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Show HEALTH SETUP HEMIIMMR- Complaint' of Dr. T. J. Howells, Salt Lake City health conmliilnur, ; that the city ha not received any j social security money for health r work had been anewered Saturday t by Dr. J. L. Jones, state health com missioner, who explained that Salt I Lake City is not eligible for such money. i Dr. Howelli. spesltlng sr the SUtT I Municipal League of Utah conven- t tion in Price, said: The federal government's social security act recognised the necessity for public health expenditures when M.000,000 was provided for health work purposes pur-poses and arranged for the money to be used by municipalities applying apply-ing through stats boards of health. So far as I know. Salt Lake City has not received a dime of the money." "Under the present setup Salt Lake City is not eligible for these funds because the county does not hsve a full-time health department unit." said Dr. Jonea "The city has mads no application for social security health money. It will be subsidised when it complies with the primary requisite of the act thst such a unit be organised on full-time basis." |