| Show cs a EKLY HEALTH TALKS THE WHITE PLAGUE IN UTAH by frank W leclere L agh public 11 health eith ancla As alon tuberculosis in its ISO t any stated we wi h not so often as forma few consumptive liy are areal he health alth seekers estates r states is another reheard A prominent cit aly said to the writer we I 1 att 00 cp of hubei cu in n utah but we that idea we up to give oo 00 anady VIE acied that did or re ras was recently M made ade of the orts ts fora for A period of time in be utah cities fourteen tuberculosis were rethe attending attend mc doctors dur atod jerrod four of tho victims ahr 1 r entire lives sary laiying I 1 ing 46 years in ut one javed ja 10 utah 12 years and ax years two cases w were ere been contracted ID in bach bis a climate sim similar lar lathe la the other six sly cases the d been cont contracted r isted in other death occurred after on oab dence here these death early india indicate ate that thc jhc beas ue as tuberculosis is otan of tin originate hire and that as Is not in ln infallible in cure enory DO way of knowing the consumptives in utah it reports filed with the i of health show that lid died from consumption in hit jart year many doctors tuberculosis or re some jtb other er mahdy to spare Is S of the family so ill oil of victims is even greit a e records only guess at the number the law requires besof tuberculosis be rethe board of health by b tafe phy it ians the state balth has been a to persuade the doctors doctor 4 to observe this law but without success II 11 is evident from the experience of other states as well as of or utah th tint it the doctors will continue tb ignore this law until the people aeike aw ike to its value and compel r doctors to obey the law we cm never tho th alisee until every case Is imme immediate diatel recognized and reported by the dobur ind nd evey ewy necessary precaution pie caution tateki to alc plc pi vent the infection of others it is 15 generally estimated in the unitta spates sates the estimate being boine based in tn the result of careful that there are more than 10 living uia mes of tuberculosis to every death in utah on account of the thema ma y deathe among fransien tran sien s we are a very y conservative and est mate about five aises to every death we tl ere foie conclude that thre re are about abo 1000 persons suffering suf fenni tod today ly from some form of tuberculosis in our state |
