Show INCREASED MORTALITY ty tho the mortality of salt lake city has been greater greate r in the past few months than during any tiny part of its history this is a serious matter the death roll has been excessive nearly all over the country in the larger cities such as new york st louis and chicago the percentage this summer has been unparalleled exception except in times of devastating epidemics tho the heat has been excessive and besides causing physical exhaustion of itself it has increased the progress of decay of organic substances and the absence of purifying f breezes has tended to the retention e of noxious gases in the atmosphere mo sphere the people have been inhaling poison impregnating their bodies with it and destroying the principles of lifland life and health in their systems system although the presence of impurities in the atmosphere in salt lake may y not bo be as apparent as in more ta densely ensely populated places yet they more or les le s fill the air not long since since we had some conversation with a salt lake physician regarding the mortality in that city he ire unhesitatingly expressed the opinion that it was very largely due to the presence of in the air and that the chief souro couro of the pollution was the almost q ui eversal system of vault outhouse that prevails be re denounced suc such causes of atmospheric taint as ax exceedingly cee pernicious and said that one of the very best sanitary laws that could be passed by the city was an ordinance compelling their abolition pre preventing renting their use and providing for their substitution by a EL system in harmony with the laws ef of health with regard to the bad effects of the source to which reference is made there can be but ou j view it is a fact beyond question and applies with equal f force orce to ogden and every other important town in utah as well as salt lake vigorous sanitary measures sare are in demand |