The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-11-08
HEALTH NOTES.

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During the month of September of
this year, the Department of Health
through its Food Bureau condemned a
total Of g., 465 pounds of meat, fish and
game; of this amount I7,2OS pounds
were condemned at the Yards and Il,
PSI at the markets and depots through
out the city. Inspections were made of
1910 milk depots, 1873 of which showed
a sanitary score of 20 or better; of the
cases heard in court, 26 fines were
imposed, tOtaling $5sL75 for violations
of the food ordinance.
In the work, of the Bureau of Medi-
cal Inspection, September, the first
month of the school year, the following
items are of interest: Health officers
made 64OO visits to public schools and
2509 to parochial; a total of 5000 for
the month, with 259677 pupils ex-
amined. OF the total number of pupils
examined 1912 were found affected with
either some of the minor ailments or
with a communicable disease; and Of
these Sl7 were excluded from school for
proper care and treatment at their
homes. In addition and as part of the
school inspection work the Department
nurses made 67O5 visits and inspected
and gave instruction to 1O7,s34 pupils
on matters affecting their personal
health and comfort.
September was also a busy month
for the Bureau of Sanitation, as shown
by a total of 1916 inspections made,
covering all kinds of complaints and
including those on new work; reinspec-
lions made $3.50, making q total of
$3.50 for the month. These inspee-
tions covered bakeries, restaurants,
workshops, plumbing, old and new
work; and house to house investiga-
tions. Incidental to this work, 2,22l
notices were served and, for the month,
1892 Attachments were secured. At the
beginning of the month, 33S suits were
pending, 1872 new suits were fled; 20
cases were tried and. disposed of and
fines imposed, amounting to s556.75 for
violations of the sanitary code.
Here are q few facts of interest con-
corning that mueh-dreaded disease Blu
bonie Plague. According to DR.. osler,
Bubonic Plague has been known by its
present name since the sixth century.
As far back as the fourteenth century,
it overran Europe, and destroyed one
fourth of the total population In 1865
! the Plague broke out in London, and
killed not less than 10000 people. Dur
ing the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries its ravages gradually lessen
ed. Its revival within the past two
decades has aroused universal interest.
Since its appearance in Hong Kong in
1894, 1T has broken out in many parts
of the world. In the Punjab, from 1901
to 1908, it is estimated that 100000
people died from it, and for the year
ending May, 1904, 93,7s4 deaths in In
dia were due to this awful seourge to
human life. Bubonic Plague, says DR..
Osler, sets all canons of sanitary sci
enee at defiance. 1t viii rsvsge healthy
districts and leave VIGOROUSLY IN
healthy tracts alone; it will suddenly
die out for a year or more and then re-
appear in more virulent form than be-
fore; it will depopulate irrigated lands
as well as villages in the midst Of
sandy wastes. It will spare q city like
Delhi and take heavy toll Of other
towns. It is he most serious sanitary
problem in the world today. After an
absence Of more than 200 years, it OBJ
tanned a foothold in Great Britain and
. few cases have been carried to South
American ports. From these few facts
as to this disease, it is easy to under
stand why its appearance in any quar-
ter of the globe is cause for apprehen-
sion. As now understood, the Plague
is spread mainly through rats, mice,
ieas, and squirrels. This is why in all
ports Of entry where the disease is
liable to be imported, fight of ex-
termination against vermin Of this
kind is carried on all the time.