Show training school for health officers needed the establishment of a school for training lay health officers to guard against and properly cope mth preventable ven table diseases was advocated by dr T B beatta secretary of alie state board of health in an address at the opening of the annual conference of associated health of utah this morning the conference is being held in the coin mission chamber at the city and county building of the association for the ensuing are being elected this afternoon mr beatty called attention to the death rate in utah declaring that it could be materially reduced if health officers were properly equipped to cope with the situation he urged the establishment of a school for health and thought such a school should be and maintained by the state the speaker declared that of the a erase annual deaths in utah numbering no less than 1800 are from preventable he estimated eliat alie monetary loss incidental to this loss of life is not less alian a 5 ear and argued that from n momentary standpoint alone it donld be well for the state to hah a training school for health officers the construction of setter systems in all towns of 1000 population was alao urged by dr beatty he thought every such town should hao a setter system with at least a septic tank system of disposing of refuse he said that sewer systems would bolc the typhoid question he also favored a campaign against the hoube fly dr beatty called attention to the model town contest which is to lc bield in altah this suimei under the auspices of the utah development league prizes are to be offered to the scoring the highest grades of perfection in mattord of health the opening address was delivered by dr F J woodbury of bac george who was president of the association last i ear he welcomed the delegates who arc attending the meeting dr P N kelley of american aorl delivered a on alio importance of giving notice of tuberculosis bercu losis and the duty of alie health in preventing thoDi teiso dr L B baker of eureka read a paper on home sanitation deveret new a |