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Show SPLENDID RECORD 'J TO ITS CREDIT J 00 j The Utah Public Health Associa- , H tion, finnncc.nl entirely by the snlo of M Christmas Seals, has n splendid rcc- 'M ord to its credit for the past year. M This oranizntion,. co-operating with M other agencies, hns met a great need M in this stato in tho mnttor of health ( M education, nenrly every section of H Utah having been thoroughly cov- crcd during the last twelve months. ' M Tho said association hns put thous- M ands of dollars into the campaign M for a higher standard of health among tho people. Tho results n H M tho work along thnt lino hya boon f M highly gratifying an t is hoped by -- the association friends everywhere. M that the, 'campaign so successfully M cav'rled on up to date vr !$ coi tinned a.nd. onlnrgcd nnd mndo even H lnoro intensive than ever before. Following are some "of tho nccom- LH plishmonts of tho Association slnco H tho Traveling Health Clinic wns H launched in this statci through tho H co-operative efforts of tho Stato H Board of Health, U. S. Public Health Servico and tho Utah Public Health H Association: H 1. Thoro havo been 2,259 adults jTH and 9,000 children givon free phys- , v H ical examinations and advico at tho H clinic. j- ;H 2. Carried in its clinic truck and ' V displayed in connection with tho fiJ clinic a large number of exception- fJSM nl flno health charts and posters, 7H which constituted nn unusually vnl- ffl uablo health exhibit " 3. Assisted in holding 233 public 'Khfl proximately 07,000 people? ' - """ " 4. Ron moving health pictures and '?! slido.1 before about 05,000 people in JH public meetings. H 5. Distributed vast quantities of . health liternturo among tho .public H schools, at public meetings and at .H tho clinic. . - tii H fi. Distributed vnst quantities of H health literature among the public ' H schools, nt public meetings and nt H the clinic. H (1. Helped to finnnco public health , , H nursing in co-operation with local ' "' H school authorities, H 7. Carried on Modern Health Cru- H .ade woik about 15,000 school child- H ion, winning seven National Iiomns. H 8. Assisted in conducting a "Clean H School" contest in several of tho H school districts. M 9. Carried nn general campaign -H against disease, with tuberculosis ns H tho principal objective. ' H Only through tho sale of Christ- ' inns Seals during the coiring holiday H b-amn will tho Utah Pyb '.c Health H At relation bo able to seiuro fundi S W)tli which to continue thi great H set vice. H 00 |