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Show Many Services Of Sanitation Bureau Listed By Farner Increased public interest in sanitation sani-tation has elicited so many inquiries regarding duties of boards of health and their activities, that the following follow-ing brief outline has been prepared by Dr. Lloyd M. Farner in the hope that the people of district number four may better understand and use the services offered by the district office at Provo in cooperation with the State Board of Health. The Bureau of Sanitary Engineering Engineer-ing was established in Utah in 1922, and is now in charge of Mr. Lynn M. Thatcher, Director and Chief Engineer Engi-neer with assistant engineers and seven sanitarians. The services of this division are offered to the people peo-ple of district four through Mr. Noall E. Walter, the sanitarian for the district. These services include: 1. Supervision of public, private and institutional water supplies. 2. Supervision of public, private and institutional waste disposal systems. 3. Supervision of camp sanitation. sanita-tion. 4. Supervision of construction and operation of swimming pools. 5. Inspection of hotels and restaurants, res-taurants, theatres, jails and nuisances. nuis-ances. If Mr. Walter can be of assistance to you in any of these matters you may get in touch with him through the public health nurse in your area or through the district office at Provo. In order that this program may reach its highest efficiency, active cooperation of city officials, physicians, physic-ians, engineers, architects, builders and the public, is needed. j |