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Show RICHFIELD CLEAREST TBljnii on Sevier Metropolis Wins Out in Competition With Every Community in State. RESULTS GRATIFYING Rivalry Adds Interest to the Work of Beautifying Cities. Richfield, the metropolis' of. Sevier 1 county, won the highest Bcore in the state-wide "clean-town" contest conducted con-ducted ,bv the 6tate board of health. Rickfield's 6core was 73.5. Salt Lake City n-as second, with a score of 72.5. jftcsults of the contest were announced an-nounced yesterday by Dr. T. B. Beatty, ' secretary of the state board of health. He and other officers of his department are highly gratified at the results, as showing the Increasing public interest in matters of public health and sanitation sanita-tion and the improvements Utah towns are making. This was the second annual contest c onducted bv the board and it has attracted at-tracted the attention of health officers all over the country. Dr. Beatty has received many letters from state and municipal health departments, asking tor details or the methods employed here. Only Three Towns Out. Last vear 's contest was conducted by the board jointly with the Utah Development Devel-opment league, but this year the health board had "it alone. Forty-nine incorporated incor-porated towns were scored last year and this year every town was scored with the exception iof three Esealante, Kanab and Koosharem. The remoteness of these communities and bad roads prevented pre-vented the scoring of these three, but the board was in possession of information informa-tion that precluded the possibility of their being winners in the contest. Kanab, Ka-nab, Esealante and Koosharem will be scored later. In conducting the contest the board divided the cities and towns into classes according to population. In rhiss A. for instance, were Salt Lake aud Ogdeu. There were no other towns unier this classification. A year ago Ogclon received a higher score than the ranital. but this season was rated two fuiiits lower than this city. Richfield eclipsed all the cities, both large and small, in its score, capturing the ''sweepstakes" of the contest, so to speak. By the same token, Salt" Lake ; was second in the sweepstakes. Rieh- field only topping it. Richfield headed i class C. The sweepstakes winner last ' vear was Mauti. i " 1 Dixie Towns High. Brigham Citv headed the calss B : i towns, with a score of 71. The "Dixie" ' J towns ranged high. St. George was ! third in the sweepstakes and neaded j class D with a score of 72. Hurricane I headed Class E, with 71. All the scores ; in detail may be seen in the aceom- panving table. There were no prizes to the winners 1 this year. The state board of health ! had no appropriation for such a pur-I pur-I pose. Dr. Beatty paid yesterday how-i how-i ever, that the board would hold another an-other contest uext year and that ef-. ef-. ; forts might be made to induce business I houses to put up a few prizes. . J This contest was conducted by the health board with its own organization 1 . and in the course of its regular work i of health inspection and supervision. ' The inspections and scoring were made . 1 by James H. Wallis, C. Frank Emery j and Frank Jordan of the state board of ; health staff. ' . "The results of the 'elean-town' contest con-test for 1915 have been very satisfac-. satisfac-. tory. " said Dr. Beatty, secretary and ! 1 executive officer of the board, yester-i yester-i day. " Xot only have conditions as a . whole improved, but t there has been manifest a growing interest in civic : improvement along the line of sanita-- sanita-- tion, beautification of homes, etc. It is most encouraging." ; Chief Advantages. Dr. Beatty continued: , I Among the chief advantages de-, de-, rived from the plan are the educational edu-cational value, the elements of rivalry ri-valry and civic pride and the annual an-nual scoring feature. The latter enables a community to become advised ad-vised through the expert investiga- . tion of the inspectors of its status and needs. Also the same data enableB the state health organiza-i organiza-i tion to more efficiently co-operate '! with the local authorities. One of the most difficult Drob- j lems encountered in the effort to improve community conditions is i the disposition to oppose anything , that is new or that disturbs the ac- ; customed order. Strong outside in- ( '; fluence is required to counteract 1 ' this tendency and to this end the '. state board of health carries on a i , follow-up campaign, using the de- . tailed reports accompanying the Bcore of each town as a basis. Altogether, the plan has proved j' to be a very valuable public health 'j " agency and will be continued aonu- , : ally. " There is a marked improvement : , in the sanitary conditions, appoar- ' anco of homes and disease preva- 1 lence in the state compared with r l any previous period, but there is still much to be accomplished that ' challenges the earnest and active v co-operation of all good citizens. |