OCR Text |
Show HEALTH PRECM IS HAVE GOOD EFFECT Reports Show Big Reduo tion of Disease in Weber County. Special t rhe Irib ne. Ol DhA r l reduction of ae eral hun Ired per cent in the uum ber of ases of ontat o is disease In the count d etricu ol the county vas reported this afternoon when the health oft oera ot the variola d strlcta helu a outeren e with Lounty Jrhjsi cian A A Rob neon Oue of the ob jets of the meeting was to give in stru uons for the fumigation of all hool bu ldinga n the oounty during the Christmas "acation Accord ng to Ot Kobuuon the excel ent show ng so far this wiuter in com parison with the wtnte of 1913 U is the result ol ccoperat on between nealth and s hool a thor t ea of the uunlj Ihe plan has been inaugu rated tor tea hers to report immed ate-iv ate-iv all cases ot s cxness a uong the stu d nts to the d su t health otticer As a result of hi and the other methods of co-operat on there ha e been nineteen nine-teen cases quarantined this year where there were 115 last nte In addition to this method the health off cers ha e inaugurated the plan of nawng the w ndows of all school build ing opened during the niht and of umigiting the buildings at regular in ter als. As a result there has been a m nimum of contag ous d ese Dr Boblnson Is now ha ng prepared ata Uitics showing the improvement in health eosdiuona throughout the county As the result of several eases of aeri ous commit a ions result ng from mumps. Or Robinson rdered the quarantining of ties cases toda He also will eon fer with the state authorities, asking them to nutru t all physicians not to release quarantined cases before the time 1 mit xed bv the state law The health oi f era, he on tends, have been enforcing th s portion of the law while the phvs.tiacs have been allowing the patient to leave the bouse before the Urn V s a result there has been a tendenc to discredit the health offi eers n some districts. |