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Show MAKES PLEA FOR GREATER HEALTH PLAN Economic Side of Good Health Stressed by Oregon Club Woman A plea for a greater health program pro-gram in which should cooperate the home, the school, the church and the community was made by Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, executive secretary of the Oregon Public Health associa-, tion, at a health meeting held in the junior high school auditorium Monday Mon-day evening nder the auspices of the Utah Public Health association. Judge George Ballif, who has been appointed chairman of the Christmas seal campaign for Provo, presided and introduced Mayor O. K, Hansen as chairman. Mayor Hansen briefly outlined the work of the association, declaring declar-ing it was waging a preventative fight against tuberculosis through an educational campaign among the school children, He mentioned that the food law passed by the city commission' com-mission' about two years ago has been declared by health experts one of the best in the nation. The mayor may-or also praised the milk dealers of the community for the cooperation they have given in supplying a high testing product. James II "Wall is, executive secre-' tary of the Utah Public Hea'.lh association, as-sociation, spoke of the survey made in Utah some time ago relative to the prevalence of tuberculosis. He said that during tlje past year 200 persons in the state mod of the disease. dis-ease. The health clinic which was in Utah for more than two years was visited by more than 2HM) persons per-sons of whom 7I3S were afflicted with active tuberculosis. To deter-I deter-I mine if the disease had been brought into the state ISO cases were investigated. inves-tigated. Of the (S per cent were , horn in Utah and had never been outside the state, Mrs. Dunbar characterized the examination ex-amination of the soldiers during the war as the first world wide health i examination of young men. She declared de-clared that the result was the greatest great-est reve'ation in the problem of I health that had ever come to the authorities. t "America was amazed to find that one out of every third of her young men were unfit for military service," ser-vice," said Mrs. Dunbar. "The most startling thing of all was dial most of the physical defects could have been rectified In youth. It. was a direct challenge to all citizens for a more effective health progrtni. It was found that nine countries had healthier poop'e than America. "Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death bctwen the ages of 111-15-1.", Three million people are ill all the time hi the United Stales. Statisticians Statis-ticians have figured out that every working person in the mil ion loses nine working days annually on account ac-count of ill health." Mrs. Dunbar said (bat another economic loss due to ill health bad been found in a health survey in a w v county school in a western stale ' where most of (he retardation bad been traced to Ibe sickness of t bd retarded children. She praised tin: press for I he assist a i ice given iu promoting a better health program. .Mrs. LeUoy Dixon, president nt the Relief society of Utah stak', praised the activities of Mrs. Ruth Ward Miimford, the school nurse of Provo. which was also emphasized by Mr. Wullis and Mayor Hansen. |