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Show if OF STATE BOARD OF HEALTH GIVES HSVIEWS What proved to be a helpful conr feroncc with regard to the epidemic in Ogdcn was held in the ofrice of I the mayor last night when Dr. Beattv of tho State Board of Health met with the city commissioners, the city board . of health, and representatives of tho business houses, amusement places, churches and schools of the city. In a lengthy and enlightening wav. Dr. Beatty spoke of the disease and methods for combatting its epidemic J character and made clear the fact that only by wise, careful, strict and enforced en-forced methods of restriction could'the disease be overcome. "What every person in tho community com-munity must be brought to understand is that the disease is contracted bv contact," said Dr. Beatty. "Therefore, every means must be used, and consistently con-sistently enforced, that will work against the crowding of people together togeth-er in 'bunches.' No better Illustration Illustra-tion of what crowding may mean can be used than that "of the celebrations which occurred in our city the day we celebrated the signing of tho armistice armis-tice and the coming of peace. Within forty-eight hours after the celebrations celebra-tions the number of cases had taken a most tremendous leap upward and in many places the epidemic became more widespread after the crowding down town than it had been before Every one grant, of course, that it would have been well nigh humanly impossible to disband the people's celebration on that most wonderful day, but, for all that, It was a most grievous day so far as the ravage caused by influenza is concerned. The disease got hold and has provide'! Salt Lake and Ogden with the necessity of facing the situation more fully and determining more wisely to stamp' it out." What Is Attempted "In order that crowding may fre overcome." ov-ercome." said Dr. Beatty, "let everybody every-body concerned fully understand what is being attempted. What the stae board of health, and your city board of health, and every enlightened citizen wants to do is to stamp out this disease. dis-ease. There is no attempt being made malignantly, unwisely, to hurt any man's business, nor any child's education, edu-cation, nor any person's amusement, nor any ones religious exercises. It is a question of the long versus the short view. We can put our heads like ostriches in the sand. We can say that the disease is not here. That , will not alter the fact that it is here, and the longer we neglect its apnear-ance apnear-ance the more terrible will it be. What I we are attempting to do Is to SAVE HUMAN LIVES. Human lives will bo saved, the epidemic will be overcome, k if. with willing cheerfulness, tho whole community gets together and links up with the city board of health and determines de-termines to rule its own life individually individ-ually for the public good. Let peo-plo peo-plo crowd down town; let them go into picture shows, let the schools be open, let everything go its own way just as it might do in normal times, and we will be paralysed by this epidemic." epi-demic." Dr. Beatty Is Positive According to Dr. Beatty there is no room for argument. The bacteriological bacteriologi-cal experiments, the experiences of other countries abroad, and of other cities in the U. S. A. prove beyond all question that the best way to slaughter this disease is for evcrv person to go about his daily work in such a way that he will fly from a crowd as ho would fly frflm a plague. "What wo want," said the doctor, "is more publicity, and not less. You cannot scare people to death. People Peo-ple don't die that way. I "What you can do though," he sajd, "is to bo so utterly neglectful that the little germ known to scientists as tho bacillus influenzae enters into the human organism and then the dangerous danger-ous business that means death to so many has begun. The constant preachment preach-ment through the press bidding the people avoid tho crowd, w6ar the mask, go to bed at the first sign of a cold, is not going to scare people to death; it is going to save human lives by the score and it is going to overcome over-come the epidemic, and what bettor end can be sought by churches. . schools, business places, and houses -of amusement and places of refresh- r? went than that? Neglect the disease; ha open up the town and you will be lie fighting this thing for many a long Tl month." th Swear In Officers" He u wouiu not be wise," said Dr. Beatty, "to quarantine a whole city of this city. As A measure of public health the end to be achieved can he wrought by simpler, saner methods Businesses can be conducted without crowds. The police have authority under un-der the law to disband such crowds, both on the streets, in stores, and wherever they may gather, and If the police force of a city is not largo enough to undertake tho work, then let it be Increased by swearing in special spe-cial constables to carry out tho wise end of defeating this disease." At this point in tho meeting hcartv I response was heard on every side. It has been widely said that the mistake here in Ogden was on this very ground. There is no close co-operation between the city health department and the police po-lice station. Both forces of workers have been depleted by sickness, but the method suggested by Doctor Beatty Beat-ty is so eminently sensible that it ought to have been done weeks ago. Business men have rightly felt that the restrictions were haphazard. Educators Educa-tors have thought, and rightly thought, that what has been lacking is thoroughness. thor-oughness. Therefore, when Dr. Beatty spoko in this way, it was good to hear tho voices of men speaking of their readiness to undertake the duty and "help out." There is no use dodging Ihe fact that public feeling Is aroused about this aspect as-pect of the matter. It will bo up to the Commissioner of Public Safety, the chief of police, and the city sanitary officer to sec that this thing- is done right away. Manager Joseph Goss of the Orph-eum Orph-eum Theater: Manager August II Fhyn of the Utah, Manager Stcck of the Re.v. Lyceum and Cozy Theatres, offered their services gladly, saying that it is impossible for places of amusement to do business until the epidemic i3 whipped out of Ogden and "wo are for anything that will rid the city of the affliction." With regard to the' wearing of the mask. Dr. Beatty said (he mask Is a splendid means of combatting the dls-oaso dls-oaso when rightly used. Don't wear it in the open air. Warm -sunshine, clean, fresh air are better for Ihe lungs than anything in God's wide world. But when you wait on the sick, or when you come out after an attack of the sickness Into closed places, wear tho mask; change it every ev-ery two hours, sterilize tho worn mask by boiling it. See that you wear it right sldcaut and keep it clean and It is undoubtedly an aid. Dr. Beatty advocated ten' davs convalescence con-valescence for all patients wlio had suffered of the disease. Vaccine Available In conclusion, Dr. Beatty said that the vaccine which hns been produced In the.atato laboratories at Salt Lake I is now ready for distribution and Og-1 den may have as much of it as sho cares to cajl for. The vaccine, said the doctor, is not an absolute preven-I preven-I live, but It has been proven of exceedingly ex-ceedingly noticeable value in places where a' great number of experiments have been made with it, as for in-stanco in-stanco In Chicago. "What we need," said the stale health officer, "is a pull all together, by individual citizens, by business concerns, by city authorities and we can accomplish a victory over a disease dis-ease which, If wo continue to use merely haphazard and half-hearted methods, will mean the loss of countless count-less lives. The baccillus influenzae has caused more deaths to United States citizens than the vacillu's Ger-maniae," Ger-maniae," aphorized the doctor. |