The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-25
TYPHOID SECOND
TO PNEUMONIA
Of Eighty-TWO Cases in July
Thirteen of Them Result
in Death.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
Board of Health Issues Advice on
Care Of Patients to Pro-
tect Others.

Typhoid fever is second in the death
list for July in Utah, according TO the
monthly report of the state board OF
health. which shows that thirteen o.
the eighty-tWo eases during the month
resulted in death. Pneumonia leads
with fifteen deaths reported. The total
number of deaths reported from all
causes for the month Is 294. reported
from 172 districts of the state. Scarlet
fever leads in the number OF cases of
contagiOn. with 12S cases reported and
three deaths. There were twenty-One
cases OF smallpox and no deaths; sixty
four cases OF WhOOping cough and no
deaths; thirty-eignt cases OF chicken
pOX and no deaths, and twelve cases of
tuberculosis and ten deaths.
Taking notice of the prevalence of
typhoid fever, the board issued sup
plement TO its report yesterday which
says:
The following suggestions are sub
mitted with the hope that they may
aid in limiting the threatened outbreak
from typhoid, which caused fifty per
cent OF the July death list:
Typhoid fever is an infectious or
communicable disease. Preventive
measures begin with the disinfectiOn
of discharges and if properly carried
out in all cases no other measures
would be required; but unfortunately
for various reasons, this result is not
attained Every case OF typhoid fever
results from the failure TO disinfect
discharges from a former case.
How the Germs Enter the Body.
The germs gain entrance 10 the body
in water or food which has been con-
taminated. Water becomes cOntamin-
ated through drainage into wells from
infected privy vaults or from the sur
face of the ground where discharges
have been deposited and washed into
streams. A notable example of the lat
ter occurred in Plymouth, Pa, where
an epidemic OF 1900 cases was caused
by drinking water from a stream on
the banks of which the discharges from
a case of the disease had been deposited
the previous season and were washed
into the stream by spring th@w.
Contaminated milk and raw foods
are often responsible for the disease,
the contamination usually occurring
through the agency of house flies.
Duties OF Physicians.
All cases of typhoid fever should be
Immediately reported by the physician
in charge as required By law. In cases
Of sickness where typhoid is suspected
but the diagnosis is in doubt, the ply
sician should instruct the family TO
observe the same precautions as in an
case OF the disease.
Duties of Health Officers.
Upon notification, the health officer
should visit The premises and instruct
the attendants in their duties. He
should inspect and cause the disinfec-
lion of the privy vaults, make careful
TO discover the source OF
the disease. especially as 10 milk and
water supply, condition of surrounding
premises. etc, visit the premises fire.
luently TO satisfy himself that pre-
measures are faithfully and
nIelligently carried out.
Duties of Attendants
All discharges should be carefully
iisinfected in accordance with the rules
II the state board of health. In the
4 bsence Of a water closet, the disin-
fected discharges should be buried or
Il deposited in a vault should be thor
Jughly covered with lime. Flies should
be destroyed and excluded from the
siekroom: all sOiled linen should be
placed in boiling water or
antiseptic solution. Dishes used by the
patient should be immersed in boiling
water The hands Of attendants and
patients should be frequently bathed
n an antiseptic solution.
General Regulations.
All privy vaults should be so con-
structed as to exclude flies, and
heir contents should be disinfected by
iprinkling fresh lime over the surface
II frequent intervals during the fly
season. The vaults on the premises OF
iairies should receive especial attention
including frequent inspection by health
officers. Their contents should be
thoroughly protected from flies and
constantly covered with lime. The ac-
emulation of manure and garbage