The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-25

the door that he was waiting for me
and wanted to know if he would be per
nIted to nail up a. flag as he had come
down for that purpose. babe the gentle
man wait until | had examined the case
and then / would give him an answer.
On making my examination / was not
fully satisfied as to the nature of the
disease and advised the gentleman with
the hammer and flag that he had better
wait until the next morning and then |
would notify him as to the kind of flag
he would need. / felt perfectly justified
In waiting for the further development
!of the trouble for on consulting with the
mother found that the child had only
been taken i'll the evening before and in
the meantime caution led her to keep all
persons out of the room and to prevent
children from coming near the sick child
ana that as soon as the nature OF the
disease was determined upon and should
IT be decided as contagious, flag would
nave to be placed on the house and the
family quarantined. On returning to my
home later in the day l met the same
gentleman at my door who informed me
that he had been ordered by DR.. Beattie
to return to the house in the Second
ward where we had before met and that
he was instructed by the doctor to put
up a scarlet fever flag. | asked him if
he were working for DR.. B. He replied
that he was and that he would have to
obey orders. / said: If the flag that you
propose TO put up tonight proves to be
the wrong one L Will take it down in the
morning and notify you of what is needed
IN the way of a danger signal On going
to the house the following morning
found the case had developed into an I'M
doubted case of scarlatina and SO did not
remove the flag which DR.. Beattie's man
had nailed to the building the night be
fore. When the warrant was read to me
Yesterday | was very much surprised ana
still my establishment was increased when
learned that the said warrant was is
sued by DR.. Beattie, health officer OF the
city.
Immediately hunted up the doctor and
Informed him that there must be some
mistake, some misunderstanding on MS
part The doctor stated there was no
mistake, that l had resisted one of the
health officers in the discharge of his
duties in that l had prevented him from
placing a yellow flag on the patients resi-
dence when he had been sent for that
purpose. After some explanations we re-
ferred the matter to City Attorney Van
Horn, who recommended that Ito meet
a techncality' that l should go with him
guilty to resisting an officer in the dis
charge of his duties, and that he, Mr..
Van Horn, would recommend that SEN
tence be suspended and that DR.. Dung
be discharged. According to the advice OF
Mr.. Van Horn / pleaded guilty to resist
ing an officer and SO l was discharged,
after complying with this, as City Attor-
ney Van Horn termed it-technicahty-l
again reiterate that never have | been
careless in recommending and enforcing
quarantine regulations and sustaining the
city ordinance in helping to suppress ana
stamp out all contagious diseases, even
going further than the ordinance requires
physicians TO go, for not only do l at
tend to the carrying out of the quaran-
tine regulations as required by. the, ordi-
nance, but 1 instruct the family always
and in every case how to disinfect every
room in the house and how to protect
other members of the family from con-
tracing the disease, and in all cases
assisting them and personally supervising
the cleansing and disinfecting of their
Hence 1 brand the statement that Dr.
Young plead guilty OF careiessness IN
observing quarantine regulations as an
UNQUALIFIED falsehood. Very truly and
respectfully yours,