Show County PT P T A Starts Rheumatic Fever rare Final arrangements were made for the rheumatic fever fe drive for Davis county last night at a meet meet- meeting meeting ing held at the home of county P T TA TA A president Mrs Floyd H. H Bird in Woods Cross It was decided that the drive should begin on Jan January January uary 15 15 and he carried on through the 18 13 schools of the county Mrs Bird states that small chimney banks will 11 be placed in each elch of the rooms of the thc schools and every parent will ill be asked to send in as much of a contribution as they feel that they can donate The funds will be used for the purchase of a l for additional beds in the county for convalescents and for occupational for forthe forthe forthe the youngsters With the P T A officers at It the meeting were Dr D. D Keith Barnes county board of oC health Supt E. E J. J Hartvigsen from the board of edu edu- education education education cation and Mrs Francis M. M Seeg Seeg- miller P T A regional director Dr Barnes stated that there are arc cardiac cases of rheumatic fever now in the county under health unit observation 32 of these arc are children from 10 to 15 years of age and 22 are five years and under He also gave statistics covering a survey taken in 1943 showing that rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart diseases caused more deaths than polio diphtheria measles scarlet fever whooping cough and combined Dr Barnes stated that th t Dr Eu Eu- Eugene Eugene Eugene gene Smith Ogden sent by the federal government comes to Kaysville to the county clinic to care for rheumatic fever patients or definite heart diseases Any child is eligible with a doctors reference for treatment there Dr Smith will hold his next confer confer- conference conference ence there Jan 22 In breaking down the number of cases in the county Dr Barnes stated that there are 26 cases in in Woods Cross 39 39 in Bountiful 6 in Centerville 10 in Farmington i 23 in Kaysville 23 in Layton 11 in Park 23 in Clearfield 5 in Sarah Village 5 in Clinton 14 in Syracuse 5 in West Point 4 at Davis high school 5 at South jun jun- junior junior junior high school 3 at Sunset 2 at south Weber and 3 at Stoker I I 7 r |