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Show SPANISH FiL Dipliliieria Creating TerriiJle Havoc There. Four Victims Succumb to the Dread Disease in a Few Hours. All Public Gatherings Pro- hibited-The Town Placed Under Quarantine. Hon. Wm. Oreer was over ycstenia y , from Spanish Fork, aud informed us that diphtheria is domj; its dreaded wu k there. Four victims are known to have succumbed to the scourge, and some more cases are reported. critical. Sure throat and allied diseases have been prevalent "for some time, but not until Dr. A.J. Shores a very promising oung doctor from Kentucky, and a late arrival diagnosed with analytical skill some severe cases, was the pres ence of the lurking enemy suspected. Even after the doctor had pronounced it such, many were in doubt. There-' f tie the reliable Dr. Fike was sent, for who. al'W making an examination of h sam- cases, prointunje i it diph-ih-.'i ia and staled iii additi m, so The Dispatch is further informed, that tlie Kentiickian s treatment whs of the rht kind. We are also told that Mayor Jones and Councilman Hr. O. Creer are using their best efforts for the . afflicted, at the same time d;ing all in their power to check the spread of the disease. Iu addition to the above named disease, la grippe has plave 1 seriuu havoc, the head b--the usual seatot attack. S . iiit n e hasiieenihe p am tiiat in ;u -v-a--s uelii iu n -el a:i i in one ci.v that of a Mr. Gardner iv is fearsd pcrnn.i-ent. pcrnn.i-ent. Public gatlierings. br the tt ni-being, ni-being, aru prohibited, and all necessary precaution taken to invite a geueiai r . turn to won e I health. To greatly assist in preventing the spread of the contagions above ie-lerred ie-lerred to, with grent c nlil-iice we recommend fie closest study and application ap-plication in practice of "I'livwiitaMe D seases,C.rou!ar Xj,3" iss led by Mi! ton II. Hardy, M. D. quara'itiu i pip s ician of Provo. I Cleanliness being indi.spii?;lle to J heaJUi, arid filth the germinating bed to disease, it is wrong, wicked, a p.ib-lie p.ib-lie crime against life and health to neglect strict sanitary rules, and no less a crime in public officials to tolerate the existence of foul privies, nauseous dung heaps, putrid cess pools, urclean ditches containing 'e-composed 'e-composed organic matters, or other known sources of disease. Public authorities in all our cities and towns are empowered by law to guard, not public morals only, but the health of the people also. In some places this is done to a certain exteut, I in other places wofully neglected. It is time the matter was seriously and intelligently considered and wisely acted upon. |