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Show - , URGES BOILING WATER TO PREVENT TYPHOID. Board of Health Takes Steps to Cope With Disease Salt l ake. Aug. II. Salt Lake City Is not threatened with an epidemic of typhoid fever, hut several cases have developed over the' city and the idly health and fond authorities are urging the pecpl to .e careful both as lo the n titer they are drink-ins and the food they are lining, especially the milk supply. The pnhllc Is ii rued to boil Ibe water wat-er and to keep the milk coercd. so an not to expose the product lo files. The latter precaution Is urged as to all food product. The attention of physicians also Is directed to the law requiring the linmedlato reporting of all cases of typhoid fiver to the hoard nf health In order that the proper sanitary san-itary precautions may he taken at once to keep down a spread of the d Isease. Six cases of typhoid fever have been reported to the health loard within lhc last two days, four of which' are In the Capitol hill district The health authorities nave traced these cases and. strange to say, the milk Is not tr blame, thanks to the watchfulness watch-fulness of the city food department The water, it ig said, Is responsible, hence Ihe need of boning all drinking water from now on until after October Octo-ber 1", at thp earliest. The city food Inspector Is checking up on the milk supply closely of each case reported. |