Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-17 | Page 32 | Smallpox Spreads at Alarming Rate

I SMALLPOX SPREADS I II I AT ALARMiNG AUK RATE Scarlet Fever Also Increasing as Shown by the Health Report SIXTY BIRTHS FOR WEEK Boys Lead Girls With a Score of 33 to 27 for Seven Days In spite of ot th the e fact that the board of ot health has one more assistant health commissioner and arid an extra fumigator through the generosity of the tue elt city council tit th the number of smallpox smallpox small small- pox cases took a decided Jump during the week Just dosed closed There wore were 26 new eases cases reported as against only 17 cases for the tile week before and 18 cases of ot scarlet fever over as against 15 for tho the week previous Several members of or the council are arc already about primed for a a. broadside on the health department for th apparent apathy on the part of ot the tile chiefs in the tIle health department ami It is 18 probable that the added expense ex tX pense e of at an assistant health commissioner commissioner commis commis- and fumigator will be cut lit on There were 63 cases of ot contagious or sease reported during the week classifIed as follows I Smallpox Smallpox Smallpox Small Small- pox 26 diphtheria 2 2 scarlet fever IS 18 whooping cough couSh 9 pneumonia 1 and chicken pox 7 7 It Is shown hown that there are 28 houses under quarantine quarantine antine antino on account of ot smallpox as aJ against 22 tile the week before 38 as against 34 4 for fot scarlet fever antI and 8 a as against 9 for Cor diphtheria There are arc I 14 cases of ot smallpox at the tho Isolation hospital as against 12 the week weck pre pre pre- vi ous I The stork certainly was a bu busy fowl during the week as ns there were were 60 GO births reported reported reported-an an excellent re record record record re- re cord for the start of ot the new yea year car carOf r Of or these 33 were males and 27 fe fl fe- males There were 32 deaths of which 17 were males and antI 15 16 females Eleven bodies were brought to Salt t Lake for burial