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Show lOPE OF lHh JiEALTH DEPARTMENT IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING ' 10TABLE IMPROVEMENTS MADE WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS DIVISION CHIEFS OF THE SALT LAKE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ""HI i c"-" 'yjrJ ' " ' ' fSt I ' iJVf OU"' M J"W" '' T1V 00y,vJ-3 o"e I On' ""- vwierer- OY o . i I . LstJuug About What Haiti Commisjioner Dr. I Paul Ij Doing. c ! L Eixnx a PACT, tit ba I nLKMt .f PH J is 5ti oisliif jun Ait aamker of people knew a riptiit tier u a health (rant. Tiey ajo that t H ifter tome of th ritv b.r Ei Esa) arorkias; papers fo Sta. iept vital statistic aad wrs i k tcje wit say efautmie that j iKf Tew people kaw Oat tli , iprtceat las etahhjhrd rta Q te tie firtrftotioii of rmra milk 'k, rilij saattarv cradttions aa4 otter pobhe buildings, iaines to establish a4 mam lUada. for aift, lcjpe?ts rrs-ss. rrs-ss. unjvates clean-up aid and ''VX-ps, ioljj batter Dxbr rot Bed ka MtibEslrf a weU-dotne -fara wort Tie entire am . ?iJ lu tee, to educate tn. L"yrn of leai a etatiatic for S, Jrs how a 2-aeral of Wth eoadiuoai and tl dKhae of eoctawm Charge ia 1910. M 'Z9 of the health -gtacated It at 13 OOP Tba tUT HirMtoiT tau rear r-t mate the poouLauoa a sore oa Ui, I Pa I i , ared n Ha f health thera e four 1 '3 u ei a the iepartntest th ' from tine to time Alao there war Iaout la il een arbajfe men. Todav til -re are a r i emptor on st &2 of MBeteeo garbajM rr thra ma rv rac - e froah c tjit do m oe alle ca tor, on n ag Ics'p apf x oenfort tatloe a peeton rn 1 a head, two n'fie eaple ikl t tts nitarr nspar ton aad oti t o(ficmaa In k I0 eport, It Paul alld the attect of he ocMir to two la t erecting fa fa a followi FSrat. ib the work of the bca th i deparunent ffen from that of ma I other e that it ertead to ever e tioa at tae ' it and that with the oew additiaa there ia almoit fft aquare tnllea of territory to rover t be o reet. ' v iar nil. To thu on oeetloa a eoirpariaon with rit of rr liar popolat no aiar be intereatinn Poputa jir tton. m BrWrtport, Conn 10 0 J -i WTlninatini Del 1S.0O" Grand Rapt's M 110.090 0 Trenton V J 10 0e I Alha r V T 1"5 W Beadlw Pa lOfl w Dana Tex 1U.000 0 Dayton. Oh 1 00 It Spi, l!W Bait Iike C tah U 0 9 Second Toat with the increase in temtorr to b eovered the additions to th working for e and thp new work undertaken, ye the expenditure? for the past rear (lill were e9J9 67 as compared with 5 W 0? tn 1909 and the meat inspect on lepartment was not created until the latter part of 1909 Division of the Work The general i ea of Dr Paul relating to the object of he health department la to educate the people Fvenr division of the depar ment n a measure ear nea out that idea The d vie ons of the health deparn,ent re e eni ca ' whteh incorporates man inbdlv si ons Miss Ellen teres he charge of the de partment for the registration of ital statistics. It is necessary for a person to have a birth eert f eate to prove his rights as a Lmted States citizen When Amerl can citizens are arrested by the war ring nations of Europe it has become neeessarr tn many instances for them to froduee the r birth eertif ates to pro e bemsel ei c t zens of the Lnit I Slates The reg t at on of leaths i 1 kew se all m porta nc espec a ly vihere an estate or insuran e s In 1 ed The qiarantlne division has done mu b to stamp out contag ous and transmissable diseases which otherwise would spread over the city The school nsf e tion work is d stinet ly educational. It consists of syste-mati syste-mati rurpeet on of pupils at the va nous schools to keep out contagion in struct the hildren in personal hygiene and the correction of phyi cal defects Hundreds of cases of eontagions and n fert ons 1 seases have been d scovered in the schools by the board of health nurses These children while not sick eno gh t be n bed ha e been per mitted by the r arents to attend school thereby endangering e e v other nopil The t It Toss wfrk no doubt the most important of the nspection work To lav tah has the liatlnction of having the lowest death rate from t berrulos s of anv state in the Union and Salt Lake its largest e ty is ac cordinglv graded Infant Welfare Work T 1 1 1 fev r a. o r "' n0 ' a ten n h part of Dr Pa I fd t h hni ee a I art ular hoi b w h the healt depa tn ent an 1 he g a n the n mber of esses ann a v ha reen sh n nder the ad n n strat on of Dr Pa 1 The f rst thuig Bait i.aka s health, department did th prerartattr a cjo 'or tvpaos was i ko rred was la adopt b og re of t-e first eilie the w st to do so Theme va einai oa wer g fbarrr at th health le Girtmenl beadquartera. Other f win oa. such as the iaspctioa of naani t-r p"ii an t earn an 1 jreneeal ean i have wo kr.1 wonder, along h ne The infaot welfare work is something aew It is eomprtaed of baby weiTk prenat work and Uttl mothers lutta, all of which ar istended for the edu cartas of mother, prospective mother aad children who have Ike car of la faata. The milk elation are now an all lis portaat feature of the health depart meat s work during the summer mootbs 'T ft areiatended for tk distribution c her for cost or free of eharfi in one e e of pur, wholesome milk for bah es It is dlffe lit to obtain milk i h as proper for babies and th I aish ng of th s milk ia the object of Se n Ik tat ions A subdivision of the m Ik station work s the medical attea tion gi en free of cha ge to person who cannot afford to erapiov a physician A resume of the work done bv the rinooi division of the department ia here shown Bacteriologv The snahsis of milk food and water laboratory work and the preparation, of diphtheria, typhoid and smallpox r Hurea. Nanitan inspect on Garbage roller tion aad disposal regular sanitan in spection of the omfort stations, sewer inspeetion and supervision of the citv J market. llilk and dairy division Inspection i of alaoghter houses ante and post mor tern examination of all animals kille I I for food inspection of all meat shipped into Salt Lake except that which has been government nspected nepert on of all food products places where it is sold meat markets restaurants gro eerv stores and food manufa t ring plants Weights and meat res division The inspection of al scales and meai en nsed by shop keepers in n easunng sup plies , Clean town contests aati fly cam paigns fly cartoon contest fl essa contest and the baby show hate all been instituted Within the last few year numerous lectures on public health and welfare have been delivered bv members of the board of health to va riops organzat ons in the c ty and many exhibits have been held all tend ing to carry out the dea of Dr Pa 1 toward public instruction on health Death Rate Decreased One notable feature n the boar I of health s work under the d re t on of D Paul has been the deeded anl notable decrease n the infant death rate In 1908 there were 209 b rths and n ne teen out of every 100 babies 1 ed In 1909 ten out of every 100 babies born n the c ty d cd B t n 1914, despite the increased pop ulat on which means a correspon 1 ng increase in births only 5 6 of the bab es born 2800 a all d ed Here s a compar son of sorne of the coutagio d seases in 1909 and 1914 Diphtheria cases In 1900 numherol 177 w th &4 d"Btb while n 1 . Ih i m bCT 1 I") nib b, alt SfAx lt tvcr n )9 n nU M . .th- nn n 14 thfl numbr- i 13 I n t Iffttb Typhoid fvf ix h r m im with 3 pi h i u tK n mlW 1 Ml w tS T ith- o etion ng p. o n m par won r lh rtor in an ik Ou niffm of stw r rtan Th 1 m beu a on( hl n fa i nf fa that nu n ercni whih o her wo Id! m-Trr ha-c hern Trpo t 1 hio b-B i f o u 1 I ii n awh n r n T nip n prt Hamn at n of I Pa An or p Una n4 prrttafw the M n t k he w cmr g?t bopiul i ro i nn tor h I ha e I n mnHc o to floor nf h ul ( ff K II Of Thr? war H opr t ujr oon m m nl ziag roo m and la k rat or. ro n h e been rtabl ahe Th Lru ho i x w II d hi ran m in an rot atcd for th" i Ipmcnt It will probal he nrfcr th i t p tion of Dr H B praue p |