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Lehi History: The meningitis outbreak of 1929
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Lehi History: The meningitis outbreak of 1929
Lee Anderson | Lehi Historical Society In 1928, newspapers throughout Utah reported dozens of deaths from meningitis. In December, the dreaded disease reached Lehi when Mildred Walker, who had just graduated from Lehi High School, contracted meningitis and was rushed to the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she died on December 23, 1928. Meningitis is an infection that causes inflammation and swelling of the fluids and membranes surrounding…
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