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Show Health Problems Will Be Discussed Preparations for the sixth annual meeting of the Utah Public Health Association to be held in Salt Lake City,. October 15th, at the Hotel Utah, have been completed under the direction of James II. Wallis, executive secretary, and what promises pro-mises to be a lively discussion of health problems vital to the state, is expected. The presence of Dr. Philip P. Jacobs, publicity director of the National Tuberculosis Association Asso-ciation and editor of the Journal of the Outdoor Life, and Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, chairman of the public pub-lic health committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs insures a program of unusual interest. The general public is invited to attend the convention which includes a morning and afternoon session and a get-acquainted luncheon and to participate in the annual election of directors. Mr. Wallis is desirous of impressing the people of each community com-munity that the Utah Public Health Association belongs to them. The board of directors is composed of sixty-eight representatives, seventeen seven-teen of whose terms expire this year. Following election of directors, the executive committee will be chosen from their number. E. O. Howard, president of the association will preside. Following the address of welcome, Mr. Wallis will give a resume of the achievements achieve-ments of the association during the last year. The tuberculosis campaign, cam-paign, which is the outstanding feature fea-ture of the organization will be presented pre-sented by Dr. Jacobs. His lecture subjects will be "The Outlook for the Control of Tuberculosis," "The Educational Value of the Christmas Seal Sale" and "Is the Utah Public Health Association Worth While?" Other addresses will be given by prominent health and social workers on the Christmas Seal Sale, women's influence in public health work, the cancer problem, which is second to tuberculosis in causing an alarming death rate, relation of volunteer agencies to health, boards and local phases of the tuberculosis situation in Utah. |