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Show j PHYSICIAN ATTACKS j H C0III1 CUP Says Common Usage of Vessel in Churches Encourages Spread of Contagion. (The Slate health officers' coin'cntion met again Friday in the Council chamber cham-ber at. the city and county building. The morning session opened with an address by Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the Stato Board of Health, on contagion con-tagion and the existence of tuberculosis. The doctor carefully explained the A'ari-ons A'ari-ons ways by Avhieli contagion could be spread and cited a number of illustrations. illustra-tions. He said the spread of this disease dis-ease was largely duo to consumptive persons expectorating on the sidoAvnlks and tho floors of public buildings, and strongly adA-ocatcd kce"ping children suffering with this malady entirely awa' from tho public schools. A general discussion followed, during dur-ing which Dr. A. .7. Stewart of Mount Pleasant strenuously condemned the common usngo of the communion cup, as it now exists in a great many churches. Ko also vigorously attacked the common use of drinking cups in schools and other public places, maintaining main-taining that the spread of tuberculosis was often directly due to some such carelessness. Dr. F. E. Clark read a paper ongen-oral ongen-oral subjects of disease ana the sanitation sani-tation of schools and other public places as a preventative of consumption and other infectious diseases. Ho said consumption Avas curable and avhs not a A-cry difficult disease to cope with, providing the patient had plenty of fresh air. Dr. Beatty supported this statement and cnvpha'tiealij said it Avould be a good thing if the boys Avero to use the closed windows of many of: the homes for targets, as nothing "aids t hcj spread of disease morc than the re striction of fresh air. The afternoon session opened with a discussion on tho remuneration of health officers. Dr. Realty talked on various types of contagion and infection and discussed the increasing death rate from pneumonia and tho different ways in which this could bo prevented. He also spoke of tho numerous instances of infants in-fants being born blind and explained how this could be avoided by a little precaution at the time of birth. Tho organization of a nationnl public bureau of health, where people could go and read medical literature and thus become better educated concerning the treatment, of disonso, was discussed and tho assembly decided to communicate Avith Congress to try and obtain something some-thing of the kind for this city. A rosolution Avas unanimouslA' passed to call tho organization "Tlie Associated Asso-ciated Health Officers of Utah," and that articles of incorporation should bo drnAvu up by the president, to be presented at the next meeting. The officers of-ficers elected for tho ensuing 'car Avere: President. Dr. M. B. Shipp of Grants-ville; Grants-ville; vice-president, Dr. D. 0. McGregor Mc-Gregor of Beaver, and secretary, W. H. Barrett, clerk of the State Board of Health. |