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Show + - - - - - - - - - + I , i EJ Public Healthand Health and You YouThe 1 1I 1The f fI I . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . n , + ofI I The follO\\1ng follO 1ng following follow \ \ ing fifth in a series senes ofarticles ofarticles of Iarticles articles . on public health admlnls adminis admlnlstratlon administration administratlon tratlon tration . in Utah was obtamed obtained obtamedthrough obtainedthrough obtainedthrough through the courtesy and co opera operabon operation operation bon tion of Dr Edward Ed\\ard Ed ard \ L Van Ael Aelstyn Aelstysi Aelstyn styn stysi state deputy health officer officerand officerand officerand and Miss M IL . . Jane West district districtnurse districtnurse districtnurse nurse supervisor for Carbon Emery EmeryGrand EmeryGrand EmeryGrand Grand and San Juan countiesAdvent countiesAdvent counties countiesAdvent Advent of social security secunty destroy destroyed destroyed , ed the last excuse for no concerted concertedeffort concertedeffort concertedeffort effort in this state toward to\\ard to ard \ the goalof goal goalof goalof of saving the lives of mothers and andinfants andinfants andInfants infants The organized proglan progi progianrnow anT anTnow ! I now in progl progiess ess ess111 \ will \\111 111 \ reach to toe toesery toevery e\ e ecry esery \ cry mother v . who ho needs care as aswell aswell aswell well as give aid to physIciansThe physiciansThe physicians physiciansThe asI I The death rate from ch child d birth birthIn birthin birthin In this enlightened countr country Is Ishigher Ishigher Ishigher higher than the great majority majonty of ofother ofother ofother other countries Many deaths of ofmothelS ofniotheis ofmotheis mothelS niotheis and babies bables are plevent pievent pleventable pieventable pieventable able In 1936 the maternal mortal niortali niortality mortalty ! ! ty rate v . was as 57 per 10 10000 000 live births birthsor birthsor birthsor or greater than in 1930 whereas whereasthe whereasthe whereasthe the opposite should have been trueAfter trueAfter true trueAfter After much study stud it w \ was as dlSco\ dlSco discos dlScoered discosered discovered \ ered that many deathsere deaths were \\ere ere \ pre preentable presentable prerentable \entable entable sentable \ with proper antepartum antepartuni antepartumcalc antepartunicaie antepartumcale calc caie and more adequate hospital hospitalfaclhtl's hospitalfacilities hospitalfacilities faclhtl's faclhtls facilities ( ' for maternity cases Haste Hasteand Hasteand Hasteand and carelessness In delivery account accountfor accountfor for many deaths Through the thestudies thestudies thestudies studies that have been maoe maae mane we wecomtrehend wecomwehend comDrehend comtrehend the causes now pro procedures proccdures ccdures cedures must be made to prevent preventthese preventthese these causes from further dire re- re reI resuIts results - - suits sults according to Dr JeppsonDr Jeppson JeppsonDr I Dr Jeppson said that among the theactivities theactivities theactivities activities being carried carned on are the thefollo thefollowing thefollowing follo\\ follo follomg following \ mg to aid in m reducing reducingmaternal reducingmaternal reducingmaternal maternal and Infant death rates of ofUtah ofUtah of.Utah ofUtah . Utah I UtahI . 1 Monthly prenatal and postnatal postna postnatal postnatel tal tel conference conferencc in areas " , where here exI expectant expectant ex expectant pectant mothers are unable to have haveadequate haveadequate haveadequate I I adequate health supervision 2 Well baby pre PTe we school and 1m im 1mmunlzatlon immuntzation immunlzation munlzatlon muntzation conferenceshpreln conferences \\hpreln hpreln wherein whereinwell \ whpreinwell well \ ell children chl1dren are - ' " examined and andimmunized andimmunized andimmunized immunized and parents are adVIsed advisedon on preserving preservmg good health preven preventlon prevention prevention tlon tion of disease child psychology psychologyand psychologyand psychologyand and child chlld habits habitsI I 3 i Maternal and child health classes treating all phases and Its preservation 4 Nutrition consultation to gIve gIveadice giveadvice giveadvice ad\ice ad ice advice \ on this subject to parcnts parents parcntsand parentsand parentsand and children In classes conferences conferencesor or by literature 5 School health programs to tocarry tocarry tocarry carry on health promotion In the theschools theschools theschools schools schoolsC 6 C Postgraduate education to doc doe doctors doetors doctors tors in obstetrics and pediatlcsAlthough pediaticsAlthough pedlatlcs pediatlcs pediatics pedlatlcsAlthough Although at present our actlv activi activities actirities ! ties are limited I1mited through Insufflci Insuffici InsufflciI Insufflcient Insufficieat Insufticient I ent eat funds alloted for this work we welare weare weare are serving In areas of greatest greatestIneed greatestneed greatestneed lare need and see possibilities posslblllties of having havingin havingIn havingIn Ineed in this state a II record for the world worldto worldto worldI to envy the state director states |