Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-24 | Page 2 | Steps to Curb Sickness Taken

STEPS TO CURB SICKNESS TAKEN Efforts Redoubled to Prevent Epidemics Due to Water Shortage The state stale board of hC health Thursday called on all city and county commis- commis of Utah to o redouble their ef d. forts orts to prevent outbreaks of sickness anticipated as a result of the current water vater shortage Dr J J. J L. L Jones state epidemiologist asked all city and county commissions to report immediately on their respective live tive ive culinary water supplies supplies' if they anticipated enough water to last las through the summer ummer and if it not if there here were Auxiliary supplies avail able He requested that all sources of ot possible water contamination be reported re re- re- re ported parted and what means if any of ol protecting water supplies had been evolved The low water table coupled with wIlh the fact tact that running streams are diminishing rapidly may cause outbreaks outbreaks out out- breaks of typhoid dysentery and other other oth oth- er cr diseases contracted from impure water Dr Jones Joncs said Frequent samples of culinary water from all sources to In Iii the state were reQuested requested requested re re- re- re quested by the board of health which will vilI supply city and county officials with sterile bottles in which samples may be taken and which will provide In Instructions for taking of samples Ve We must do our utmost to safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard the public health at this time Dr Jones said