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Show , . HOW SEAL MONEY DOES HUH WORK UTAH PUBLIC HEALTH A8SOCIA. TION IS DOING MUCH FOR PEOPLE OF 8TATE OF UTAH V That the j-gkjv poople of JVySafeS, the stilt jj!5pSs ni " y know fJwfi-SS SWiK, how the OjififQA money they H V""HrCp55o spend for y sw? ?$Vir Christ ma a vjwjr r aid la r 3ght tuber- CM.tm..3..lF;lllt CUl0SlS nd promot e better public health In Utnb. the Utah Public Hoalth association has Issuod a handsome foldor describing the various vari-ous educntlonal ana other health activities ac-tivities which wore conducted by the association during the past year. This stntomont Is especially timely now as the 1021 Christmas seal sale commences on Thanksgiving day ntid tho association Is once more going before be-fore the people of Utah with the earnest ear-nest request nnd confident expectation that they will buy more seals than ever so that tho association may expand nnd Improve Its vurlous health activities. activ-ities. Lust jenr Utnh citizens broke nil records In tho purchase of Christmas seals and placed Utnh ahead of nil other state In tho Union In point of per capita purchases. In return for this most Hbornl nnl Iojal patronage of the seal sale, the Ulah l'ubllc Health association has given tho people peo-ple their money's worth In more and new lines of health work. Some of theso nctlvltles have proved so popular that it will bo necessary to expand them nnd to continue thorn In operation opera-tion much longer ttmn first contemplated, contem-plated, In order to glvo all tho state 4ho benefits of the work. Notable among those new nnd important ae-, ae-, tlvltles Is tho traveling hoalth clinic, , 'which Is now on a toujr of the state. Tills clinic startod forth to cover the sate in six months. Now It has become be-come apparent that It will take twelve to olghteen months to reach nil districts. dis-tricts. But the clinic is going to b kept in the field until every district 1 visited provided the poople will ranks this possible oy supporting this year's seal salo liberally. HOW MONEY U8ED ' In asking the people to buy more seals this year, that iiore work may be done toward building the health of state and nation, tho association fcols that tho people are entitled to know Just what Its money spent for Christmas Christ-mas seals last year was used for. It Is to enable thom to know this that tho , association has had more man 25,000 folders printed cntltlod "How Yoor Christmas Seal Money Was Spent Last Year," and which contains the follow-tog: follow-tog: The Utah Public Health Asso-I Asso-I uD elation submits tho following atate- i . i me"t showing Its activities dur- tog the past year: I. Has organized and conducted the Modern,Hcalth Crusado In tho TSubllc schools, giving training In good health haUts to more than 12,000 children. 2. Has paid the salaries of public pub-lic health nurses and helped pay ther nurses, for duty in various communities of Utnh. , 3. Has conducted n dental clln- ' lc In one county in which there are no dentists, whoro the tooth of BOS school children were examined nd dental work completed for 210 children. ' 4. Has equipped and Is opera ting a traveling health clinic, In co-operntlon with the U. S. Public Pub-lic Health Service and mate Board of Health, which Is conducting a complete tuberculosis and child hygiene survey of Utah. Tho clln-' clln-' ,., 1c has covered five counties and will continue until every county In the stato Is visited. It has n paid i f personnel of four surgeons, throo ' nurses nnd an educational dlrcc- I tor. C nas oonducted n clean school ' contest In over 200 school rooms of the state, 0. nas printed more than 150,- ' 000 pieces of educational health ' literature, most of which has been I distributed In localities where i ' health information was needed. 7. Has purchased "good health" Moving picture films and health exhibits for uso throughout the . state. 8. Has furnished stereoptlcon lectures on health subjects to all rganlzatlons desiring them, ' t I HELPS NATIONAL . 9. Has helped finance the work ' ' f the National Tuborculosls as sociation in Its nation-wide fight ' ' ! against tuberculosis. ' i 10. Has organized and main- ' talncd agencies to educate the peo- (v pie how to prevent Infection from ' tuberculosis. 11. Has equipped one of Utah's high schools with complete nurs- , tog outfit for Instruction In home ' , i murslng. 12. Has co-operated with nil ' state and federal health and cdu-1 cdu-1 catlonal ngendes In promoting lot-' lot-' tr public health. ,j The folder contains, on tho back, ,Bx cut In colors of Santa Claus holding -', a healthy youngster In hts arms. The ' '" lad Is dropping some Christmas Deni ed Christmas mall In Santa's pouch. "Buy Christmas 8enls" Is the legend ebova this cut, "Make health your Christmas gift to yonr community. Penny Bonis furnish the ammunition '' ' with which to fight disease and death. Thoy will bring happiness and efficiency, effi-ciency, bocnuso thoy will bring health. , T Mall or phono your order for Xmas n?: seals to Utah Public Health associa tion, stato capltol, Salt Lake City. Waa-ntch Waa-ntch 0212." These handsome folders are being sent out to people throughout the state ' so they may know Just what good their Christmas seal purchases do for the state and community. |