The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-28
INER|CANS PROUD
| Of C|TY's HEALTH
|ndsr Rule of Progressive
Wonders
Are Accomplished.
ANY INFANTS SAVED
NY INFANTS SAVED
naIlpox Nearly Wiped Out
md Many Dread Diseases
4 Greatly Mitigated.

Sryr
"a ~ the city health department. IN
A. ,,anch Of the city administration
scans heve every reason 10 ieel
a J-p6sr American rule a modern
4 ,n.,o.dste health department mas
,,toblished. There was none such
4. The death rate has been lowered
4 zach year, until in all diseases IL
4 .n lower than at any period Of The
Ia history. ,a , r,-,,hoid
4 HSccn driven 10 the wall Ana pest
Nj. the babies have been ssveoiu I.
~ Finu ihat salt Lake can claim 10
y ,n,o,,r the first Of cities as regards
lazy conditions.
Conditions Contrasted,
A.. tho system which prevailed be-
I'm. advent OF the American party
i. cir,c affairs. there WAS really no
Ia Jenartment worthy the name. In
.tjons were pcrfunctory. the garbage
/ onIy collected i'm 3 small portion
<he city. no attention was paid TO tne
.@ilfy OF the milk sold. stagnant pools
a refuse stood about the residence
-sefs. and contagious diseases were re.
|rttd in A haph1zard manner or not at
~ There was no food inspector who
unwilling. An official sometimes con
|-uued a few rotten potatoes, but rarely
n heyond this There was no meat
.oeetion or inspection OF restaurants.
.sre vas no meteorological department.,
I'D even the city water received little
<entIon.
in IL Inspected, sanitary conditions In
"a dai.1es have been enforced and
5tIrht 10 such high state of perfec-
m that samples Of milk from the sup
rlng dalries won the gold medal IN
ups tIiIon this month with the cities
/ The. continent at the great interna-
nal food and dairy show at Mii"au-
That The lives Of thousands OF babies
|rs been saved by the energetic work
7 the city health department. unoer
ncricnn rule is shown by the figures.
Saving the Babies.
ID 1898 the number OF deaths by chol-
y infan,um, as enteritis and diarrhoes,
|re then termed reached a percentage
LIS for each 1000 of population. for
8 Il was loo. and II continued around
||ge figures until !, dropped 10 so in
q The wear before Amcricanlsm won
|flumph in Salt Lake.
&p improvement was at once shown
Her a progressive administration. In
3 the death rate from this disease
1ppsd TO so; il was 81 in 1907. AZ I'm
20 In 1909 and so per 1000 Of pop
'ilon In 1910 For the ten months OF
n present year the death rate from
Is Infant disease has dropped TO 81 for
30 unit NJ population OF 1000.
Ihs work OF The department. in clean
up the city Is perhaps bcst shown
fhe typhoid fever iiguroS. Or. :. G..
~ the efficient and energetic Ameri-
II heaith commissioners. seems 10 have
I'm grip on the situation as regards
dreaded scource. for in the ton
lths Of the present year there have
~ only l0I cases. with fourteen deaths
death rate per 1000 Of population
Qnly Ia.
<Qnpafe This with The figures under
~ pd careless system which prevailed
'9,e Amerlcapi:m shed It's light on the
q corners Of corcIessness and lgnor
lssa tho death rate per 1000 Of pop
npn from typhoid was 10. Tt was
same the following year, dropping
w tne ne%t year and continuing at
X fale through until 1905, when f. was
'Ds taue figure. il dropped 10 .ia with
his' year Of American rule. This
~ is .ls for each 1000 OF porula-
healthy figure, which few cities
oonqusring Scarlet Fever.
nv oread scarlet fever was In reality
N, v"se some few years ago and II is
'--h,sa pugpsar But how much better
u'nVns ~ arr under d modern depart
|.ii.is WIN sanitary conditions COM
y lhe death rate from this cause
's.n UNI Of population ~ 1000 per-
"sh ,sp IN 1899. and ran about that
prs until isoe. though the Imperfect
Woe 9f the system, or lack of sys-
|,<fc,sn wucn prevailed under former de-
,,h,"ts prevent giving them all To-
- N IN IeaS oea,h rate from scarlet fever for
IN, , oi population is .16. an c&ccp-
AZ hssord among cities and one never
­,rs.me IN salt Lake City.
|1n 'am S shows the same decrease
,sss s,h VI rate In this disease was so
.'v' lor each 1000 OF population To-
| .c,i, -; f9r the len months just gone.
|# o,h. ,i' 'or each loo0 souls. Like all
i ~. assesses common To the young,
&slt,rr ns kept IN check by efficient
|.Ictrsa tmelhode and caution which Is
f,sn ~ modern department.
tJinm pneumonia, which Is largely due
. cIear,irr Ir conditions. has been reduced
|X ds,nness and sanitary measures oi
A tSpavtmsut, This gave a death rate
IA ! 4, ~ .soo and Was IA In 1905. Il
3naWnpe yer 1000 n population In 1910
Ia I'atAN ls practically driven out oi
.|sta,s s Wherc II has existed ss n pc,
|ons IN @ sn many years. This has been
I'm ibIppits bIIpits OF the fact that there is III
/>re. Thnss as compulsory vaccination
- 4, ,, s.,, lherc are no cases OF small.
|6fIrshp, can AXE al the present time /:
~ rn, Sne TO the enforcement of ssni.
|>rarlmsn,io by the American healtl
-. right for Progress.
h health department, has me, viii
-r,MoI. Modern Idc.s yToya no, ,,,,,,,
~. sb,a. large section of the conmu
mead ", aes satisfied with ccsspooli
dine sewers and held II a vast,
"a bu,Iru I'M interfering with neigh
ock Of fs"J 10 inspect his milk. %
ople's 'S1u. cou Which was retaiIed for IN,
when nn,aaSalnption, These grupble,
howi,, made 10 clean up their prem
|itd NJ loudly, The Department per
.aTntlmm mace the city clean. enforce,
81 mirh, equations In spite of whom
u iotni a. AFFECT with the result tha
1kt ia uea'h rate FOR the city OF sal
rulaiion INV oui 1910 for each 1910 O
[ore roa.hnH1ch hm1ch lower than It has eve
eniorHca H Fail. city health commission
Ftrnent inc regulations OF the de
IN s.Snu lhe law. There is M ncr
~ vero Cahe who can show whcr
d a saSed in a single Instanco :
stion HIs %. o, The American admins
fn that noh,1 1'"lion IN This respect
>alth gnToody asks for such a favo,
lsw IL lions are regulations an
rtfncnt T. tne law and the health dc
hns Ws nnoWs none cxempl frotn thon
|eys ara ddoitnpelled tplled the pavement OF % IN
II sarhs a tneir cleanliness. hss ooIIcc,e =
\ lta. e' DO 1t never before was co,
rb.,. City Is Now Clean.
~ In lsS; las bnt limited garbage dI,
~ within y only Included the teri,
ltteenih East ts'!S6 NJ North street an
et stree,s l., Ninth South and Fifi
san',on ana n extended 1t ia '.Hnn thn IiIi, ~, 1t
II cov. .ns present time the emil, MI,
10 th. Trhhsd by the garbage warom
1in,s In 1'Tssr tbIss Is really collected. Con
~ time In ms ., regard arc fewer Than