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Show PROBING THE CAUSE OF TYPHOID FEVER Salt Lake, Aug. 20 Cltv Food Inspector In-spector Walter J. Frazler is tracing and examlng the milk supply to two liouses in which there are four or Ave cases of typhoid fever, and It is possible pos-sible that prosecutions of physicians will result for failure to report prompt ly the cases to the city health board rs required by law. At least ono driver driv-er of a milk delivery wagon will be torosccutcd. Mr. Frazler Ra.y6. for taking tak-ing empty milk bottles from n. houpo In which there is typhoid fever. In the house at C14 South KleTtnth "West street four cases of typhoid fever fev-er have developed. The infected per-Kcms per-Kcms are Mrs. Alma Higlev and her littlo son, Alvln. and Mrs Gustie Ole-fon. Ole-fon. Mrs. Higley's mother, and her son. Fritz Oleson. Mrs. Oleson h.n been 111 two or three weeks, being taken to the Holy Cress hospital Tbursda but her illness was reported j to the city health board only Wednesday. Wed-nesday. In Kome cases, however. It is difficult to tell for several days whether a person has typinid fever or not. anil this may have been one of these cases. Dr. A. J. Ridges is the physician. At 710 South Fourth West street, Mrs. J. Rode has been 111 of typhoid fever for several days and a driver for Mcllan Bros.' dairy has been taking tak-ing empty milk botMes from Ihe place for five, or six days, and possibly longer, long-er, Mr. Frazler sayt;. This driver signs the milk slip left wiili the bottles bot-tles of milk. "W. M." and as soon aa Mr. Frazier finds out . who "W. M" Is he will procure a complaint against him. . . The inspector Is investigating twenty twen-ty or thirty other casps, but trie milk does not appear to be to blame, he1 says. |