corn commissioner commissioner missioner and seconded by Dr Bas Bascom Bascom com corn They believe certainly that the thed disease d ellse has started from the dairies at atWoods atWoods atWoods Woods Cross but other preventive methods should be taken to guard against a spread of the disease they de declare dare clare Last night the city dairy and food commissioner c was wu busy making out a alist alist alist list of all the victims in Salt Lake for Dr T B n Beatty BeaU This will give the residence of each the length of time ill illand illand illand and the dairy dalt from which milk has been taken This will wilt be used by the sec see secretary secretary of the state board in following up th the case ease against the Woods Weeds Cross dairies to see that every precaution is taken before they are allowed to ship milk into Salt Lake It is believed that this will be allowed within another two or three days das da s The cows will have haye to tobe tobe tobe be taken away from their present pas pastures pastures tures turea according to the edict of the state board hoard and other precautions will have nave to be taken to guard against a spread of the disease Several of the Woods Cross dairy dairymen dalr dairymen men yesterday waited upon Dr Beat Beatty Beatty Beatty ty and upon the city commissioner de demanding demanding demanding manding that the embargo be raised raise and that they be allowed to again ship milk into the city The health officials believe they cannot take the risk and will not again allow the milk into the city before they the feel fee safe that condi conditions conditions conditions have hare been remedied City Officials inactive nothing was done yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day by the city health officials in the typhoid fight Dr M f R Stewart took no action and the dairy and food com corn commissioner commissioner missioner was alone busy buS with James JamesE E Flynn emergency man It is be believed believed believed that Dr S G Paul assistant city health commissioner who has been at athis athis athis his home ill UI for two days da will again be bein bein beIn in service today to continue the investigations Investigations Investigations Chemist Herman Harms was in Ogden yesterday for expert testimony ny fly before court and will not continue the tire investigations into the purity of or the canyon can on waters until Friday Though the neighborhood wherein most of the typhoid cases have been found is supplied by water mains from City Creek canyon no tests of the water there has been ordered by the city cit board of health A few days ago James E Flynn emergency man and Dr S G Paul assistant city health commissioners drove up City creek about seventeen miles to investigate conditions but took no samples of the water Samples have been taken of water in Parleys canyon and others will III be taken from Emigration and Big Cottonwood but nothing has been done in regard to City creek Many complaints have been made re regarding regarding regarding garding the impurity of the water in City creek Investigations have shown the patrolmen along the canyon can on for which the city has just allowed 15 a month extra for horse feed have al allowed allowed allowed lowed the canyon road to get into the most deplorable condition In years and andall andall andall all kinds of filth has lias been pouring into I the creek at each successive rain Many hold to the opinion that the epidemic may have been caused partly by the water in one of the canyons as well WElI as from the milk No tests of the City creek water have hae been taken and the city board of health has evidently made no preparations preparations preparations to Investigate this matter Talks to Hygiene Class John Z Brown assistant professor of hygiene and physiology at the University University sity sky of Utah delivered a lecture to the members of the senior normal class cla s in Ink hygiene k ne Wednesday afternoon on the typhoid epidemic He dwelt on the causes of the disease di ea e and the simple preventives which could be used He said in part p rt Typhoid fever one of the most common and most dreaded dis die diseases diseases eases of the fall of the year has hu apparently apparently secured a strong foothold in Salt Lake The causes of the disease are many but the most common source of infection comes from drinking water and from milk which has been contaminated contamInated mated by the germs In districts where sewerage systems are lacking Jacking the germs often get into the water wat from waste matter which has been carelessly thrown around during some previous time and which finally finds its way to the water supply In cities however which have a aI I sewerage system typhoid is either caused ca by Improper precautions on the part Mirt of the citizens or by gross care carelessness on the part of others In the latter alter case milk is generally to blame for tor the spread of disease di ease Milk is one of the most favorable media in which typhoid germs can develop In water eases cases ca e where the disease comes from water supplies it is generally caused by persons afflicted a with the disease carelessly carelee ly depositing waste matter within easy easy reach of the stream In either case however absolute safety can be assured if people will boll boil their drinking water and also their milk The typhoid germs are killed by a comparatively low heat so that an or ordinary ordinary ordinary amount of sterilization assures safety In the present epidemic the lo local local local cal newspapers are fire to be congratulated for fOT or Ul great work they are doing for forth th tb h public Through their columns the people of the city have been warned o othe of the spread of ot the dreaded disease anc and have thus been given ample time to take precautions for their own safety I Ithe It If the students in ln this class will report al all known cases to the city health board boar and ann also to the local newspapers rs they will wUl be doing a great service to td t the au authorities authorities who are attempting to stamp out the disease and also to the citizens who live in the vicinity of the place where the disease is located n |
