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Show ' O U' DEFECTIVE TEETH ,o CAUSE OF 'l MALNUTRITION, f Defective tooth in the school child-'j i en of Utah nro tho chief cause of ami nutrition or undor-nourlshmont, nnd In 0 soiup dlntrlcts of tho state tho icr- D cr.ntago of children with bod tenth p runs n trlflo ovor 90 per cent.," He-- j clrrod Dr. Ilebor J. Scars, hood of the fc depnrtmont of hygleno and provonta- b tlvo modlclno nt the Pnlverslty of g Utah. 1 1 It takes tho average child with 'le-ifj foctlve tooth bIx months longer to q complete his eight grades In school llinn It docs tho normal child. Discos-' P ed tonsils or adenoids also retard tho p child In his studies nt school accord- b lug to statistics at tho University. J Any church, society or any other or. r.anlatlon of tho state may receive' Iho fc hoiioflt of hoalth locturcs sent out by S ho I'nlvorelty without cost. H Dr, Soars Is now dovotlng praetle- p ally all hln tlmo to lecturing on vital fa f roblema of hoalth and social prablrmn L fonnectod with health. Already this fall ho hus roachod nearly 30,000 'peo- 0 jilo. Twonty-four other lecturers, I mostly physicians, nro also nvnUablo foir theso oxtonslon health lecturea furnished by tho Unlvorslty. &. L J |