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Show M Clinic Is Held For Crippled Children Cedar City witnessed last Friday Fri-day the gathering of 79 crippled children and their parents from six counties of southern Utah to attend a crippled children's clinic conducted by the Utah state board of health through health district No. 2. These children were examined by an orthopedic surgeon (bone specialist) and a pediatrician (specialist 'in ch!fd-ren's ch!fd-ren's diseases) who, according to Dr. A. A. Jenkins, director of district dis-trict No. 2, made recommendations for treatment or other disposition of each case. A corps of trained workers, consisting of two medical social workers, a physiotherapist, and a public health nurse, assisted the physicians in handling the cases. An unusually large number ol children, exceeding all expectations, expecta-tions, attended the clinic, requiring requir-ing the doors to be open from 9:00 o'clock in the morning to 7:30 p.m. to complete all the examinations. Children farthest removed fron Cedar City were examined first so as to allow ample time for them to return to their homes before nightfall. night-fall. Crippling conditions were found among this group ranging from minor congenital and injury defects de-fects to the most severe types of deformities which, if allowed to continue without correction, would lead to severe mental and physical crippling of many ff these children and deny them a life of happy and useful pursuits. As a result of the clinic arrangements will be made for further care and treatment of these children, including surgical care and hospitalization, when indicated, so that they may be restored re-stored to the best physical and mental health possible. The morning following the clinic all interested groups, including public health and welfare workers, met to discuss these cases further; to obtain a better appreciation of the service rendered to crippled children; and to determine the best procedure to follow in giving aid to these children. As the need arises, further clinics of this nature na-ture will be conducted in southern Uah. This service to the crippled child is but one of the many phases of public health work carried out by the Utah state board of health under the able direction of Dr. J. L. Jones, state health commissioner. |