Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-06-25 | Page 6 | Clean Up

CLEAN UP. ! To the vigilance of the health authorities author-ities is due tho comparatively low death rate in Salt Lake City and the state at large, and so long ns these public officials of-ficials continue their good work epidemics epi-demics will be next to impossible. The Tribune is greatly surprised that Pleasant Pleas-ant Green, in this county, should have been found in such an insanitary con-i con-i dition by County Physician C. C. Sny-; Sny-; dnr and. Health Inspector Joseph VVei-! VVei-! o The existence of such a c ondi -turn is doubtless due in careless-I careless-I ness and ignorance of the danger to health. That fact, however, should not protect tin', offenders from punishment if thev f;ii! I" remove lho di'iisc -breed ing piles nf refuse that have been allowed al-lowed to accumulate. "Cleanliness is next to godli ness. ' ' All accept that as good doetrino. If is so with com mu nit ies as wel 1 as individuals. indi-viduals. The hottest days of summer arR at hand. Tt is the duty of every good citizen to aid the state, ' county and city health officials in reducing the ' dangers from disease to a minimum, lu ! addition to preserving Ihe health nf its j citizens Utah has a reputation to main- j tain in this matter. We must not allow al-low ourselves to fair below tho high standard already set or fail to improve our record if we can do so. Clcau up.