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Show !P.T. A. Conducts i Health Clinics At Cedar Schools i The Parent-Teachers Association, Associa-tion, In cooperation with the Utah State Health Department, is sponsoring spon-soring three school clinics for the purpose of typhoid fever Inoculations Inocula-tions and smallpox vaccinations. ! The first of these Clinics was held yesterday, and the other two are scheduled for April 5 and 12. A clinic for adults and plre-school children will be conducted later In the year. A small fee Is being charged for the clinic, 25 cents being charged for the three typhoid fever Inoculations, Inocul-ations, 10 cents for typhoid fever booster dose, and 10 cents for the smallpox vaccination. Health officials stress the Importance Im-portance of these Inoculations and vacclinations, pointing out that up to December 6, 1943, twenty-nine cases of typhoid fever were reported report-ed in the State of Utah for the year. Should all ch ldren avail themselves of the services offered try the clinics now being given, much would be accomplished toward to-ward securing complete lmmunlza tlon In the community. In connection with the cases of typhoid fever reported ln the state during 1943, a bulletin published by the State Department of Health on December 6, says: "The reporting of these coses emphasizes em-phasizes the importance of immunization. immun-ization. It Is lmoprtant for the public pub-lic to remember, however, that the Dj-otectlon from inoculation lasts , not longer than three years. It Is now recommended that they re- ' cetve three doses of the vaccine given approximately one week a-part a-part and they receive one booster dose each year thereafter. Public health authorities are convinced on the basis of past experience, that this method Is preferable to ) the old method of three Inoculation Inocula-tion given every two or three years. Protection from typhoid fever is especially Important during these times of labor shortage, especially ln view of the fact that adults are just as susceptible to the disease as children." The State Health Department recommends re-commends vaccination for smallpox every 5 years. "It is Important to remember that a vaccination scar Indicates that an Individual has been vaccinated, but it does not show that a person is permanently Immune to smallpox," according to the .bulletin. Some people hold to the theory that as long as there is a scar they do not need to be revac-clnated. revac-clnated. This theory has been proven prov-en false and It Is urged that anyone Avail themselves of smallpox vac- ' cination every five years, j Parents of school children art ' urged to coorate one hundred per cent with the immunization program launched by the Parent-Teachers Parent-Teachers Association. |