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Show EVIDENCE EVIDENC OF BUBONICPLAGUE BUBONIC I . PLAGUE FOUND IN UTAHI UTAHBacillus UTAH I , Bacillus BallluS ( : pes pestis the disease germ germwhich germwhich \ whICh causes bubonic plagues plaguec ; 111 in 111human inhuman inhuman human beings and sylvatic ylvatic plagueIn plague in lodents rodents , has hac ; been isolated from frommaterial frommaterial material taken from two ho tsso groundsgtuirels ground groundsqWlrcls squnrels sqWlrcls sgtuirels one-half one half - mile east ofMorgan of to information information infor- infor information - Morgan ! organ Utah , . according I II IL Dr J JL by mation released Saturday commission- commission commhsion-I commhsion I commhsionII commhsionIer - - , I L Jones , state health er The material matenal was taken in m a arout aroutine I rout routine me survey which is now in pro- pro progress progress pro progress aI - I mobile labora- labora laboraI laboratory laboratory - - gress by the aid of a I tory operated by the state board of I Ihealth healthDr health I IDr Dr C R Eskey , , medical oUlcer officer oUlcerI oUlcerIn officerto I in to charge of plague suppressn suppressive suppressivemeasures C CI I measures at the United States State pub- pub pubf public public - f lie lic health service serVlce laboratoiy laboratOlY laboratory at SanFrancisco San I II IFrancISCo Francisco , isolated the disease dlsease germs germsfrom germsfrom I from the mateiial matelial material sent to him germsI by byI bythe bythe bythe I the division dlvislOn of public health laboratories lab01 lab- lab - 01 oratories atones . , , Utah state board ol of ofhealth ofhealth I t---ii.i- tii.i t ii.i iii . _ ofI I health - - - . - . Dr Jones said this finding fincl1ng shouldI shouldgIve I give no cause for alarm , , but should shouldserve shouldserve serve as a warning to Utah resl- resl resi- resi res residents resldents I . - - dents not to handle wild Wlld rodentsThe rodentsThe rodents , The disease usually is transmitted transmittedto to human beings bein&s beins & through the bite biteI biteof biteof bit ( I of a flea fiea from an infected mfected rodent rodentBubomc rodentBubonic Bubonic Bubomc plague can not be transIDltted trans- trans transmitted - - nutted IDltted mitted from one human being trans-\ trans to toanother toanother t ( \ another , although pneumonic plagu plague plaguecan plaguecan < can I canThe The survey which wluch discovered this thisfurther thisfurther thi ; further evidence eVldence of plague is 15 a , con con- con continuation . - - ' tinuation of the survey which 00- 00 be- be 00gan began - - gan last summer sunnier with the aid o Of ofthe . the United States public health ser- ser service ser- ser 5er service - . - the discovery of bubomc bubonic bu- bu - - vice following foIlowing . . . _ . . _ _ ij -j j .a-- .a - 1i ------i- i - - - - 1 - - - - - fleasin fleas fleasin bomc bonic Donii ; plague piagTie 111 in in rodents luueiitsunuuco and ; in Beaver , Sevier SeVler and Garfield Garfieldcounties Garfieldcounties countiesThe counties The existence of bubonic plague plaguem plaguein in m Utah was first discovered in June , 1929 , \ when hen a small boy , . while wh1le play play- playing . - - II ing in Beaver Canyon , . was bitterS bIttenI bItten bIttenby bittenby by a captured ground squirrel and andsubsequently andsubsequently anc subsequently developed bubonii bubonic bubonicplague bubonicplague buboniiplague andI I I plague plagueThe The survey began beg'an ' this year in inI in'Washington inWashington I ' Washington 'Washington county early in AprIl AprIlNo AprilNo No evidence of plague was found foundin founcin ! in that vicinity Other counties sur- sur surveyed sur surveyed - . I veyed during the summer swnmer with nega nega- negative nega- nega negative - - tive results have been San Juan , Grand Gland Giand . , Emery , Carbon , Duchesne , Uintah , , Wasatch , , Summit , , Cache CacheRich , Rich and Box BOh Elder _ |
