Show PARENTS URGED TO REMAIN CALM BEFORE POLIO WAVE poliomyelitis in utah swung upward to its highest record of 70 c cases ases 28 more than were recorded in august 1912 the previous high period dr william M mckay state health commissioner reported avoiding panic cautioning parents not to become P panicky li mckay said it t Is too early to tell at this time wh whether e ther the rate ot of disease will increase or decrease but everything will be done to keep it under control the eleventh death from the disease this year friday took the life of mary alary L lowe a provo prove nurse the fatality mark of 1943 24 still stands as an all time high mckay the recommendation that the schools open ets as scheduled noting that at school children are constantly under the supervision of teachers and first symptoms kofl of the disease can be re readily adaily recognized f meanwhile the nations first large scale project to train volunteer women in the hot pack treatment and bedside nursing of polio victims will viii open monday at Pino rest crest inn in scenic emigration canyon more than 80 women have already registered for the five day course and another 50 are expected said frank S emery utah director of the national foundation for infantile paralysis the national foundation said the altah project set up to prepare women for emergency nursing services in areas where graduate nurses are unavailable is the first of such scope to be undertaken in the nation among registrants are seven women from san juan and grand counties in southeastern utah to miles distant and 17 from box elder and cache counties in the extreme northern end of the state the latter day saints mormon church the salt lake visiting nurse association the salt lake general hospital and the utah medical association are cooperating in the project |