The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-23
NEW WEAPONS
FOR CLEAN CITY
Health Authorities Are Armed
With Better Ordinances.
CRUSADE TO BE MORE ACTIVE
RIGOROUS SANITARY STEPS
WILL BE TAKEN.

A RMED with a new and thorough
II set Of ordinances regulating the
health and sanitary conditions Of
the city. the members of the board of
health propose TO make a clean sweep
Of the city and enforce the ordinances
10 the letter. The new regulations were
passed by the city council Wednesday
night, SO that the health authorities
might apply them in their efforts to
check the spread Of scarlet fever that
is running riot over the city at pres
ent, and the health officers viii start
a crusade against the disease and the
disseminators of it Immediately. The
new regulations are thorough and ex-
plicit so that no shadow of a doubt
as TO their meaning can be brought up
as loophole of escape for those caught
violating them.
The new ordinance follows the line
Of the old. with the exception that
number of new sections have been in
tToduced and old ones that were rather
ambiguous were made more plain and
precise.
For a long time the health authori-
ties have been handicapped by the con-
ditiou Of the old ordinance, and the
present authorities, realizing the de-
ficiency Of the old laws, set to work
several weeks ago to revise them
Health Commissioner King. City At
torney Nye and Clerk Smith Of the
board Of health devoted their time for
several weeks preparing and getting
the new ordnance into shape so il
would meet every requirement of the
board, and still be within the limit of
nrrrrf frr NJ hn q
the board feel now that with these new
regulations they will be well prepared
10 meet and cope with almost any kind
Of contagion that may make its appear
anCe in the city.
Doctors Must Be Careful.
Among some Of the new provisions
made in the ordinance is one making
it a misdemeanor for any physician TO
attempt to conceal a case of contagion,
or to offer advice 10 persons to conceal
Il or disObey in any manner the regu-
latiOns of the health department II
also provides heavy penalty for any
person 10 deface or attempt to conceal
any warning flag that may be posted
Up BY the health authorities. A penal
ty is also provided for any one who in
any manner resists a health officer in
the performance Of his duties.
These new clauses were introduced
as the result of numerous experiences
that the health authorities have had
along these lines. Or. King stated that
he had found cases where a physician
called in TO attend cases Of contagio1
had told the people of the house thai
they might paste a piece Of paper Ovel
the warning flag posted on the from
Of their houses. telling them that TIT
health officers would never be back II
that neighbOrhOod again, and they
would be safe In doing il. In othei
instances flags that have been put VI
at houses where contagion of the mos
malignant type existed have beer
found tor= into shreds and burned un-
III they were almost destroyed. SOM
Of the flags have had the letters printe,
upon them burned out so observer
could not tell what disease existe,
within the house.
Must Allow Flags to Be Posted.
Considerable trouble has been expert
enced by the health officers from per
sons Directing to their posting quar-
antine hags. and the regulation cover
ing this was made especially TO NEE
the demand Of such cases.
Or. King. in speaking of the new or
dinance yesterday afternoon, said:
we feel that with these new regu
lations TO base our work upon. we wi
be able TO accomplish much more tina
we have done before, because we wi
have plain and explicit laws to regU
late our work. We feel that they NEE
The demands and we propose to enfore
them 20 the letter"
The two inspectors granted an eX
tension Of time of thirty days win b
kept busy winding up the work of in
speeding the city which was begun six
t. days ago. The doctor believes h
win be able to complete the work i
thirty DAYS more and have the city