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Show A YARD OF HEALTH (Edited by tho Exccutlvo Secretary of the Utah' Public Hoalth Assocla. tlon). In a recent trip through ono ot the outlying counties of tho state 1 had occasion to consult tho weight records of many pupils. To my groat surprise In almost ovory caso th'o re. cords showed p. condition of undor-wolght undor-wolght running from 12 to 25 per cent oven hlghor in somo Instances. It does not mattor what county It was, for In evory county tho samo condition condi-tion obtains. This is malnutrition, and as I have said berbro It Is a problom to bo faced fac-ed by ovory parent In tho state. If your boy or girl Is undorwolght, con- 1 suit with tho school nurso, tho public health nurso or your physician, tell th'om what tho child cats and find out what things ho or sho Bhould cot. It is, not a quoatlon of tiiHumclont food, but of getting tho propor building material. Thcso nurses are In your sections to holp you work out this matter. Use them. It may bo decayed tooth, tonsils, adonolds, or other defects that are holding your child back. You owe It to the child to havo thcso defects romedlod and to give thu boy or girl a chauuo to moot tho wot Id on oven tonus with tho othors of his school, Tho Utah Public Health association stands ready and willing to holp anyono In th'o str.to with lltoraturo on malnutrition or uny other problem ol' hoalh lu tho homo, o |