Show UTA 11 SAN A U M f 00 IS definite action taken toward Sec securing luring such an institution at the next session of the utah legislature the urgent need of a sanatorium in utah to care for tuberculosis patients was strongly emphasized at the sixth annual meeting ot of the utah publia health association held october 16 at tho the hotel utah in salt lake city when a sot set of resolutions looking toward the establishment oi of a eana corium in tho the state drawn up and presented ted by james H wallis executive tive secretary of the organization were ware unanimously adopted this la ia tho the first step over ever taken in utah to provide hospital care for citizens who are the unfortunate victims ol 01 of f the white plague according to I 1 mr wallis who has worked untiringly during the tha four years he hits has served as executive head of the utah public health association to secure the establishment of such a hospital the annual report of the associations activities presented by mr air showed that the tha funds raised during tho the christmas seal sale had boon been expended in financing ing the traveling health clinic employment of pu publio blia health nurses I 1 carrying out clean school contests in various counties conducting tha the modern health crusado in the public schools presenting health exhibits of fairs institutes and other public gatherings distributing literature on all phases of public health work throughout the state and providing dental service to theao sections of the state which have no dentist in the detailed re report orb of the traveling clinic mr azis showed that more than utahna are suffering I 1 with active tuberculosis and through personal contact are infecting more than 2000 people and that thero there Is no hospital in utah which provides even a ward for tuberculosis cases except the salt lake county hospital in recognition of this situation the following resolutions were adopted i resolved that a committee of five be appointed pointed from this organization to ta take N e necessary steps looking to tho the erection and equipment of a state sanatorium for tho the and that said committee collect all statistics available from any official or other sources bearing on this subject and prepare same for the information fo of all civic ciric organizations commercial clubs fraternal societies vr omens clubs labor organizations 0 ni and other bodies pledging the coop co op aeration and support of all such organizations in securing the tha passage at the next legis legislature latura of a providing for the tha appropriation of suf ant money for tho the building and equipment of 0 a state tuovi I 1 sanatorium with beds resolved further that at tho the next annual convention of the utah public health association it a complete report bo be submitted of the work accomplished of this committee the convention on motion of f senator leroy dixon of provo tendered mr wallis wallia a voto vote of thanks for his faithful and energetic services dr philli phillip P i jacobs publicity director of age the N national tuberculosis association spoke on the educational value of the christmas seal sale ealo ex how bow it had become a familiar trade mark of the energetic campaign to wipe out tube tuberculosis reulo ts its democracy which permits every person to contribute his share to the nghi fight has helped to endear it to the public le at large dr J jacobs also spoke on the outlook k I 1 for or the control of tuberculosis saying that already through the organized light fight against it its death rate ga has s been cut in hall half other spirited talks were riven given by dr jos R morrell president of tte the utah state medical society dr fred stauffer president of the utah state board of health and by the salt lake city and county health commissioners drs willard Christo pherson and F E mayor 0 K hanson of provo presided in the absence of the president E 0 howard at the annual election of officers which took place nt at the close of the convention the following wore were made members of the board boar i of dirc directors tors mrs E R bristol and dr ezra C rich ogden T L allen alien Coal Tille dr george ceorge C eorge thomas ellas S woodruff malcolm E keyser dr E G gowans rev arthur W moulton W W armstrong Armstro ftc mrs airs A 11 8 bird and E 0 howard salt lake mrs mra E IL forrest Forr cat E E anderson mor morgan an dr M S reay randolph W 5 J henderson jr panguitch 0 W Mi mcconkie Conkle blanding mrs th thomas m robinson marysvale Marys vale A 1 L leonard forron ferron charles charles england englana logan logan and mrs dr grace ce cooper price E 0 howard was elected presided dmd lot for the sixth consecutive term tenn |