Show PURCHASE OF SEALS URGED governor charles R mabey designates december 14 As tuberculosis sunday support of the utah public health associations efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in this state la Is urged by governor charles R mabey through a proclamation issued yesterday the governor declares that the sale ot of christmas seals has done much to wipe out the white plague and to interest people in better health the proclamation sets aside december as tuberculosis sunday and asks that churches stress the thai need ot of proper knowledge as a means 0 of preventing the spread ot of the disease the text ot of the proclamation follows the people of 0 utah have entered upon another statewide state wide campaign which will bring before them the importance of health conservation with particular reference to the subject of tuberculosis prevention the reappearance of the christmas seals tor for the seventeenth season Is a reminder of 0 the wonderful progress which has been made in 1 our state and in the nation in decreasing the ravages of 0 tuberculosis and also ot of the problem which still confronts us it if there is any one thing more than another that has brought about this marked decline it is the campaign ot of education that is carried on from year to year to teach people that the disease Is curable and preventable formerly it was believed that consumption was incurable and little effort was put f orth forth to prevent it the national tuberculosis association some seventeen years ago put out a christmas seal to be sold at a penny apiece to interest the public in a great nationwide nation wide effort to stamp out tuberculosis ber bercu culos losis is this s little penny christmas seal stands today as the champion of health and the enemy ot of the th great white 14 ae 0 f inte interesting g more in ore people in the cause ot of tuberculosis prevention and good health than any other one thing financial returns irom from the annual seal sales have not been large but the results have been tremendous and far reaching exceeding the fondest hopes of those who conceived this splendid means of 0 financing g the warfare against tuberculosis the utah public health association has done a good work in this direction and its worthy effort tor for a state tuberculosis sanatorium for the care and treatment of the infected Is to be commended there is need tor for more nurses to visit the homes and instruct those suffering with this disease and those with whom the patient comes in contact preventive work among amon children by teaching them proper health habits and developing their bodies as well as their minds should be encouraged in every county of the state the message ot of the 1924 christmas seal is to carry on the tight fight for health every seal bought and every seal used on christmas mall mail helps every penny that is given in exchange tor for a christmas seal will be put to work in carrying on the crusade against the white plague and promoting good health in a firm belief that this undertaking is worthy of the support of the people ot of utah now therefore I 1 charles R mabey governor of the state of utah do hereby designate sunday december as tuberculosis sunday in the state of utah and I 1 call upon the churches to observe this day in their pulpits and urge the people of this great state upon that occasion to give serious thought to the terrible destruction of life wrought yearly by tuberculosis cu losis ls and to stress the tact fact that remedies are to be found in education I 1 further express the hope that these thoughts will prompt the people to give their unstinted support to the utah public health association in its worthy efforts to eradicate loses and to promote the public health in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of utah done at the capitol salt lake city this fifth day of december A D 1924 CHARLES R MABEY governor |