Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-30 | Page 5 | Disease Fight Funds Swell

DISEASE FIGHT FUNDS SWELL Funds available for the state board oard of health to wage its war against loss of life and time from preventable diseases have nearly doubled in recent years a report released Monday reveals Although the amounts appropriated ted by towns and counties remain at t their same levels funds spent Inthe Inthe in the he fight have increased from 36 cents to 79 cents per capita since the advent of social security the report shows The federal government provides 21 1 cents cent's per capita while the state appropriations have gained from 4 4 to o 26 cents per capita The minimum standard expenditure expendi- expendi ture ure needed in the state to bring about effective health service is placed at per capita while the Ideal deal standard would be Patent medicines and home remedies remedies rem- rem edies dies still take the lions lion's share of funds spent in Utah for that purpose purpose pur- pur pose ose the report reveals The per capita apita cost of patent medicines is while doctors' doctors prescriptions only get The report was released re- re leased eased by Dr J. J L. L Jones state tate commissioner commissioner com corn missioner of health Losses of life and time from preventable preventable preventable pre pre- diseases are placed high highby highby by y the report Losses in wages reduced re re reduced reduced re- re production and medical care cost a year The capital value of lives lost is placed at