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Show Januar 30, 10.71 Tin: JOl'KNAl Huge 3 WHY THE MARCH OF DIMES NEEDS LARGER 501 MORE Gins 5' IN FROM EVERYONE NECESSARY TO FINANCE FULL PROGRAM PLUS POLIO PREVENTION POLIO PREVENTION RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL Getting an early start for the Mothers drive on Polio which began January 28, are, left to right, Mrs. Henry Ileus, Clinton; Mrs. LeRoy Stettler, Sunset; Mrs. Ira Fisher, West Point, and Mrs. (Hen Warren, Syracuse. Haven Harlow looks with approval as the group prepare money bags for the collections they hope to receive. Mr. Harlow is county of the drive. EDUCATION an water supply to your home Civil Defense Info! maintain pressures of other the some city. part For Safe To fire-fighti- ng ' Drinking Water Americas homemakers have been asked to make plans to meet this problem: What to do if an enemy attack or natural disaster cut off the water supply to your 4 house ? Answers to the question by the Federal Civil Defense Administer are in a new official booklet,! What To Do Now About Emer-- ! gency Sanitation at Home. You and your family could get along for quite a while with very little food, if necessary, but you must have safe water to drink. Interruption of this vital service, as a result of enemy attack, is not the only thing that could happen to your home" water supply. Leaking sewage, poisonous chemicals, radioactive materials or disease- carrying organisms from biological warfare attacks might get into the pipes and make your drinking water unsafe. You might be told by your local warden to turn off the water serv- ice valve to prevent such contamin- ation from entering your home. If household pipes were broken you would want to shut off the water yourself, to avoid flooding your shelter. Or, civil defense authorities might ask you to shut off the to all light but some tend to give' insure a safe supply for emergency use, store enough drink- ing water for your family right now. You should have available at least one gallon of water or other fluids for drinking for each member of your family. If you have children under 8 years of age, provide an extra gallon for each child to be sure of a three-da- y supply. This may sound like a lot of fluid to store, but the chances are that you usually have on hand several quarts of various liquids that can be used for drinking pur-- 1 poses. Milk serves as a substitute for water when your family is thirsty. So do all other bottled beverages such as soft drinks, fruit drinks and liquids from water-packe- d fruits and vegetables. There are many emergency sources of drinking water in your home that you can use if you must, as you will read later. To be on the safe side, however, you should store some water for drinking pur- poses only. Glass jugs with tight-fittin- g covers or stoppers make good storage containers, provided they have been washed clean with soap and water and rinsed thoroughly. Fruit jars, quart bottles, or other types of glass containers will do just as well. Metal containers are Invitations . . . . WITH DISTINCTION Wedding invitations and announcements p r i n t e d by us have an indefinable air of grace and beauty. Many Styles to Choose . . . Fast Service! From INLAND PRINTING CO. 1 1 South Main, Kaysville, Utah SERVICES & in water an unpleasant taste. It is not necessary to boil drinking OPERATION water before sealing it for stor-- 1 age. Water fresh from the tap is safe provided the containers are j VETERANS' NEWS clean. The most extensive war on It is a good idea to pack your tuberculosis among veterans ever containers tightly against damage known in the history of the country from blast or shock, especially if has been conducted by the Veteryou are using glass bottles, jugs ans Administration during the past or jars. You can do this by wad- four years. ding newspapers, excelsior, or In announcing the results of the other packing materials between program today, VA said they are the jars to keep them from coming so significant that they are exin contact with one another. Pack pected to pay health dividends to them as though for a long move. the entire nation. Then your containers will be less In the four year period that the exis to if an break there likely program has been underway on a home. near plosion your fully implemented basis, VA has Water may not keep fresh over screened 3,217,000 persons for TB. a long period of time, due to the These include 2,113.000 patients and growth of algae. Store drinking 701,000 employee examinations. water in a dark place to help slow, Among these two big groups, VA down the growth of these little discovered 12,740 cases of active Empty the containers, pulmonary (lung) TB and 31,470 plants. rinse them and refill them with1 cases of inactive pulmonary TB. fresh water at least every 3, Of even more importance than months, preferably oftener. This' the results to date, VA said, are will keep your storage supply the prospects for the future. fresh and ready for use. The segment of the population Water-packe- d fruit and vege- covered is so large, VA said, that tables are a good source of liquids the results not only will reduce the for drinking purposes in an emer- incidence of TB infection among gency, provided the containers are veterans and their families, but Fresh fruits that also should reduce the number of undamaged. have been under cover, especially TB cases and deaths among the citrus fruits, are also good sources general population. of liquids. If they have been exFrom an average of 07,000 perposed to radioactive dust or mist, sons screened each month during however, oranges should be wiped the four-yea- r period, approximateclean before being squeezed. Other, ly 20.7 previously unknown cases fruits such as apples or peaches; of active pulmonary TB and 700 should be washed and peeled be- inactive cases have been turned up fore being eaten. each month. This is an average Another source of good drinking of approximately 1,00 new cases water would be your refrigerator. found every month. Unless the refrigerator itself were The mass survey has made it damaged by blast, it would protect possible to keep VA installations ' the contents against radioactive dust or mist. Even if the electricity or gas by which it operates were shut off, you could drink the water from the melted ice cubes in the trays. The booklet, FCDA Publication What To Do Now About Emergency Sanitation at Home, is for sale by the Superintendent II-ll-- l, of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 2.7. I). for 1.1 cents. clean tion of others. from TB infec- virtually About S.7 per cent of the active TB cases discovered among VA employees were in the early, or minimal, stages. One of the important of the program, VA said, is the large number of other chest diseases and abnormalities discovered during the survey. Among these are serious conditions, such as cancers and heart diseases, which require immediate attention. Thus early diagnoses and treatment was afforded through the survey when delay might have been fatal. Nearly 01,000 other chest conditions were discovered during the last year of the survey. VAs program is conducted in all of its hospitals, outpatient clinics in regional offices, and among all employees. In hospitals, a chest y is taken of each veteran on admission to the hospital. If he remains in the hospital over a long period of time, he is every 12 months or more frequently if indicated while he is a patient. Among employees, a chest y is taken of every person at the time of employment or when he is separated or transferred. Every then is employee again at ( to 12 month intervals, or more often if necessary. A tuberculin test (Mantoux) also is given to medical personnel at the time of employment, with proper follow-u- p in indicated cases, at more including chest frequent intervals. by-produ- X-ra- X-ray- ed X-ra- X-ray- X-ra- ed ys Best Results Obtained From Placing Ads and Want Ads In THE REFLEX and JOURNAL |