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Show SERIOUS EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID FEVER Frank C. Emery, State Sanitary Inspector, Says Sanpete County Coun-ty Is Badly Infected. A serious epidemic of typhoid fever Is reported to be raging in FalrvIeSv, Sanpete San-pete county, by lVank C. Emery, stato sanitary inspector, who roturned Saturday Satur-day from an Inspection trip in that county. coun-ty. Mr. Emery reports that lie found twonty-two cases of the dtneaao In Fatr-vlow Fatr-vlow and all the way from ono to ten caaos in other towns and settlements ho visited. Tho cauHe of the trouble Is tho use of Hurfaco well water, Mr. Emery says. In connection with tho epidemic there will be a prosecution of physicians for failure to report tho cases of fever to tho stato board of health. Dr. T. B. Beatty, secrotaiy of the stato board, says that physicians aro required to report all cases of contagious disease to the board. In the Sanpete district but few of the cases have been reported. Dr. Bcatty holds he has r good case against at least one doctor, and othors may also be prosecuted. Every effort will be made at once by tho Btate board of health to bringtho epidemic to an end by remedying remedy-ing the causes. |