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Show RABIES IN THE WESTERN STATES Salt Lake. Jan. 11. Not merely the western states, but all the states and territories of the union are to be called to the conference in Salt Lake City February 2, under the auspices of the United States public health service, for the discussion of rabies, tick fevor and other diseases. The enlarging or the scope of the conference was learned yesterday by State Health Commissioner T. B. Beatty in a letter from Rupert Blue, surgeon gneral of the federal health service. The surgeon general writes that he is sending the call for the meeting to every one of the states and territories. Dr. Blue has requested Dr. Beatty to mako local arrangements for the Important gathering, which is expected expect-ed to bring all the federal health experts ex-perts and officials from all over the country to this city. Dr. Beatty held a conference with Governor William Spry on the subject yesterday, and it is probable that the meetings will be held in the beautiful hall of representatives represen-tatives at the new capitol. Definite announcement will be made later, nowever. Suggestions Made. The conference will last several days and will be conducted by Surgeon Sur-geon General Blue. In view of the present epidemic of .coyotes among the western states and the prevalence of Rocky Mountain tick fever and other peculiar diseases, there is a wide interest in the west in the meeting: meet-ing: and now that the scope has been extended it iB expected that there will be good representations from other sections of the country. Dr. Beatty has suggested to Surgeon General Blue that the questions of uniform sanitation regulations for railroads and the handling of indigent non-resident cases of tuberculosis also be discussed when the health commissioners commis-sioners get together. He would like to see these problems threshed out and would Invite the railroad companies compa-nies to send representatives to the nirctlngs. "There are many points about sanitation sani-tation regulations for railroads that the states should get together on, remembering re-membering that the railroads are constantly con-stantly shifting their cars from one state to another," said Dr. Beatty. "Th6 indigent tubercular patient who comes to western states without money, and who then becomes a burden bur-den upon a community on which he has no claim ,is another important matter that, it seems to me, might properly bo discussed at the conference. confer-ence. I have mado the suggestion to Dr. Blue." |
