The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

all the cases of typhoid fever that oc-
CURED during the year, but is COM
plete so far as they have been reported
and probably sufficiently accurate for
statistical examination. Typhoid fever
being zyrnotic affection and a. truly
preventable disease, a full report of my
Investigations into this matter may
not be wanting in interest.
There were reported during the year
125 cases Of typhoid fever. the first
case occurring July %. The monthly
reports of the cases were as follows:
July 2; August, 8; September, 81
October, AZ; November, 81; December,
s. Of these 125 cases II occurred west
of Main street and As east Of Main
street.
Number using artesian water, Al;
number using surface wells, 4; number
using water from the city mains, So
THE ages of these cases ranged as
follows: From 10 years, IA; 5 to
10 years, %; 10 to 20 years, 81; 20 to 40
years, 81; 40 to 60 years, 8; so to so
years, 8; ages not given, 81; divided
between the sexes as follows: Males.
10; females, so. Number of cases occur
ring in houses with sewer connections,
8. OF these 125 cases 90 deaths were
reported as resulting therefrom; or,
more particularly speaking, there was
l death in each 51s cases reported.
The lesson to be learned from this
investigation is the necessity for sewer
facilities and the condemnation of
pr1vy vaults and cesSpools wherever
sewer connections are practicable or
possible. OF all the houses inspected
in which typhoid fever existed only
had sewer connections The inport-
ance, therefore, for such a sanitary
and hygienic measure must be appar-
ent to all in the prevention of so for
m1dable a malady. With the compile
ton of the gravity sewer and the en-
forced connections thereto the preva-
Ience of this disease will be materially
modified"
This shows a considerable increase in
the Inalady over last year and proves
concluSively that the city is not in as
good sanitary condition as it was in
1880 1t must also be remembered that
the health department then had from
four to seven quarantine inspectors,
whereas but two are employed now.
Last year there was a food inspector
and the county had a meat inspector.
Now both these offices are abolished.
A butcher can sell diseased meat with
out being detected. and unless Jake
Greenewald happens to be along, al
most any kind of food can be pawned
off on the public. None of the dairies
have been inspected for nearly year.
Milk is being tested every week, but
that is simply to determine the amount
of water in it, and, comparatively
speaking, has no relation to inpurity.
Health Commissioner Daily has now
given orders to have all dairieS in
spected, as he believes several cases
of fever are directly traceable to i'm
pure milk.
DEATH RATE INCREASES.
MI 5o,,, o,,t,e. ,.o,,or+ eo- H. ,,o.+
month shows the number of deaths to
have been so, making the death rate
S.57 per thousand, against 6.34 for last
year. The number of deaths from eacn
cause are classified as follows:
Zymotic-Cerebro spinal meningitis.
2; cholera infantum, Z; typhoid fe-
yer, T.
Decentralization, 3.
observation-disclosures of uterus, 1,
Hodgkins disease, 1: phthisis pulmon-
ais, 8; rheumatism, 2; tuberculosis, l.
Nervous-Convulsions, 2; epilepsy, I.
rcuIatory-Valvular insufficiency, 1.
espiratory-Acute pleuritis, 1; pull
congestion. l.
Digestive-Acute diarrhoea, 1; enter
tits. /: intestinal obstruction, 1.
Genito Urinary-Chronic interstitiaI
1; cystitis. 2; Bright's dis
ease, l.
Accident-Fracture of skull, 1; skull
fractured by wagon, !.
Other Characterization, I; old age,
8; poison by morphine, 1.
OF the deaths, twenty-eight were
males and twenty-five females. PRE-
mature and still-born, not counted.
six.
There were seven cases of scarlet,
fever and eight cases of whoopingj
cough. The latter were confined to the
First ward.
FOODSTUFFS CONDEMNED.
The amount of food condemned was.
as follows: Beef, 500 pounds; fish, 1000,
fruit, 10000 pounds; game, 60s
pounds; mutton, 100 pounds; poultry.
70 pounds; vegetables. 5000 pounds;
eggs, 10 cases. Seventy-fve samples Of
milk were analyzed.
Burned at the crematory: Garbage.
1917 loads; hide clippings, II loads; con-
demned bedding, 2 loads: vegetables.
10, 600 pounds; swill, 24,6O0; fish, 2,006;
fruit, $4,000; eggs, so cases; meats.
/, 800 pounds: chickens, 100 pounds: .
COWS, 2 calves. % dogs, % horses.
colts, 2 pigs, % rabbits Total esti-
mated cubic yards, 1,159.