Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-24
FORTY-FIVE NEW
TYPHOID CASES
City Authorities Admit They Are
Unable to Cope With the
Situation.
FIGHT ON SCIENTIFIC BASIS.
State Board of Health Decides to Iso-
late Number Of Persons In
Danger Zone.

Forty-nvc cases OF typhoid fever have
been reported 10 the city board Of
health within the last as hours and the
epidemic sun remains undated The
city health authorities admit they are
unable TO cope with the situation and
the state board OF health has now
taken MP the fight to check the spread
Of the disease. Dr n. B Beatty. Sec
Rotary of the state board OF health
was handed Yesterday afternoon "a
complete list Of the dairles supplying
milk in salt Lake and the number OF
cases az fever ON each route. with this
data TO work on. The state board OF
health VIII begin active work today
in am effort TO locate the Infection and
stamp II out. The state board Of
health has decided % isolate "a num-
her Of persons Ia the danger zone and
hght the epidemic on "a scientific basis
CITY CREEK PURE.
Herman Harms, city and state
chemist, and Heber C. smith deputy
state food and dairy commissioner.
made an examination again Yesterday
afternoon of the waters OF city creek
and declare that IL Is not contamin-
afed. Samples were taken along can
Non road and every mile up the stream
but nothing could be found
The Womans league OF Salt Lake
took MP the typhoid epidemic yester-
day at q meeting Of the organization.
IL was proposed 10 start "a crusade
against bakers and manufacturers Of
food stuns TO compel them 10
be more sanitary in handling
such products. An effort will be
to
as it leaves the oven. The handling Of
food stuff in the household was also
taken up. 10 WAS declared that the
housewives should be more careful and
screen the nios out Of the dwelling so
that the food and milk could not be
contaminated 10 that way
FIVE DEATHS TO DATE.
The list Of deaths from the epidemic
now numbers FIVE. ~ G.. Rioss, So Can
Won road, died at the ST. Marks hos
pital yesterday afternoon. lie was TAX
en- ~ ON sept. 3.
The victims Of the disease reported
I'm the last As hours are. Winston Best,
10 years old. lls Canyon road;
Katie Mulin, 20. 45G Sixth East street.
Foster Thomas O. 2ls r street
Kelsey Chatheld, 25, 43S east second
South street
Peter salmamer, 80, 577 east Fourth
South street
Irene smith. 80, 1888 Princeton ave-
nue..
C. p Mahan, Q. lG south seventh
West street
George Doyle, s. II $ street
Jennie Larsen, -, $50 west seventh
Sou b street
Louis Watson, %. residence in Chi
Miles Burns. H. $40 sixth East
street
Ethel Burns ~ $40 sixth East
Myrtle Roberg. 10 years old. s75 Nav
ajo court.
Calvin Morgan, 10 years old, 967 north
second West street
J. p. DELANY. 70 south Fifth West
street.
JOHN Peterson. 5fs south First
West street
FRANK HAMMER. 672 south Eighth
HANNAH BIDLER, 752 north Second
West street
J. NJ. FERGUSON. recently of Elko
MILFORD CHANDLER. 43l nOrth
First West street
JOHN ERICKSON. recently OF Eute-
ko.
EDWARD HARMS, AS east Firth
ESTHER COLEMAN. 4 Banks court
GLENN HAAfTTTON An ror-tn
Fast .i'i street AMI '''' ''' 'oo'''
NrRe TTrJur GROW $500 p,,b,h
East It's street '''' " '" $50 ''S"''
RUDOLPH pRr'Hs "a ss Nava IN
street
north second West
BEESLEY LELAND, n. IS west
Second North.
DENEREArN WILLES. Holy Cross
hospital
ALLEN STEELE. Q. % Canyon road
RUTH FOSTER 42l Fourth avenue
GEMP MEIRUB 90. 653 south Main
CHRIST HANSEN. go. iit east Sec
ond South
CORA MIIIICAN 90 5f7 Chicago
avenue.
ROBERT JEssT-N, "a. 5m Brigham
street
VERONA DANsTF. :. 1883 McClelanl
avenue
IRA JEsSEN % l1s brigham street
TOM HAMAINS a5. $40 west second
South street
MRS NJ. MOUNTIFR. co. roar %
cast Filth South
W a. RlrDKIN 30 90 pruneui0k
avenue
MRS D A. WILSON. 9f sac west
second North
KATIE C-RFy rf fa prlpbaur
street
MISS STANLEY De- CHS .outh First
West
VERNE RAILS. b. G06 south Firs.
West
itI'N II'An Ih INki 1T.