The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-20
EING SOUNDS A
NOTE OF WARNING
Explain; Why Scarlet Fever In on
Increase.
Many NEW CASES EACH DAY
-oprs OF THE HEALTH DE-
-.nrwENT WITHOUT AVAIL.
u,sy NEW CASES EACH DAY

,-rrr. the people bestir them
vt selves in the matter Of observ-
\ ing quarantine, the city viii be
-.,srsd by c0utagion.
s vas the statement Of Health
o--tssforer King yesterday. in call
.ttsntf5n to- the prevalence Of scar
.s s.rsr in the city at present The
O.. NJ the health department show
... .se-s is more scarlet fever in the
il-- non. than there has been at any
o ,.-rs in many seasons IL is spread
,-- -,ri5Iv despite all the efforts of the
t5 ..L srfho-ities TO check its course.
"a tta situation, according 70 III
...-g fs becoming alarming.
h-l he disease keeps Increasing az the
rate the whole city will be
I-- v-ffb IAN epidemic, it is said, and
40 danger that other places Will
,--. .-.,srartfning against the city. The
-tark according to DR.. King Is
.ts nf9uIe To- take action. ana 90
,. ,-5rrtrv. in regard 90 quaranuning.
Oh .--F4. there were eleven new
.r tfa disease reported TO the
,..rr hoard. For the last week or SO
-. have been on an average from
g m afgnt cases reported each DAY.
90 arort fs being made TO check
f..srea but the efforts from some
-rss ssem to be- uuavailing. Health
commissioner King. when asked for an
..7r7rstol off the prevalence OF the
ltsr.rr stated that 10 was traceable
a----Iv to the ignorance and tndimer-
s-rs of the people.
Fault With the People.
arbs trouble u.s." said he. the people
a. mt seem To- recognize the disease
-rer r. anuears. and no effort is made
Il determine the nature of it or to take
--r stems TO- prevent possible spread.
~ disease Is in a very mild form az
resent and that is perhaps one cause
n ms rapid spread. 1t appears in the
.-r of a slight sore throat accom-
-5rfsd bv "a little fever. and often lasts
-r a day or two.
-tg a consequence. the child afflicted
allowed Co run about without care,
md tha disease is carried to some one
~ and from that person 20 another
mill ft goes the rounds of ne COM
-ritv. of course. when the disease is
.||IN I..LN NllN oa1ls.A tAAAA- va On
.ttsran is required it is reported and
n- proper steps So quarantine it are
nEau ft isu0t. no quarantine is OBJ
.-gsd. and I'm many cases the people
Who have the disease DO not even know
What DO is.
Must Be Educated.
The germs are spread Just the same,
ola az
r-'e form in the person who contracts
from one suffering from a mild at
rk Until the people can be educated
- TO- the point where they recognize
ts danger of allowing an unknown dis
ease % go without proper care and in
rs.i-uon we viii have the cOntagion
with us.
aThe spread Of the disease is due to
great extent 90 the schools. Children
from homes where the light form of the
disease appears. are allowed by their
parents t0 continue in school. and they
carry the disease with them. When
ths schools close 7 think there win be
o. decrease in the COntagion, but that
VH not check 70 eGeCtualIy. The germs
ore carried i1 the air and unless prop
err precautions are taken I'm the matters
of quarantine and fumigation. that
source Of The danger viii still exist
Yesterday Is. Mckenzie. a sanitary
Inspector from Sydney. Australia, spent
the day fin the city investigating the
methods employed by the health board
here Mr. Mckenzie left Australia
some weeks ago on a tour of the world
FOR the purpose of making a study Of
t1e different health board systems in
vogue iu the various large cities and
countries. he was sent out for that
purpose by the health board of Sydney.
and wH make a report when he re-
turns on improved methods he finds in
other places.
Methods Of Fumigation.
He spent a good portion Of the day
yesterday at Che health board looking
over The records of the department and
having The various systems explained
u hin. The method Of fumigation
used here was a matter Of special in
trest Go him. and he stated that ne
would recommend the adoption Of it in
sydney when ne returned. The method
N-a there IS that of the formaIdehvde
generator which is conceded By gem
gran authority Co Dee far behind the
method used here.
i.s latter method is known as the
s. evaporation method. a large
s..'- s huns iu the room 20 be disin-
l7...- and is then sprayed with for
.-Aea}aa fluid. by means Of a bulb
spray The sprayed sheet throws of
s-.'- i7rma.dehyde gas very rapidly
e.a a..uwT fishes the work in less time
iafu generator.
A. Mckenzie viii leave here for
... and travel through 70 Chicago
-Ie DEE expects Co spend some time
.-.E1S the methods Of sanitation
used there