The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-09
HOW SMALLPOX IS
SPREAD IN ZION
Employee of SmoOt Mouth
Carries Germs While Gov
cred With Pustules.
WORKS WITH OTHERS NINE
DAYS AFTER HE IS STRICKEN
Meanwhile the Mouth" Attacks
Officials for Alleged Lax
Enforcement of Law.

Why do contagious and infectious
diseases spread in Salt Lake City,
Perhaps the Smoot "Mouth' can
answer.
Why are the health authorities Of
Salt Lake City powcrlcss to prevent the
spread of disease2
Perhaps the smoot "Moutbn can
answer.
Why are the health authorities un-
! able TO stamp out the germ breeding
| grounds?
Perhaps the Smoot ''Mouthn can
answer.
Why are mon afflicted with small
poX permitted. when broken out with
this lonthSome disease. 10 work among
other people and thus spread contagion (?
Perhaps the Smoot Mouth can
answer.
Are men broken out with smallpox
purposely kept AT work 10 order to
spread disease so that American party
officials may be attacked
Perhaps the Smoot Mouth" can
answer.
Is ii 4 part of an organized scheme
10 bring the health department OF Salt
Lake City into dlsrepute by having men
afflicted with contagious disease sent
out 10 mix among the people and thus
contaminate others!
Perhaps the Smoot "MouthN can
answer
Mouth Assails Administration.
For several weeks the Smoot
- Mouth - has made vicious attacks
upon the health Officers OF Sail Lake
City charging them with derchcti0u of
duty, accusing them Of being directly
responsible for the spread of disease IN
some instances almost declaring those
officers responsible for death.
IN its issue of Monday, May 81. this
Smoot I" Mouth under lurid headlines
declared that the American party adj
muistratiou was responsible for the
spread Of disease and alleging lax
enforcement of the sanitary laws.
On that date an employee Of the Smoot
" Mouth. according to his own state
ment made 10 DIR. s. g. Paul, assistant
health commissioner. on Monday. June
=, in the office of this health officer,
was broken out with smallpox. This
employee continued to work for week
while he was covered with pnstulcs.
In the issue of the Smoot Mouth
of Monday. June Z, again under lurid
headlines, the statement was printed
that during the week preceding there
were fifteen new victims OF smallpox.
The Month - also declared;
"G1arlng violation of quarantine reg
ulations, brought about by laXity Of the
city health authorities: inadequate fu.
migatiou of infected houses. which in
many instances is only farcical mat
ter Of form: enforcement of sani
tary laws, and tho failure of the Ameri-
can party nistraton TO supply in
speciion officers, have combined 10
bring tho much. priced reputation Of Salt
Lake ns health resort into the shadow
of jeopardy which has been growing
darker and darker during the past three
months. until nj the present, the menace
of disease is fearsome in its aspect.
Employee Has Smallpox.
On the date that this statement was
q" Mouth covered with pustuIes as ar-
cording- TO his own statement, he had
been for week previous. was working
among other employees of the Smoot
:" Mouth. and had been spreading the
contagion. The American party health
officers were not responsible for this.
Who was?
Monday afternoon this victim Of
smallpox after, as he said 10 the health
officer, having been TO two physicians,
walked into the office Of the health
officer. He told this official that hc
had worked every dav in the office of
the Smoot ''Mouth - since he had
broken out, He was Immediately sent
home.
Smoot Mouth Fumigated.
Tuesday the office Of the Smoot
90 Mouth was fumigated by the health
officers. The disease germs, insofar as
smallpox is concerned. wore killed.
Other germs were untouched. The cm
ployccs were vaccinatcd
Meanwhile the victim OF smallpox
is qunrantined in his home. But he has
spread the disease. Next Monday. un-
der lurd headlines. the Smoot
q" Mouth - will no doubt again attack
the health department and charge that
contsgion is spreading, But why, fhe
q" Mouth will moi say. The employee
Of that paper who has spread the dis
ease will no doubt by that time have
been cured because the disease has run
it's course. Perhaps the "Mouth' will
say hr was cured by Laying on Of
hands" But smallpox is spreading.
Why?
Perhaps the Smoot "Mouth' can
answer.
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