Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 10 | Water Conditions to be Looked Into

WATER CONDITIONS TO BEJLOOKED INTO Porterville School Supply Reported Impure; Dr. Beatty to Take Action. Water supply and sanitary conditions at some of the schools In Morgan county are reported so bad that Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the staite board of health, will at once warn the offending school boards to make changes or he will close the schools as a menace to public health. Reports on these conditions were received re-ceived at the state board of health office yesterday from Inspector James H. Wal-lls. Wal-lls. who is making investigations in Morgan Mor-gan county in the "clean-town" contest. At Porterville the inspector found the school getting its water supply from a near-lyy store. The water was full of "wiggleis," yet there were two good waft wa-ft cr supplies adjacent to the schoot, reported re-ported Mr. Wallis. He found sanitary conditions at this, and one or two other schools of the county, bad. i "There, was typhoid in Porterville lost year," commented Dr. Beatty. "If the authorities there do not remedy conditions at that school at once, we will close the school until they are changed. I believe, I however, that Porterville will clean up at once. . "Instances of this kind are becoming more rare all the Lime. Almost everywhere every-where in the smaller communities the people peo-ple are showing a disposition to be educated edu-cated about water supply and sanitation." . As an instance of this last, ith ladies' literary club of Moab " has invited Dr. Beatty to speak in that town November 1.1. at a mass meeting called for the purpose pur-pose of considering sanitation improvements. improve-ments. Dr. Beajtty has accepted the in-vila in-vila tion. Before he leaves for Moab, Dr. Beatty hopes to have the complete scores and announce the awards In the "clean-town" contest.