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Show WEBER COUNTY'S HtALTHREPORT Willi the exception of .m unusual riiililbcr of heurlcl fever rases, the Mineral health KKi-liliurej tliroiiKlioiit 'eljf-r county durinK the month "f Oetoher was very sati(aco.ir, accoril-iiip accoril-iiip to Ihe report Just Issuetl by the L' lilt stale hoaxi ill ht.-.illli. There were t! cases of thl disease ill Ihe county, but no de;itli.s resulted li.uu the lover. Thi-ro were 0 deaths In blx districts. Out oT the 171 dls-ii dls-ii lets or towns reporting to tin- lionrd, Ol were entirely lice from contaploun disene. The report f-hows 2 cuts of smallpox, small-pox, Willi no deaths; 4 cases of dip-tlierla dip-tlierla with one fatall'y; ten cases of tsphold fever with two diaths; two deaths from pneumonia anl one from luherculo.siy. Almost one-half of the Ictal number of canes of scarlet fever reported from all sections of the state were In Weber county. In connection with the monthly 1 enlth report the board sent out a notice no-tice to the effect that the annual meet-In?; meet-In?; of the health ollicern would be l:.ld in the city and county building at Salt lxike City on December 16. bclmilnj; at 10 a. in. The law requires that all health officers of-ficers attend this meeting at the opense of ihe town or county. Commenting on the several cases cf Infantile paralysis which have been ie7oitd within the p.ibt tew months, tlie special report fays: "The fact ihal cases of anterior . rilioniyel.il.", or infantile paralysis, have recently been reported to the slate board of health is of great importance im-portance ami should b carefully noted by health otllcors. Many states lave been afflicted with severe epidemics epi-demics of the malady and all known treasures for Its prevention should be i'dopted to avert a similar experience in Utah. The disease has been proven ti be infectious, and whilo the specific micro-organism which causes it has not yet been discovered, there can be lei doubt as to Its existence, and that the irsuial disinfecting ugents destroy it. Much remains to be discoered concerning the modes of transmission, but that It Diav result from personal contact there is little doubt. Also, It is known that the secretions of the none and mouth of a person affected aie infect ions "All cases of the disease should be immediately reported to the (state board of health ' The patient should be isolated, and other members of Ihe family should be exduded from school for rt period ol two weeks. "Insects and animals should be caiefully excluded from the patient's room. "The secretions from th noe and mouth and Ihe excreta should be dls-i"fe;ted: dls-i"fe;ted: also all articles contaminated contami-nated by the patient. "Following death or recovery from the acute maltc of the disease, disin-l disin-l ction should be pcrfoimed as In oilier contagious diseases." |