The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-06
HEALTH BOARD
IS Indifferent
Citizens Hold Their Noses and
Call in Vain for the Gar
hage Wagon.
STENCIL CAUSES SICKNESS
GARBAGE STANDS FOR WEEKS
NEAR SIXTH SOUTH AND MAIN.

In spite of the fact that constant re
quests have been made to the city board
of health for relief, the garbage situation
in the vicinity of Sixth South and Main
streets has reached deplOrabie state,
and officials of the board have refused
10 make any efforts to remedy present
conditions.
For more than two weeks garbage has
been allowed TO stand in cans and boxes
near the residences IN that nelgnbOrhOOu
The last time a garbage wagon came
near was two weeks ago last saturday:
The regular day for the collection or
"a }ge in that district is on Tuesday,
but the wagon did not come around three
weeks ago. Each day the garbage was
set in race and then hauled back by the
TesideI IS, when the city emplOye Ialled
? TO appear to take the refuse away.
Finally the man came on Saturday two
weeks ago, but has not been near there
since. When the first week went Dy
and no garbage was Collected several
protests were made 10 the board OF
shealth, and these have continued almost
daily since that time. Numerous pro
tests We're made during the latter part
of last week, but the residents and prop
erty owners got nothing but suggestions
( from the board of health to take the mat
ter up with someone else
Illness Is Frequent.
Meanwhile, conditions grew more Sc
irious, until the stencil Of garbage ana
refuse filled the air 1t has become nau-
seating To passerSby. Several children IN
the neighborhOOd have become Ill recent
ily. light headaches and feveTs. and it IS
believed these can be traced directly 10
the failure Of the city health department
10 have the garbage gathered.
7 have never known a CONDITION so
serious since 7 have been in salt Lake,
said @. NJ. BridweU of 26 West Sixth
South street yesterday Il have done
everything in my power to have the con
ditiOn remedied but the board OF health
has done nothing I have taken the mat
ter up with DIT. 5. q. Paul several tunes
myself and know that several others Nv
ing in this neighbOrhOOd have also MADE
complaints. But nothing has been done,
and the condition Is growing worse every
day. It was bad enough the first week,
but with the rains and then the warm
sun OF the last few days the stencil has
become almost too strong TO bear.
Besides taking the matter up with the
health department talked with Nouncli-
man RaybOuld Of the condition DR.. Paul
told me TO take the matter up with w
G. Margetts, chief sanitary inspector, but
] have been unable to get into cOmnunl-
cation with him for two days tried
again TO get him today. hoping tlat tne
condition could be Temedied before Tues
day. We must have il changed at once,
for IL is q peril 10 the health OF the
young and old in the nelghboTnood, Coun-
Gilman RaybOuld told me TO take the
matter up with City Attorney Dlninny,
though he did not say what the city at
torney has TO do with the matter
Fumes Cause Headaches.
There are several courts near my
house, with scores Of families living in
them. I have two boys who slept in
room over one Of the courts, and for
two mornings they arose with frighttul
headaches and feveTs. This was after
warm nights following rains in the eVen-
ing or day before. The garbage became
saturated and then the heat caused
fumes TO rise. I feel that the condition
of the boys was caused by these fumes,
end we were forced to change their bed
room TO another part Of the house, leav-
ing the room vacant. Since that time
they have not been so 81. but they are
not vet in good health.
Or Paul told me he would try to have
the matter attended to Saturday noon,
but there was nothing done / made
complaint Saturday morning and again
in the afternoon, and know that one or
two others made protests Saturday. But
we were not able 10 start the garbage
wagon on its rounds this way
Today being a holiday, the families in
the neighborh0od Of Sixth South and
Main streets fear they will have nothing
Tuesday at least, before the garbage
wagon makes another trip in that direc-
ton. There are q number Of children
In the neighbOrhOod who are III, but no
amount Of argument or talk to the health
officials has been able TO arouse them 20
action. The first Whit Of air one gets
on leaving q house, il Is stated. IS Of
decaying garbage, and the residents are
wondering how long they viii have to
wait before getting relief from these IN
sanitary conditions