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Show ICHRISTMAS SEAL SALE Op SOOll THANKSGIVING DAY TO SEE BS. GINNING OF DRIVE FOR TU-j TU-j BERCULOSI6 FUND - . . . Chriitmat Seal For 1921 The fourteenth four-teenth an-nnnl an-nnnl rail to arms in the world war against Inhere In-here ulcus iss been issued is-sued by the j Natl onal ' Tuhercu'.os- ; Is association, associa-tion, through the Utah Public Health Association, to the people of Utah. j The call Is a personal one to every man, woman and child in the stare ! and the nation. The Utah Public Health association experts every person per-son in Utah to do his "hit" in tho J ceaseless conflict against that arch en. ; emy of the human race, consumption. No truce is to he declared until the j invading hosts of tubercle bacilli are j vanquished. Misery, destruction and , death tramp in the wake of consump- tion and the cause of this devastation must be annihilated. It is a duty that) every man owes himself and his fellow-men to gird on the armor of pre- j vention and render service in the cause of rood health. j Enlistment in the ranks of the anti- . tuberculosis hosts for the next great offensive against the enemy in Utah 1 will commence on Thanksgiving day, November 24, when the 1921. Christmas Christ-mas seal sale campaign will be launched launch-ed in every community of the state to raise funds with which to fight tuberculosis tuber-culosis In this state during the next year. Every man, woman and child can enlist as an active fighter in the i battle against tuberculosis by buying j Christmas seals. It Is a simple, inex- j pensive, easy matter to become a sol- ' Uter in a cause, the success of which j will bring to humanity one of the great- j est boons It could receive freedom from the misery and death of consumption. consump-tion. "Will you enlist in the cause of good health? "Will yon do your bit to help free Utah from that scourge of humanity consumi tion?" These are the questions asked of every citizen of the state by the Utah Public Health association. "I will." ' This is the answer expected from every red-blooded citizen who has the; iatei-psts of his statu, his own health, and the welfare and happiness of his children and his fellow citizens at-heart. at-heart. - BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS j To those who so answer the association associa-tion says, "buy Christmas seals", for: in this way can you best and most effectively ef-fectively . protect yourself and help guard the sflfety of others. Be the purchase small or large, every purchase supplies just that much more effective ammunition for use: against the Insiduous enemy. The Utah Public Health association does not ask any man for a donation, ! It simply submits to him a business ! proposition that of making an invest- ment in good health. His investment; may be large or small ; the larger the j more returns he is assured upon bisj investment. Every man, with egard j for the future of his family buys in-! surance against death and pays large sums of money for this insurance yearly. year-ly. In purchasing Christmas seals this1 same man Is simply buying insurance! against tuberculosis, for every Christ. I mas seal represents a good health pol-j Icy the premium on which goes to help protect the purchaser and his from "tuberculosis. No sound thinking man will deny the value of an insurance policy. No sound thinking man can deny the value of an investment in protection against tuberculosis, which! simply means the buying of Christmas: seals. I Statistics show that there are nn average of 200 deaths annually in Utah j from tuberculosis. Experts declare: this number of deaths means there are j not less than 2,000 active cases of the disease in the state. Statistics furl her show that the death rale from tuberculosis tuber-culosis has increased in this state in the past few years. This means an Increase in the number of aclive cases. So only as there Is a case of thp dis. ense in the state, not under proper control con-trol and supervision, no man is wholly safe from infection. The only guarantee guaran-tee of perfect safety from the disease ! Is complete elimination of it. i ! This, then, is the goal toward which the army of good health in Utah is be-! ing martialed under the direction of the Utah Public Health association. , Thorough education of all the people along lines of prevention is the only plan of battle that will bring ultimate victory. Money Is required to carry on this campaign. ! i To the people of the state of Utah, comes the duty and the privilege of furnishing the sinews of war with which to "carry on" in this slate. ' Then, buy Christmas seals and help make Utah a safer place in which to . live. CLINIC TO CONTINUE ; One of the important things which those who purchase Christmas seals will help to dn is to continue the work in Utah of the traveling clinic of tho Utah Public Health association. whhi Is now engaged In a thorough tuberculosis tuber-culosis survey and. in conjunction with, thp U. S. Public Health service and the state board of health, is making a Child hygiene survey of the state. Thp prime objects of these surveys are two-fold, to educate tne peoplo along "lines of dtseasp prevention and to-secure thp es-ablihment of state agencies for the enre of the tuhercul-ons-and the continued -education of the children along lines of preventive hygiene. hy-giene. The Utah Public Health association associ-ation wants to determine to what extent ex-tent tuberculosis pxKN in Utah. It Is going about accomplishing this by having hav-ing a government expert make a com. plete survey of every community. ( |