The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1919-04-25
WAR IS Being MADE IN
UTAH ON SOCIAL
DISEASES
FEDERAL PHYSICIAN HERE TO
WORK WITH STATE.
Free Treatment Provided BY Board
Of Health For Unfortunate Ones
Under the Most Strict Of Rules -
Fight Declared On Quacks Of the
Medical Profession Everywhere.

Strict and rigid enforcement ut the
laws passed 10y the last legislature foo
control and prevent the spread ul 500.
cial diseases boo 'hc state will hr ear.
ricd out by the state board cot health.
according tu Dr. a. B Beatty. -rrrr.
.tary. Al the request cot thr board.
the United States public health ser.
vice has sent Capt Robert o. Gram.
ling here tu supervise the operation
,of the new laws. under me- direction
of the state board of health Captain
|Gumlu- i. uu army physician and Is
an expert Uu Che particular SORT OF
work Zoo which hr has been assigned
lie will have offices with ihc state
board ul health, being in charge cot
the newly created division of -uriul
disease Thu. new health legislation
was initiated no the Legislature hy the
state board ol health
Under the now law. rhyucirn4 uf
the stale urp compelled To- report tu
the state board uf health every ease
of social disease \ complete record
Of cn,h ease will be- kept These r".
cords. Dr. Beatty SAYS. will be- strictly
|ruuiid,uiIul ZOO every ease. and uu one
need tu worry about publicity 90. long
~ they comply with the rule, laid
down hN the board Physicians will
continue 10 keep the names ut POI.
iiUnis. and each will be- reported to
the division hy q cnsc number only.
The record, will be- kept hy ease mum
hers and only IN instances where per.
sons violate the rule. will their name.
ever become known tu other prr4uus
than the physician who Be- treating
them
STREET rulcs. deliberately mud clearly
uutliurd, have been adopted hy tho
board tu govern the ease uf such dis
eases Pamphlets containing ihr,,
lrulcs md such other advice us ),
deemed wise and necessary will be- dis
ltribuird among the ductnrs ui iht
state They will br handed a. 40,
social disease patients with cmphuii,
instruction, that the rules must h,
ohvycd Ia the letter N they nrc not
violation, will be- placed IN qunruniin,
by the state board of health until sucl
u lime ns they are no longer u mcnnc,
10 the public. The new law also nim
In put the "dunck' with dangerous
land ineffective cures nut of business
Drug stores may NO longer sell RENE
dies for these diseases, and advertise
mcnls Of such cures are pruhihitr,
under the new statutes. which will b,
lcnfurccd to the letter. DR. BETTY hh
said that already there were indiru
tinns that sumo might attempt Il
|eyndc the clause, prohibiting udvcr
tisiug, hut that every effort would h
made 10 promptly put a stop 10 sucl
deceptive practices
Free cilnlcs. nt which infected per
SONS may receive proper trrntmcn
without cost, arr Ia be- established
There will be- one Ia Salt Lake City nu,
one ~ Ogden. the two largest rltics 10
the state, az once. Salyuran will b
distributed free oi cost nt thcs
clinics, aud every effective rrmcd
will be- administered ln those who sorI
the states aid. In the future, ID
Beatty says, there will be- no need .
anyone hcing robbed or imprupcrl
treated for social diseases, since lh
state and federal governments are cu
Operating Ia provide free of charge nI
the necessary remedies,
The federal government, ihruug
! the public health service, will con
! Tribute eight thousand dollars pcr nu
! num for thi, work, and the state uT
lhruprintrs q like amount Thwug
an ,arly adoption ot the requirement
oi the federal government by the TIA
{nuthorllcs the state has received o.
additional four thousand dollarr io
{ this work DR. Beatty proposes 10 h'
ilgin an educational propaganda o.
I0urr, through the distribution o
! Ilitcraturc, m order to bring 10 the u
tenliou of the public the requirement
! Iof the new law, aud the benefits am
: protection 10 be- derived from its ear