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Show Thy Tooele Transcript, Fri., March 1, 196S lilali Health Piclure Bright llah a)mr to Iks a health-fu- l place to live, arid public and private health agencies are generally coordinating their efforts to keep it so, according to a re. search report released this week lv L'lah Fmmdation. The Beehive State has maternal and infant death rates among the lowest in the nation, a very low over all death rate, one of the lowest rates of senereal disease, and is the first state to undertake a campaign aimed at total elimination of tulierculosis. On the other hand, l'lah appears to have special problems with some chrome diseases. Hie incidence of dialteles is double that of the nation, and l'lah has the worst reeord of all the states in deaths from rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart di- siourjj ai!na?y ALBERTSONS long-rang- e sease. THE) UTAH State Division of Health, placed in a combined Department of Health and Welfare by 1907 legislation, appears to Ih generally well regarded by Uith professional and lay groups, according to the Foundation, a private, nonprofit service agency. Some specific criticisms of the Division were found, however. These were primarily concerned with of the slate laboratory and of childrens' service programs in which areas the total. In I960, state funds accounted for 45 per tent of the total, I oval funds 36 per tent, and Federal funds 19 per tent. Hie increase fr. Federal participation apjwars to have I wen accompanied by an increase in Federal control of programs and policies, the Foundation reported. Forty-fivercent of 324 public water supply systems in l'lah failed lo meet U. S, public health standards as of January I, 1968, hut the systems serve only 4 per cent of Utah's population, Hie situation Is considered serious, however, Iwcause of the mobility of todays of 53 population. Thirty-thresewage treatment plants in l'lah, serving 55 sewage collection and 645.000 people, systems are considered adequate liy public health standards. Efforts are Iwing pushed to correcl deficiencies in other systems. A professional evaluation of the work of the l'lah Division of Health is lieing made by fhe llah Medical Association hut has not Iteen completed. e e s were tulierculosis, cancer, typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and whooping cough, in 1906, l'lah recorded no deaths from typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or whooping cough. Hie death rate from tulierculosis was 1.4 per 100, (XX) inhabitants in 1906, compared to 44.1 in 1910. Cancer, however, was the second largest cause of death in Utah in I960, after heart disease. Effectiveness of the nationwide poliomyelitis iminuuiza-tio- n effort of the 1950's is seen in Utah, which has recorded only one death and two l polio cases since 1903. In the single year 1951, Utah recorded 585 polio cases with 42 fatalities. A measles immunization campaign in May, 1907, was carried out through the cooperative efforts of virtually all elements of the community and reached an estimated 90.5 per cent of susceptible Utah children. Following this effort, only one case of measles was reported in Utah in the final quarter of 1907, and none through the first five Always hold matches till cold. non-fata- lifcertsens, succulent, d, jdcy, Swift's Premium LB. a i .MS 'TENDER RIB STEAKS BONELESS STEW BEEF .79' b. : OIL TISSUE H TOWELS weeks of 1908. PM? 1 5 MNAISE SSn.",' INDWICHES Fri., HERE FROM SACRAMENTO Visiting here with relatives and friends last week were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bevan and their son of Sacramento, Calif. They were house guests of Mrs. Bevans parents, Mr. and Mrs. Azile England. $1 !:?S??....v............;..v....i1 AUNT JAMIMA DAY MORNING 8 a.m. until & Sat. 10 to all fires. The lesson, Great Salt Lake and Its Islands" will be given by Grace Bennett. There will be a program and histories. 45 PANCAKES to drown assist as 2 & 69 2a Be sure EMMA J ATKIN CAMP TO MEET Enuna J. Atkin Camp DUP will meet Monday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Helen Stutznegger 169 West First South. Mrs. Vera Davis will 321 CRACKERS A LITTLE more than $9 million was expended for public health function in Utah in fiscal 1907, representing about 2.7 per cent of all state general expenditures of $342.4 million. public health expenditures (including Federal grants) in J967 were $4.2 million, or 1.2 per cent of all general expenditures. Federal, state, and local funds all contribute to the Utah public health budget in Utah. In 1967 each of these sources contributed roughly d of one-thir- $1 AGE CHEESE IE .lb. 49 79 3ir$l T DRINKS .Lb. BONELESS CHUCK ROASTS 33 39' Uf BUTTER Kru R BEEF ROASTS NE 38 :m SYRUP MW 7-BO- 65 Albertsons Can. . D I Albert thrifty pricel u I mm Crush 190 years ago, Vicksburg, Miss., was on the Mississippi River - now, the river is 3 miles all smokes dead out. -- long stem daffodils s, III tffcooo ??? 7 D-feoJ-- gcvoro u ..39 Plu away. HAMMOND ORGANS AND PIANOS New and Used p.rn. Whitehouse Music Studio 132 South 1st West, Tooele LARD ON ROLLS -- Finest Eauipment 33c Call DAN W. WHITEHOUSE - AN 'UID SUNSHINE , 65 Teacher with Degree Giant Size . RINSO 882-287- 9 Local Representative for THE FRIENDLIEST STORE IN TOWN! 85 227 fJ. CRH - TOOELE Averctts Music Co. 3355 So. State St., Salt Lake City I |