Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-05 | Page 17 | Jordan and Canal Swimming Banned

1 Jordan ordan and Canal r Swimming Banned I S SA n A warning to parents not to let t their children Swint In the the- the Jordan S river or the surplus C canal was was given Thursday by Dr L. L E E. Viko city II health commissioner after it was 03 es- J. that a year old boy living living liv- liv ing lag on Redwood road recently conI con con- I d typhoid fever by swimming in the canal Although long suspected that the I I two streams carried typhoid germs in that part that flows through the western western west west- em ern edge of the city this is the first time it has been definitely proven that the disease has been contracted through swimming in the water Dr Viko iko said In this case however it wax was learned that the boy could cowd have contracted typhoid lever fever In no other way 4