Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-10 | Page 6 | Ogden Health Danger Shown

OGDEN HEALTH DANGER SHOWN State State- Board Urges City to Remove Menace of Sewage Water Vater Warning Warning- that the th health of ot Og- Og Ogden Oe den people Is being menaced through the tho use by truck farmers farmen of Irrigation Irritation water from rom the Weber river below the th outlet of ot the city the state stale board bord of oC health to- to today today to today day urged the city commissioners to take tak action A communication was received by the board from L 1 N Male san san- sanItary san sanitary liar engineer for the state tat board I of health who explained that a re recent re- re recent recent cent Investigation was made of the report that farmers were using the sewage water for tor Irrigation Irritation below the sewer outlet This use of ot raw domestic sewage on truck gardens he said B ald ld Is a avery avery very ery dangerous practice Vege- Vege Vegetables table tables raised under such conditions are sold In Ogden markets and may at any time cause causo an epidemic of typhoid typhoid fever or other enteric dis- dis diseases diseases dis diseases eases The only method under which the water may bo be b safely used Is IsIh Ih through rough proper treatment he h add add- added added added ed Mr Male Halo stron strongly l urged that some ome steps be taken at once to abate abato the th condition which ho h said I la a menace to both bolh farmer and the residents of ot Ogden At any time he h set forth the bureau of sanitary engineering of the state tat board of ot health Is lai ready to render assistance In fn Installing an n approved method for tor the th treat treat- treatment ment nent of oC o the water ater The Th communication was wa referred to the superintendent of ot the th city health department an and t the city I engineer for tor investigation In and re- re report report re report port nn