Show I 1 EPIDEMICS 1 IN N EMERY county physician has hard time enforcing healan regulations Regu rations aalt lake feb 4 county physician C J ferguson F erguson of castle dale emery E mery county writes write secretary beatt beatty bf the state board of health healtha of a md condition of things in his section of the state as follo follows wt I 1 we have had several cases of scarlet fever at clowson Ol owson as you know about the time we had cleaned up lip the ca cases that had been 21 days walter barney and his wife were found to have concealed a case from december 24 to january 4 it was reported to me and I 1 had barney bardey taken up and presented ted a clear case against him in the justice court here and they acquitted him now his brother has done the same thing and it does not seem any use tor for me to try to execute the law can n you suggest any y way tor for me to proceed so BO that I 1 may give one of 0 them the lindt limit and then I 1 think the la law w would be recognized I 1 ifould would greatly appreciate a little help from you 1 I have two other cases case coming up in couff in one and two weeks dr ferguson also referred to a few years ago when the whooping cough was so prevalent in his county the disease carylnn carding oft off 27 babies the epidemic was chocked checked only after a most rigorous measure had been taken so too he says it was during the outbreak of smallpox small pox dox in conclusion clu cl dr ferguson says 1 I fear that the scarlet faver will got get away front from us unless I 1 have chave some help from you dr beatty beatt y says the state board cannot enforce quarantine regulations where the courts dismiss cases brought under the law provided provi deel for their esta establishment bl is aliment the only recourse left Is to appeal to public anti ment I 1 |