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Show County offers servjCe for public health By Kathryn Buffmire Staff Writer Public Services are being made available at the Salt Lake County Health Department. Mrs. Beatrice Daniels, director of the County Health Department, explained that various programs which might interest the University Community are being offered, free of charge. One of the newest clinics is the Family Planning Clinic head at the Salt Lake County Extended Care Center, third floor 175 East 21st South on Thursdays from 1-3 p.m. and at 45 East Street Midvale beginning April 25 from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays. The family planning clinic is a service designed to improve maternal and infant health by means of optimum child spacing and to provide information on the availability and advantages of fa" Planning. A . can be made at 4. 86-&m Use and methnT cntrol device 01 ' distribution areinclufc One of theestahi- i with young childre t H"th Conference Health Conference that offers on L supervision fo, 7 k pre-school children Th is designed with the 1 keeping childreni Ulten in earlv health problems a chj?1 show signs that war 2: t take them to t? explained a state L public nurse. m A Physician and a and council parents reang ,d health ptob, Salt Lake County a Department currently w health conferences, one L" the Salt Lake Co C ? 107 East 21stSouSf. 5 215 South 4260 f, Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 11 J center will soon be set nn it East Center Street, MidvaleV a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tins' Appointments are benefitij planning scheduling and iwv obtained at 486-8704. Another new clinic tm, with the raise in venereal ft., in the last couple of moult being made available for and treatment without costto client. The assistant dire the health department ; supervisor of the venereal ft. clinic explained that "We tat increase in the last eight mor of venerea disease til! patients." "Young people are ol ashamed or embarrasedortar money to take care themselves," she continued. '' want to offer counciling, lent and health education along t interviews with a nurse physician in attendant! Appointments can be madf desired, by calling the Is department 486-8704 or : simply walking-in and asfc an appointment. All sew offered free of charge. Other services are being oil; such as the Diabetic Sc: Testing which is offered tops: over 35 or those who fc developed sysmptoms or k history of diabetic problffl their family. Blood tests aisp to check for sugar level in t: blood. A release from the for Health Department shows to the estimated 20,000 per Utah with diabetes 50 pa not know they ban condition. Eighty per cent of group are over 35 years of af are referred by their p physicians. The testing is the immunization clinic W-Monday W-Monday through Friday 9 to noon and from 1:30 P1;. p.m. at the Salt Lake Complex, 107 East 2WSoA The Immunization offered to prevent disease immunization open to -five daysaweekfem : "1 noon and from 1:30 R1 pm. at the county comply |