The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-17
City Health Authorities Fear
That Woods Gross Dairy
May Have Started an Epi-
demic of Typhoid Fever.
ONE IS DEAD AND EIGHT
ARE ILL WITH DISEASE
Wife of Daiynoan Is Suffering
With What Physician Be-
Iieye8 to Be Typhoid Fever
and an Investigation Is On,
WILL SEEK A COMPLAINT

One death, three in hospitals and
FIVE Others down with typhoid fever
at their homes, all due to drinking
milk carrying typhoid germs, is the
belief of the city food and dairy COM
missioner and Assistant Health Com
missioner DR.. S. G. Paul. As a result
Of an investigation yesterday an eff
fort will be made today to have a
complaint issued against David
MaUss, a milk dealer of Woods Cross.
Four Of the cases were reported to the
| city board of health. and the. others
were run down by the city dairy COM
missioner in tracing users Of the Mauss
milk The victims are;
The Dead.
Caroline Emilia Jacobs, 65S Third ave-
nue., who died Wednesday and was
buried yesterday. Her death resulted
from typhoid fever, though heart fall
ure was given as the immediate cause
of death
The Sick.
Mrs. c.. W. Pratt. 225 Third avenue,
1T with typhoid fever.
O.. Y. Riess, Sc Canyon road, taken
to L. D. S. hospital suffering with
typhoid fever
L. Varphal boards at 1853 West Third
South street, taken to ST. Marks hos
pital suffering with typhoid fever.
Ellen B. Barton. 155 3 street i'll three
weeks with typhoid fever.
James Finley. 157 B street, i'll three
weeks with typhoid fever.
J. H. Mcmillan, 6j4 Third avenue. in
with typhoid fever, and wife taken TO
/ st. Marks hospital yesterday.
NJ. A. Morrison, 158 West Third South
! street, typhoid fever.
Will Examine Milk.
All Of these, according to the. city
dairy inspector. use milk from Mauss
Bros dairy at Woods Cross. A bottle
of this milk was taken from one Of the
wagons yesterday and delivered TO City
Chemist Herman Harms for analysis.
A report on this will be made either to-
day or tomorrow, but the chemist is
doubtful about finding any typhoid
germs i'm the milk.
Mrs. David MaUss lies i'll at her home
at Woods Cross with what is believed
to be typhoid fever, though this fact
has not yet been established
Following the Investigation in salt
Lake yesterday morning the dairy COM
missioner and DIT. Paul went TO Woods
Cross in the afternoon to investigate
the case there.
It was learned that Mrs. MaUss has
been in for nearly three weeks. DR.. A.
S. Brown Of Bouutiful was at first
called on the case, and is said to have
diagnosed the case as typhoid fever Il
will be learned today if this report was
made to the county health officials OF
Davis county, and if DR.. Brown made
this statement to David Mauss after
the first examination. DR. Brown was
on the case only one day, when q ply
stefan of Salt Lake was called and has
been treating the woman for pulmonary
trouble. Several days ago a nurse was
called, and has been treating the woman
for typhoid fever, it is stated.
Brothers Conduct Dairy,
David and Steve Mauss conduct tbs
dairy. delivering the milk I'm salt Lake.
It was found that David Mauss milks
ten cows at his home and then takes
the milk, about twenty gallons, to the
home of his brother, nearly half a mile
away. where the cooler and other ap-
pliances used in the milk business are
kept.
But the milk bottles and pals have
been cleaned I'm the house where Mrs.
Mauss has been III, the officials claim.
Some Of the HeighbOrs told the officials
that Mauss had told them weeks ago
that his wife was down with typhoid
fever but Mauss said yesterday that
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