| Show QUICK ACTION BY 0 OFFICERS F fa BRINGS STOP TO TYPHOID wo W H larkin sanitary Engi engineer neeri gives local officials credit typhoid Bac cilus reduced TRACES OUTBREAK TO WILLOW CREEK FLOOD ample opportunity for germs to enter water supply offered at break in price waterline Water liae quick action in the taken by local health official officials was largely re tor for preventing the spread of I 1 in price which for a time threatened to assume alarming 11 tiona according to W it larkin MII part tary engineer for the elate state the outbreak would probably have been in finitely woree worse titan than it wa was had it not been for the precaution precautions taken bo be onald the system it Is now practically free frer from typhoid ba baccili cellis a mr larkin la in lils report traces tho the outbreak to a flood sn in willow creek canyon which enter entered etl the price water mains ins for tor a silat ab tj bior nit augat 4 following a break in t alio pipeline at the uth of the city authorities spited the wafer water fro from thi th pipe line fato an open canal ac at the edge of the city the water continued turbid for so t n r time however hoi Tover and anil then jt was di discovered e that through a twofold ton con action at the carbon county halt 0 chool thool water from the maa main line had been passing aa through a two nth inch alye into the city during ilip hp time after the tho floal nige cages weri wem identified us typhoid aiu ive iva othera others ample opportunity for the tyl typhoid hold ba barcellus cellus to enter outer the was we fauni by mr laran at lit the mouth of willow creek canyon probability that typhoid carnee carries lived tn in many of the hue houses under water at tho time of flood Is t very great he dt dared he ite further found that about eit eight mile miles up billow creek ik a family had bad been beet living for five years without any toilet facilities at all before moving there two members of thi thin family had bad had aul to now baini mad made a as to whether either of them thesa Is allu a I 1 I 1 car carrier I 1 pf ft the typhoid germ A aa loon aa as the 1 became fairly 4 that ha the typhoid laell lua hal 1 euln ganil ed into nto the apter water system tho goida measures were adopted to it helper pity loaned it its l apparatus appa ratu to be b atlue attached ed to the th price line an ua un usually heavy dofice wai wag thus applied in addition alt all the javall ji able ceorl noted line in price price and helper rubout twenty two pound pounds was wa mixed into the being used sad into lalo the colhop pipeline above the point of breaking then ther the entire system waa was given a thorough flu flubbing abing to clean out each pach dead enl and each street hydrant leg the strongly etron gly chlorinate I 1 water was wa drawn tatoul th tOUl to io entire system so far an has ha been t themi elve which fo foia fon n the source of the regular supply for price ami and which are near colton have not hown contamination th to recommendations are that necessary improve meet be made for further safe afe yard lag ing these springs that tron irm pipe line replace ohp he boca or tle tt we tile line fa to all place places where iv it Is most likely and that the doublet connection through the high a ach borbe re moyl it Is also urged that th pelly tiby obtain an emergency chlorinating p Par parula ailis for ire bae in ruih aaa nelles |
