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Show Form No. 10-300a (Hev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 PAGE 2 For many years Wherritt was the only physician in Wasatch County. He established an office in Heber City first in the bank building and later in a small building behind this house. (Dr. Wherritt's office still stands behind this house but it has been altered extensively.) Wherrit was appointed by the city council to serve as Heber City health physician and by the County Commission^ to serve as the Wasatch County health physician, In these positions he advised the local governments on sanitary conditions and help set quarantine regulations when there was a breakout of disease in one of the communities. Wherritt also worked as the railroad doctor. Wherritt provided a valuabe service to Heber and Round Valley during the flu epidemic of 1918. Following World War I, a major flu epidemic swept across the United States. The epidemic was especially hard in the state of Utah. To prevent the spread of the diesase, travel through out the state was controlled. Therefore each area of the state had to be nearly self sufficient. Dr. Wherritt's only help from outside of the area was a trained nurse, Kapalani Makahanohaus, who was sent by the State Board of Health in Salt Lake to assist him. With her help and the help of the local citizens, Wherritt set quarantines and established regulations to prevent the spread of the disease. Without his help, the flu would have had a disastrous effect on Wasatch County. |
