The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-24
MANY CHILDREN
ARE AFFLICTED
Little Improvement Shown in
Health Conditions.
WORK Of SCHOOL INSPECTOR
FINDS VIOLATIONS OF oUARAN-
TINE LAWS.
WORK OF SCHOOL INSPECTOR

The report Of contagious and infec-
tious diseases now prevalent in this
city, furnished by the health depart
ment shows no improvement compared
with week ago. While the situation
is not especially alarming, the necessi-
ty of enforcing stricter quarantine is
apparent to the public health officials,
whose corps Of assistants have been
increased by the employment Of two
additional inspectors.
During last week thirty-two cases OF
scarlet fever developed, a larger nuEl-
Der, probably, than was ever before
reported in one week. Eixsy-six cases
OF this class are now under quarantine.
and during the week three of the VIC
tins died. Of diphtheTia, the large
number Of fourteen neV, cases. was re-
ported, twice as many as during the
preceding week, making twenty-one
cases Of this disease now on the list
The death rate from diphtheria was
less last week, only one case, with scar
let feEer complications, resulting fatal
~. Twelve cases Of typhoid fever. half
as many as are on the report sheet,
were reported during the week. One
GAGS or typhoid fever resulted In death.
There are now five cases of smallpox
under quarantine, two Of the cases
having been reported during the week.
Medical Inspectors Work.
In his resume Of mis- work for the
week, Or. Whitney, medical inspector
for the schools, reports that on Monday
morning he discovered a case of diph-
iberia in the eastern part Of the city
which the parents of the boy thought
was mumps. The boys sister was at
tending school, but she was promptly
placed Ia quarantine Another instance
of the inspectors discovery of nest
of eontagion which probably would not
otherwise have been detected 50 soon.
was that In the family Of Mail Carrier
aoughtOn, who paid fine Of SIS in the
police court for violating quarantine
regulations. Brothers AMI sisters of
the child who was taken down with
scarlet fever were attending school un-
Ii Dr. Whitney located this case.
On Friday DR.. Whitney called on a
suspected case Of contagion and found
d child who had been sick for a week
with scarlet fever and the father trav-
cling to and from his home on the
street cars. The mother was a fire.
quent visitor to the neighbors, carry
ing the cOntagiOn as the father had
been doing. Thse mouse was quarau-
tined but the father has left town,
ana as soon as he returns he will be
prosecuted for violating the law, which
establishes q three weeks isolation
from the date OF report Of the disease.
DT. Whitney made numerous inspee-
TONS at the schools and at houses re
ported to him for location of suspected
COntagiOn, ana he believes that the
work. which is being done in harmony
with the efforts under Health Commits
sioner Kings direction, will result in
few weeks in an appreciate reduction
In the number of contagious diseases
existing In the city.
County Health Report.
The public health conditions in the
county are relatively more satisfactory
than in the CITY. County Physician
Mayo reports that there are now four
cases OF scarlet fever just south of the
city limits, only one case Of this dis
ease at Murray and one at Mill Greek,
with no cases OF either diphtheria or
smallpox within his jurisdiction. There
Is not a single case of cOntagiOn any
where In the west of the river and for
thirteen miles along the highway lead
ing to TOoele county, where a quaran-
tine against Salt Lake county children
was declared a few days ago.