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Show 267 Polluted water supplies, impure milk, lack of sanitation, and ill-kept domestic animals headed the Shipps' list of health menaces, and surely their warnings were well aimed, since infantile diarrhea, typhoid fever, and diphtheria were leading causes of death in Utah before 1900. Milford was able to publish the Sanitarian from prison while he was serving his term. He thought it would help the family financially- and it did, in a measure, for the wives used some of the material from his articles in their lectures, and some copies were sold. The publication lasted for only three years. Milford's later life seems a minor tragedy. Though he was a man of good intentions, for many years his family seemed to lack many of life's simple amenities. Milford was appointed notary public for Salt Lake County in February, 1878 (the year and month he was admitted to the bar). This probably brought a few dollars of income over the years. Later in his life, Milford tried real estate as a means of producing income. The adobe city dwelling could no longer accommodate his numerous family members, so he had it torn down. In its place there rose two double two-story brick apartments which were intended as rental units. These were financed through heavy mortgages on Milford's other properties, including the Sugar House farm. But there was something wrong with the plumbing-possibly the fact that there were cesspools instead of sewer connections. Milford therefore could not get and keep renters. |
