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Show MILFORD CLEANEST TOWN IN UTAH SAYS SANITARY ENGINEER Milford is the most sanitary town in the state of .Utah was the final judgement of Dr. Charles 0. Pickle, state sanitary engineer after a thorough inspection of the water, swimming pool, garbage system, and public gathering places Friday on his official visit to Milford. This is Dr. Pickle's first visit to Milford, since he received his appointment ap-pointment last September. He intends to make the rounds of' the towns in southern part of the state every four rronths to check up on sanitary conditions. con-ditions. Visits Minersville He had already investigated sanitation sanit-ation in Minersville before coming to Milford and after his tests and examinations ex-aminations here left for Beaver. Dr. Pickle proved to be an interesting interest-ing character as well as an efficient official. Twenty-Seven years as sanitary sanit-ary engineer in Central America have left him with an accent that gives the impression that his native language is Spanish rather than English inspite of the fact that he was born and reared rear-ed in the United States and is a graduate grad-uate of an eastern university. In Canal Zone His experience in sanitary super-ivision super-ivision ' goes back to twenty-seven years ago when he was sent with a group of sanitary experts to clean up the canal zone during the building of the Panama Canal. Here he meet the worst health conditions that could b found anywhere in the world. He grappled with the problems of get-ing get-ing swamps cleanedup, .sewage systems syst-ems constructed, and putting such diseases as leprosy, yellow fever, and bubonic plague under controll. With the completion of the canal he was sent by the government to teach sanitation sani-tation to Equidor, Chili and Argentine. Last year on his return to the United Unit-ed States , Utah had the good fortune of procuring his services as state sanitary engineer. Emphasis on pools His especial interest is achieving the highest sanitary conditions in the need of intense care in the regulartion pools of the state. The loss of his son, six weekjs jagp .from an infection contracted in a New York swimming pool, has emphasized in his mind the need ofintense care in the regulation of public bathing places and he stated Friday "My greatest efforts will be to clean up the pools so that perhaps I may save some Utah parents the sorrow of losing a child as I lost my son through the criminal carelessness of swimming pool owners." He added "Utah is years ahead of New York in public plunge sanitation. There water tests are made infrequently and at the cost of the operators of the pools, here the states requires frequent tests and they are made at the cost of the state. A detailed report will be sent to the' town officials, and to the News later when Dr. Pickle returns to his office in Salt Lake City. Watermaster Theodore Kronholm accompanied him on his inspection trip here in town. |