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Show I TEACHERS POUGHG THE CITY i HAVE FOUND WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DISREGARDED QUARANTINE I The Emergency Health committee met with the mayor and members of the city and county boards of health at 10:30 this morning in tho council I chamber at the city hall, Mayor T. S. I ' Browning presiding, j i A statement was made by Inspector George Shorten of the sanitary department de-partment relative to the policing of the city by members of tho city 1 schools staffs, under the direction of Superintendent Henry C. Johnson and the progress being made at the new emergency hospital which is now in I full swing and which is able to take I care of 75 patients. ' Recorder Critchlow read the follow- j ing report made by Superintendent , Johnson relating to yesterday's activ- J ity of "the emergency police force" fj and stated that, in tho vast majority of j cases, the teachers had found the peo- i pie willing to help and to obey the ' regulations of the city. There were j! cases discovered In which men and I1 women forgot their manners and treated the callers as unnecessarily interfering with the liberties of the individual, and there were cases met with in which ignorance of the city health rules was playing a dangerous I part. In all cases, the teachers at-; at-; tempted to the best of their ability j to expound the city's regulations and instruct householders in the requirements require-ments of the law. The report follows: Superintendent's Report. "To the Emergency Health Board: In compliance with your order, T have had teachers visit all the quarantined j homes of the city of Ogden. A great j many homes were also visited that are not under quarantine, for the purpose I of securing information as to the general gen-eral condition of the influenza situa-i situa-i tion In the neighborhood. "The number of homes found with I cases of influenza not quarantined, 32. The number of homes found that -are quarantined where regulations are not obeyed, 36. Number of homes not ro-I ro-I ported, that indicates influenza cases, I 6. In some cases, between Lincoln and Grant avenues, in the congested part of the city, we found rooming houses where only the rooms with the patients were quarantined. "I divided the city Into twelve dis-I dis-I trlcts, and instructed the teachers not ; only to find out If houses were prop- i erly quarantined and if the quaran tine rcgulatinos were obeyed, but to ' - instruct the people as far as possible ij in regard to the epidemic, giving them 'j the spirit and purpose of the regula- I tions established by the Emergency II Health board. "A report was made to Mr. Shorten giving the addresses of all cases where i quarantine regulations were not obeyed obey-ed and of all sick "cases found where I there were no quarantine signs on tho i houses. I requested him to have those - cases visited this afternoon. - - "This afternoon our teachers will - again visit these homes to check up " " and investigate any other cases that may come up." On Iho reading of the report it was pointed out by Dr. McGillicuddy that misunderstanding might bo possible by some who did not pay particular attention at-tention to the phraseology of the report. re-port. "The health situation in Ogdcn is no worse today than before the report was made," he said. "What tho teachers havo found is that there are old cases that have not been reported old cases that are disobeying dis-obeying the health regulations. The work done by the teachers will be of Inestimable value in encouraging the populace to pay attention and do tholr full duty." On motion of Dr. Rowe, seconded by John Spargo, it was agreed to provide Dr. McGillicuddy with automobile! transportation that he might call at the homes where cases have been j found that have not been reported, and in homes where it is suspected that Influenza is prevalent, and this task the doctor will perform day by day, as necessity arises. Doctors Must Report I A fiOther motion was made by the same gentlemen, and carried unanl- tors to report at once by telephone to ' tho city hall cases they are called to 1 ; in hotels and rooming houses of the I city, so that the health authorities may i advise patients under those conditions to take advantage of the city's hospi- I tal facilities. County Physician Emmett reported that condition In Weber county were better, "much better than in tho city," : and that the quarantine regulations, despite great difficulties of distance, are being lived up to very creditably. He complained that city doctors were 1 not reporting cases promptly to the county authorities. The press was requested by the conference con-ference to make plain that doctors may make their health report to any office of-fice in the city hall, making it easier for tho doctors to get their returns in promptly and not wait for direct communication com-munication with the health offico whose phone is continually being used. The clerks in all tho city offices will take the report and convey same to I Mr. Shorten's office without delay. The teachers of the city were empowered em-powered by the conference to continue their work from, day to day and take i with them on their routes of inspec-! tion the quarantine cards and affix) them to any residence not displaying, them where the disease is known to be i present. In suspected cases, the cards j will be affixed until such time as Dr. McGillicuddy can call and make certain cer-tain as to whether the sufferers are ill of this compIanL In tho opinion of the mayor and members of the conference, the quarantine quar-antine restrictions, and able work of the teachers under Mr. Johnson are means that will, before very long, prove effectual in delivering the city from the epidemic. i |
