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Show City. Health Officer Endorses United States Health Survey fectivcly disease and protect your greatest possession HEALTH." "Life expectancy at birth has gradually advanced from something like 40 years in 1870 to 61 years in 1935. Most of this gain has been made by the control of infant mortality mor-tality and the stamping out of infectious in-fectious diseases," according to Dr. F. E.- Straup. "Can we increase this life expectancy even farther in the next few years?" "The United States Public Health Service, aided by state, county and city departments of health, is having hav-ing 750,000 families in extent of chronic illness and handicapping conditions which have caused loss of work, school and income to these families." j "Utah is fortunate as a state and Bingham Canyon as a city to be in-eluded in-eluded in this survey for the good of humanity." "The success of the survey nationally nation-ally and locally, Dr. Straup said, "depends upon the response of families fam-ilies interviewed. Accurate data will enable your state and local health departments and the medical medi-cal profession to combat more ef- |