Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-09 | Page 6 | Physicians of Ogden must Report Births

PHYSICIANS OF OGDEN IliT M BIRTHS Dr. T. B. Beatty States That Contagious Cases Are to Be Announced. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, March S. The prosecution of thu physicians of Ogden who have failed to make- reports of hlrtha and contagious diseases is recommended by Dr. T. B. Beatly, state health commissioner, In a .fitter to the local health officials. The letter to the health board is In part:' "I would recommend that you lmmedl-:i lmmedl-:i My conduct an Investigation lor t he purpose of d isL-ovcring cases of deiin-quiMicy, deiin-quiMicy, and al.so notify physicians tliat violations of the law will surely involve Um- penalty, It' discovered." Copies of the communication 'of the slate health Inspector are being sent to the .p'ysiclans of tho city. It was stated during the influenza epidemic that only about two-third of tho cases were reported re-ported to the health board. The charge was made that tho cases of influenza in the families of the rich or well-to-do people peo-ple were not reported.