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Show Sign Immunization Accord By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON In their first major effort to combat childhood diseases in the area, Davis County commissioners Tuesday signed a contract with the Utah State Department of Health to provide immunization immuni-zation services to local residents. THE CONTRACT, which runs from July 1, 1981 through June 30, 1982, states that the Utah Department Depart-ment of Health agrees to provide assistance to the Davis County Health Department and to support the county's immunization program "pursuant to applicable ap-plicable regulations and other related guidelines and procedures." The program, designed to provide immunization services to Davis County schoolchildren age kindergarten kinder-garten through 12th grade, is administered by the state health department, the Division of Community Health Services, and is sponsored by the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control. IN SIGNING the contract, Davis County officials agree to operate the program at the local level. The budget, approved by Davis County and state health department officials, includes funding from Nov. 1, 1981 through June 30, 1982. THE TOTAL budget for that period is $8,484, according to the contract. Budget items include $7,188 for salaries and wages, $592 for fringe benefits, $504 for travel expenses, ex-penses, and $200 for current expenses. No funding was allocated for capital outlay. THE COUNTY board of health is considering passage pas-sage of a regulation which would require children from kindergarten through the 12th grade to be immunized im-munized against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough. Parents opposed to the regulation would be required re-quired to provide medical, Teligious or personal proof why their children should not be vaccinated against the diseases. DAVIS COUNTY Health Department authorities are worried that unless measures are taken to immu- nize youth, serious disease epidemics will occur. |