The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-16
MORTALITY FOR
MONTH OF JULY
Two Hundred and Fifty-five
Reported Dead Throughout
State-Various Causes.
SEEKS COMPLETE RETURNS
DIR. BEATTY ASKS THAT ACcU-
RACY BE OBSERVED.

According to the report of the state
board of health. issued yesterday
there We're 255 deaths in Utah during
the month OF July, although the board
is a bit suspicious about its statistics
and has taken steps to get more COM
plete reports. With this end in view,
the board has directed a circular let
ter to health officers, and also one to
the county commissioners, asking that
the health and mortality reports be
made more complete.
OF the deaths in the state during
July, Salt Lake, of course, has the
largest number, which was a natural
consequence inasmuch as Salt Lake is
the largest county in the state, with
reference TO population.
Some of the Causes.
Some of the cases of contagious dis
ease reported in this county are given
as follows: Scarlet fever, IA; diph-
iberia, Group, etc, IS; typhoid fever,
Is; measles, is.
Whooping cough was a source of
much anxiety to mothers and a source
of some fatality to babies. The rec
ord is 2S8 cases and four deaths. Sc
Vier county suffered severely. There
were twenty-five in Iron, forty-one in
Cache, eighteen in Beaver thirty-nine
in Utah and thirty in Washington.
There were only six cases in Salt
Lake two of which were fatal. There
were twenty cases of chickenpox, nine
of which developed in Box Elder coun-
".
Requests Complete Reports.
In view of the fact that number of
the deputy health officers have not
been sending in their reports with sat
isfactory completeness and accuracy,
the board, through it's secretary, DIR. 7.
3. Beatty, has sent out this letter:
1T is the intention of the state
board of health to hereafter insist upon
strict compliance with the law relating
to the monthly report of contagious
diseases by local health officers. The
fact is appreciated that in the MAORI
ty of Instances the office is one that
involves the performance of onerous
duties without proper remuneration;
but il is believed that in the near fu-
ture the various local authorities will
be induced to recognize the Importance
of the work and provide for commen-
surate payment for the services. This
end will be promoted by a more COM
plete fulhllment of the duties required
by the office Also, at the coming
meeting of the associated health Off
GERS, the matter of compensation will
again be taken up and systematic eff
fort inaugurated to secure a fair rate
Attention is called to the failure on
the part of many health officers to re-
port when no case Of contagious dis
ease has occurred within their juris-
diction during the month. A negative
report should in all instances be re-
turned under these circumstances.
1T is hoped that we will have your
earnest cooperation with respect to
the monthly reports and all other mat
ters relating to the duties of local
health officers. In the event that any
health officer fails to make reports and
perform the other duties for the rea-
son that he does not desire to serve in
the position, he will confer a favor by
notifying the board in order that a
successor may be appointed
Appeal to Boards.
Believing that the county commits
sioners might instill a little more en-
eTgy into the work of the health Off
GERS, this communication has been ad-
dressed by DE-. Beatty TO the various
boards:
Il desire to call TO your attention to
the fact that certain of the district
health officers of your county habitual-
~ fail to make regular and complete
monthly reports of contagious dis
eases, thereby violating section HOS,
chapter 102. Laws of Utah
"Inasmuch as t is extremely impor-
tant to the public health that these
reports shall be accurately and
promptly sent in, the state board of
health would esteem it a favor IL you
will communicate with all of the dis
tTict health officers requesting them to
hereafter comply with the law. In the
event of their continued failure to do
so, the board will be obliged TO proceed
under section 1107, chapter 1O2, which
provides for their removal"
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