Show UTAH sanatorium OR tuberculosis definite action taken toward securing such an institution at the next session of theU talt legislature tho the urgent need of a sanatorium in utah to care for tuberculosis patient patients ivus was strongly emphasized at the sixth annual meeting of tho utah public health bailon held october 16 15 at tho the hotel utah in salt lake city when a sat 1 of resolutions looking toward the establishment of oi a bans borlum in tho the state drawn up and presented by james IL wallis executive secretary of the organization wore word unanimously adopted this is the first stop ever taken in utah to provide hospital are tare for citizens who are the unfortunate victims of the white plague according to mr wallis who has worked untiringly during tho the four years he has served aa as executive head of the utah public health association to secure the establishment of such a hos hoso hospital ital the annual report of te ane assoria tiona activities presented by mr wallis showed that the funds raised during the christmas seal sale had been expended in financing the traveling health clinic employment of public health nurses carrying out clean school contests in various counties conducting on ducting tho the modem modern health crusade in the public schools presenting health exhibits of fairs institutes and other public alic gatherings gath erinc distributing literature fure on ail all phases of public health work throughout the state and providing dental service to those sections of the state which have no dentist in the de detailed report of the traveling clinic mr wallis showed that more than utahna are suffering with active tuberculosis and through personal contact are infect infecting int more than 2000 people and that there la Is no hoo hospital pital in utah which provides even n ward for tuberculosis cases except tho the salt lake county hospital in recognition of this situation the fol following lowin resolutions were adopted resolved that a committee of five bo be appointed from this organization to tako take necessary stepa steps looking to the erection and equipment of a state sanatorium for the and mind that said committee collect all statistics available from any official or other sources bearing on this sub eject and prepare same for the information of all civic organizations commercial clubs fraternal societies clubs labor labor organizations and other bodies pledging the copp co pp aeration arid support of all ail such organizations in securing the passage at the next legislature of a measure providing for the tile appropriation of sufficient money for the building and equipment of or a state sanatorium with beds resolved further that at the next annual convention of the utah public health association a complete report be bo submitted of the work accomplished accomplish ett of this thin committee the convention on motion of senator leroy dixon of provo tendered mr wallis a vote of thanks for his faithful and energetic services dr phillip P jacobs publicity director of the national tuberculosis association spoke on the educational value of the christmas seal sale isale explaining pla ining how it had bad become a familiar trade mark of the energetic campaign to wipe out tuberculosis its democracy which permits every person to contribute his share to the fight has helped to endear it to the public at large or dr jacobs also spoke on the outlook for the colt control rol of tuberculosis saying that already through the th or knifed fight against it its death rate a been cut ini im half other spirited talks were given by dr jos IL R morreu morrell president preil dent of the utah state medical society dr fred stauffer cr president of the utah state board of health and by the salt lake city my and county health commissioners drs willard Christo pherson and F E mayor 0 IL hanson of provo presided in the absence of the president E 0 howard at the annual election of officers which took place at the close of the convention the following were made members of the board of directors Direct ora mrs E P F bristol and dr ezra C rich ogden T U alien allen Coal villo dr george bonan thomas ellas S woodruff malcolm E keyser dr E G gowans rev rey arthur W moulton W W armstrong mrs A H 3 bird and E 0 howard salt lake mr mrs E IL forrest nephi E E anderson morgan dr M S besy reay randolph W J 41 enderson jr panguitch 0 W mcconkie blanding mrs thomas robinson marysvale Marys valc vale 1 A L leonard reon harlos eagland logan and mra rl i 0 wiper picc pice P ice 17 0 1 IT T f 1 rl 0 c cd president for t I 1 form arm |