Show The Common Good All too seldom In this world do we have an opportunity to do something that will benefit others On Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12 April 10 In Uintah County a statewide Immunization Immunization immunization Im Im- campaign will be conducted conduct ed against Rubella commonly known as German Measles You can cooperate In this Important campaign by taking your children between between between be be- tween the ages of one and 12 to the local clinic Friday at the Court House and having them Immunized against this dreadful disease By so doing you will be protecting hundreds of as yet unborn Infants in Utah alone This campaign is everyone's opportunity to act for the common good Unfortunately German Measles is often regarded as a relatively minor childhood disease The fact is that German German German Ger Ger- man Measles is a major cause of birth defects in newborn infants If a woman has German Measles during her first month of pregnancy she stands a 90 per cent chance of bearing a child suffering suffering suffering suf suf- fering brain damage or deafness blindness blindness blindness blind blind- ness mental and motor retardation or muscular and bone disease The chances chances chances chan chan- ces of an expectant mother bearing a Rubella defective Rubella defective child decrease with the length of pregnancy Research has determined that Rubella epidemics run In five to six year cycles The last one in Utah In was responsible for the birth of approximately approximate approximate- ly defective children Across the nation it caused spontaneous abortions 5 infant deaths and nearly nearly nearly near near- ly Rubella defective infants The Save a Child In 70 R Rub b Out Rubella in Utah campaign is sponsored sponsor sponsor- ed by the Utah State Division of Health the Utah State Medical Association and many other governmental and civic organizations organizations organizations or or- such as the Parent Teachers Teach Teach- ers Association and the Utah Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical Association It has been officially officially offic offic- lally approved by Governor Calvin L L. Rampton Hampton who April 11 and 12 as V for Vaccination Days In Utah The objective of the campaign is to immunize healthy Utah children ages one through 11 in the two days Medical authorities consider that this campaign will lower the risk of exposure of pregnant women to German Measles enough to save children in Utah during the next year A donation of 1 per inoculation is suggested to cover costs but no child will be turned away for lack of money All parents are urged to participate in this worthwhile campaign by taking their children to the clinic Friday for inoculation The clinic will be manned by volunteer physicians r nurses and assistants as as- I |