The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-01
HOUSE FLY GIVEN
SEVERE SCORING
State Physicians Declare the
Fly Is Responsible for Much
Disease.
SOME LAWS ARE NEEDED
SYSTEM OF HAULING GARBAGE
is CONDEMNED BY SPEAKER.

A movement which viii doubtless de
velop into a vigorous campaign against
TIE common house fly, was inaugurated
yesterday at the afternoon session Of the
Health Officers association IN the coun-
ell chamber. Ii was pointed out by Dr;
II. b. Beatty. secretary of the state board
of health that in a comparatively shOft
period, The house fly had in MS opinion
cost the state Of Utah upward or $25OUJO'
In a lengthy paper by DR.. c. T. NOor-
hees OF the University of Utah, at was
explained that the house fly had proven
itself quite The busiest carrier OF con-
TagiOn ku6Wu aud that IT'S Tap2Q increase
in Utah should be looked upon with alarm.
Governor William Spry, VINO ATTENDED
as one of the most interested guests,
agreed with physicians, that the state OF
Utah and Salt Lake should. before the
arrival of the summer months, institute
such ordinances and regulations as VIII
change the situation.
And the reason for the rapid increase
of the house fly is attributed to careless
ness i'm the handling OF refuse from sta
bes It was pointed out by DR.. Voorhees,
that the refuse which is permitted to be
dragged out onto lawns and heaped IN
piles about the city, forms the breeding
place for 80 per cent Of house flies, the
other 10 per cent being given existence IN
garbage barrels.
Cause Is Learned.
DR.. Beatty stated that he had carefully
epidemic to flies and that he had through
careful investigation and study found
that the refuse pile is the great breeding
place for flies.
the Increase of flies Dr. Voorhees, cited
paragraphs from an account Of cam
paign against lilies i'm Berkeley Cal, In
which college students had made them
selves personal inspectors of the condi-
tiCns of stables, and barn yards and that
TINS movement had actually developed
into bringing police officers into special
duty against house flies, twenty of the
blue coats being actually made to study
the habits of flies. This was limited at
as an excellent suggestion for Salt Lake
Duties of Health Officers by Dr..
Hughes of Provo proved instructive. while
Dr. @. H Brimhall of the federal bureau
of animal industry told OF recent results
in the ''tuTebCulin test"
Dr. Junkin, state bacteriOlogist, read an
able paper on "BacteriOlOgy and Public
Health"
Many Physicians Present.
The following are among those attend
Dr. H. NJ. Vance, Pleasant Grove; DIT.
II. p. Iirtley, Salt Lake; G.. II. Femme
more, NeWhOusei \. W. EllerSton, Mona
DIR r. J. Smith, Collinston; DR.. Ross
Anderson Mount Pleasant; Dr.. j. {.
Clarke. Monroe; James T. Daily, Pan
guitch; Dr. Z. G. Hughes, Provo; VIII
liam MatheTs. Weber county; DR.. H. A
skey Helper DR. W. j. Bardsley, Park
city: NJ. s. WhitehOuse, Lincoln; DR.. J.
J.. Arntzen. SEWER; William MCFaTlane,
ST. John; G.. r. Bennett Davis county;
James Marion, Weber county; l.. A, Dali
rymple, Davis county; DR.. J. A. Hensel,
TOOele county; B. +. BlaylOCk, Weber
county; J.. Peterson, Hyde Park; Rob
ert Mcfarland, Weber county; S. G.
Waugsgaard. Weber county; A. Hardy,
Davis county; II. c. Larson, Sewer cOun-
"; A. keyes, Weber county; Charles
Parker. Weber county; ]. B. Sylvester,
ElsinOre; e.. j. Jensen, Weber county;
DIR. W. L. Rich. Box Elder county; James
diversion, bennington; J. n Cone, Maple
ton; Dr. r. J. Burton, Milford, DIT. d. A.
MacGregor, Beaver county; Henry
Thompson. EerrOn: w j. Browning Og-
den; George ShaTten, ogden; John Ray,
Weber county; J. j. Tanner, Glover; Pc
ter Peterson, FairVieW; w. e. Reeves,
kanarrah; B. r. Bates, BatesviIle; Jere-
miah Nolan, CaSuetOn, II. J. Wagstaff.
Charleston; John Mechau, Wallsburg:
Dr. A. G.. StOddaTd. Walter James Yer
noni S. Gleason, Kaysville; DR.. NJ. B.
Shipp, Grantsville; DR. Z, B. Beatty, Salt
Lake.
A bitter arraignment Of the garbage
system in Salt Lake and the methods OF
some health officers in enforcing what
they think is the law, were made at the
morning session OF the health officers by
jeremiah Nolan of Castleton, Grand coun-
~. who is now living in Salt Lake.
speaking or the spread Of disease" ne
said. II want to know If there is any
thing worse than the present system OF
hauling garbage here in Salt Lake They
tell you when to put out garbage, and
sometimes IL stands there for DAYS and
days before the wagon comes along once
a weelI-sOmetimes-an hauls if away.
And the wagon is open.
They fill the wagon to a point where
scraps and bits or garbage are strewn
along the street from the time The wagon
IS filled until it is dumped. And if there
is any better way of spreading an infec-
ton / would like to know what il is