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Show URGES VIH1S m ONJlffiL! Dr. Stewart Declares Pest Is Re-sponsihle Re-sponsihle for Spread of Contagions Diseases. PHYSICIANS ARB BLAMED FOR EAT LURE TO REPORT Recommends That Emergency Hospital at City Jail Be Made More Modern. Tho common, ordinary fly is blamed for a treat, deal of t.ho.' disease -which prpvailer'J in .Salt Lake City during (lie past year, itr tho annual report of. formcr Health Commissioner Dn 1U. II. Stewart, which was filed with Mayor John fi. Bransford" Tuesday. lie ajjain recommends a vigorous campaign-against campaign-against the fly, and is of the opinion that such action would prevent many deaths. In his opinion, tho outbreak of typhoid l'evcr in tho city during the past year was dud to milk from a dairy at Woods Cross. With the slopping slop-ping of tho shipment of milk from that dairy, logether with precautions taken liv tho hoard of health, he savs that the disease was soon stamped onl. Thorn was also somewhat of an epidemic epi-demic of scarlet fever during the year, which lie says was due to the fact that the cases being of mild form, woro not properly reported to Mi6 board of health. Because of flic disease dis-ease being of such n mild form, children wore permitted lo yo to school ami mingle -with their companions, thereby spreading (he lufeclion. lie recommends that two inspectors be appointed ap-pointed ,to enforce the quarantine regulations. Governor Is Criticised. Dr. Stewart severely critieisos the action of the jwvprnor in vetoing tbe measure passed? by t ho last legislature wht-hwould have made ic possible (o establish a hospital for eoutagibus aud infectious diseases. He ' declarer n a disgrace that a city of the size of Salt Lake has no provision for a hospital of that character: ripbr.lHM-ia has been below normal during the year, but there has been an increase in rhc number of cases of smallpox. The doctor, also complains Of tllC i.lllure Of rdivsifinnc onrl mwl. wives to report births to the board of health. He declares that there were at least :iOO births during the vcar which were riot properly reported to tho board. The report says that the plan of charging $2 per day for patients at tho isolation hospital has greatly decreased tho number of patients in 'that institu-tiou institu-tiou during the year. Before the charge was made the report states that a great many people look advantage ad-vantage of tho city's hospitality, and remained at tho isolation hospital at the city's expense. Death Rate Low. Saltjialco"? death rate for the vear was lo.02. which tho health commissioner commis-sioner declares is a good showin" as compared with other cities. During the year there were 11.0,1 SCU'eV ITilimlltlinnc U... ;.. ber of insi.-inces the connections were not made until after the owner of rho property was brought to task by the onicers of tho law. Dr. Stewart recommends recom-mends that no more extensions of timo in which, to connect with the sower be era n tod. Tho garbage system of the rilv ha worked satisfactorily during tho "vcar and it is recommended that the "city dumping ground W removed west o"f L.oIorfhMI, v'vor- T,li cost about .H-0), and tho cost of laving water m!mls to tll? dump will be about .57-l6 Ihe report calls attention to thcl fact, that the city .'remal ory is crowded beyond its capacity, and "nearly "near-ly hall 01 the paper hauled there has to be burned on the ground. Tor Police Surgeon. It is recommended that a police surgeon be provided "for the city iail all n the tune, and that the emergency hospital bo bettor equipped and be provided pro-vided with a trained nurse. Duriii"-the Duriii"-the year there were loi; inodic.il cases and 20 surgical cases at the citv"iail a total of -l.'hi. Dr. Stewart pay u tribute to tlio support ho received friini the citv Niiperiufendeiit and teachers in tho city schools, and says their co-operation was greatly appreciated. Ihc cost of operating- the department depart-ment during the year was -5.U I ,S7G 0 which was distributed as follows: Health department. .l.l.S IG.b'l : creniaa torv sSiiGA.": garbage. $3C,53.2i isolation hospital. .tvl27..T The ox penses were ne.-j-y 1000 below tlio apportionment made for running the depart menk . The; receipts of the department de-partment tor burial permits amounted tO ..in..-0. |