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Show Working Aigorously For Tuberculosis Sanatorium Vigorously launching the humani-tarium humani-tarium project for establishment of a State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, the Utah Public Health Association held its most successful annual convention at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, September 2 !th. Dr. John A. Widtsoe had charge of the session at opening of the convention. con-vention. President E. O. Howard being be-ing unable to attend on acount of the press of business. The assembly was one of the most gratifying ever' sociation toward establishment and maintenance of an institution which gave promise of accomplishing so much of community good. Hon. George Albert Smith, chairman chair-man of the state sanatorium committee, commit-tee, told the delegates that, while no effort has been made to secure any i site for the 'proposed institution, many i written offers have been received ; from those who have read or heard of ; the movement. Arrangements have j been made, Mr. Smith said, to have a survey made, as far as time will per- I mit, of the tuberculosis situation in! Salt Lake City and county by an ex- j pcrienccd tuberculosis worker. This is to be-available when the slate leg- '. islalure meets next January, and this, together with other data and ; I statistics, will be submitted to the lawmakers in support of the effort to be then made for a state sa'iator- j ium. "In conclusion," said Mr. Sm'th,' : "permit me to as'une this c -invention i 'that it will be a pleasure to me to I continue to render such ass'stanee as1 lies within my power to secure a tu-j berculosis sanatorium for bur st;;le, for I feel sure something ought to' he done along the lines indicated." i (Continued on page 5) held by the association, thoroughly . representative delegates coming from ' all parts of the state to participate. ! Great encouragement toward thei purpose of establishing the proposed .sanatorium was given in the address j 1 of welcome by Frank B. Cook, prcsi-l prcsi-l dent of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. He said that while he i was not authorized to pledge the chamber's directing board to give ' the organization's backing to the enterprise, he announced that he was .ready to assure the full measure of ''support which a Christian effort in behalf of the state and the social body of the commonwealth so richly deserved. de-served. Mr. Cook left no doubt in the minds of delegates to the convention conven-tion that the Salt Lake Chamber of ; Commerce would amply second the I efforts of the Utah Tubiic Health As- penny seals and welcome an opportunity oppor-tunity to do their bit to help protect the health of the community. In conclusion President Howard quoted Dr. Linsly R. Williams, managing man-aging director of the National Tuberculosis Tu-berculosis Association, who says, "The co-operation of the Utah Tublic Health Association with the National Association has always been cordial and helpful. From a study of its budget, I am of the opinion that the administration of the funds has been most economical and wise. I am therefore glad to express by own sincere sin-cere conviction that the Utah Public-Health Public-Health Association is an agency that merits support, because it is doing a work that no other agency in the state is doing or can do." In addition to this comendatory statement of Dr. Williams came a letter from Mark Tuttle, Utah state auditor, which said: "I band you herewith a report of an audit of the Utah Public Health Association as made by my deputies, William T. Reid and Ralph B. Kennington. The examination shows an honest and economical ec-onomical administration of the affairs of the association, for which I wish to commend you."- Reciting the fact that 750 cases cf pulmonary tuberculosis of adults alone in Utah had been discovered through the work of the traveling health clinic, the resolutions committee commit-tee obtained a pledge from the convention con-vention that the Utah Public Health Association "continue to advocate the establishment and maintenance of a state tuberculosis sanatorium, and that we pledge ourselves to employ every honorable means to secure immediate im-mediate favorable legislative action." The annual report of Executive Secretary Wallis was read and approved. ap-proved. The recommendations of the nomin ations committee were adopted by the convention. These were that the following fol-lowing be elected as members of the board of directors for a term of four years all being from Salt Lake unless otherwise specified: E. A. Bering, Mrs. G. N. Child, Dr. F. G. Staufer, Right Rev. Joseph' S. Glass, Mrs. Josephine Miles, St. George; Dr. D. C. Budge, Logan; Alexander Al-exander Hedquist, Provo; Dr. William R. Bird, Mrs. C. M. Morris, Dr. Joseph Jo-seph A. Phipps, Tooele; A. C. Math-ison, Math-ison, Henry II. Blood, Kaysville; Dr. O. K. Hansen, Provo; Nephi L. Morris, Mor-ris, Thomas E. McKay, Ogdcn; Le-Roy Le-Roy Dixon, Provo; Heber J. Grant, Mrs. Aggie Stevens, Ogden. Mrs. Fred Meakin, a director for two years, and the following members of the executive committee for a term of one year: Dr. Joseph R. Morrel, Miss Kate Williams, Dr. Fred G. Stauffer, Dr. H. G. Merrill, Provo, Mrs. Clarissa S. Williams, Alexander Hedquist, Provo; Dr. Heber J. Sears, Dr. O. K. Hansen, Han-sen, Provo; Dr. C. N. Jensen, Dr. E. G. Gowans, Leroy Dixon, Provo; Mrs. G. N. Child. The election of officers is postponed for fifteen days, as pi-ovided in the constitution, and a meeting- of directors direc-tors is to be held at the offices of the association at the State Capitol at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of October 9th, at which time there shall be elected a president, two vice presidents, presi-dents, a secretary, a treasurer, and an assistant secretary-treasurer. j 4 Work Vigorously For Sanatorium (Continued from Page 1) 1 Congressman Don B. Colton said j he looked upon tuberculosis as "our greatest scourge."' Pusuing his sub- ject, Mr. Colton pointed out that "Ev-! ery state but three have state sana- j toriums for these unfortunate. Utah is one of the three. We have had over 1000 deaths in the last six years from 1 this disease. We have about 1200 to 1500 cases of tuberculosis in Utah. If we had a state institution we would , isolate them and perhaps save them. 1 Let us hope this condition will not continue long. States with less wealth than ours have sanatoriums. We have a wonderful climate. With our low death rate from other diseases dis-eases we cannot afford to encounter longer the danger from tuberculosis. For one, I earnestly hope our legislature legisla-ture will not delay theestablishmcnt ; of a sanatorium for the treatment of ' tuberculosis patients." In his review of the association's work, President E. O. Howard, in his ! report read by .James H. Wallis, ex- J ecutive secretary, gave a clear statement state-ment of the existing situation as compared with that which was first encountered. "Like the ostrich which, buries its head in the sand and by refusing re-fusing to admit danger considers itself it-self safe," he said, "the average citizen cit-izen in Utah, when the association first came into being, would not admit 'that there were any cases of the disease dis-ease in the state. They laughed at the idea that Utah had any tuberculosis. It was a hard fight to bring the people to a realization that there was a tuberculosis situation to cope with, and, of course, until a thing like that is admitted and recognized, there can be no constructive campaign to overcome over-come it." President Howard demonstrated how the work of the Utah Public Health Association had finally brought about realization of the community menace and the imperative need for action in the premises. One of the results of the campaign, he said, had bee'n the determination to establish a tuberculosis sanatorium in Utah. He also pointed out the fact that the Christamas Seal Sale was a wonderful means of educating the public to the need of anti-tuberculosis work, and that each year the public is more willing to suppoi't the sale of the little |