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Show .Mayor MaVes Appeal for Co-i Co-i operation of Citizens In Local Sale Ipipeiu h. s been given to 'Iho annual an-nual tl" of penny Christmas seajs In pi deii this ye- r through the co-opem-jtion of ifayor Rrsvnk Ptahcls and a icominiu." 01 n )..es, nt .ttves from all lor ft 01 ffl ' ' -ons. His .... .nitc . tdaistmi ;eo,c n. LBenuett, chairman ol the campaign 'and secretary of the ubu n branch of til,, i t. h Public I tealth iusaot iatl" . ua pledccd themselves to assist .b r.-.N. tg I :! n B S."..00 quota. WPIIi VL BV M WCK. a. i aypAil n x bean made bj Mayor Francib for ovcrj srersoo io co-opcratc In the iiatlbiutl tubi ulosls fight which Is financed entirely through the le iny additional booths will bfi opened Monda' In (hV dOwrt'-towii sections sec-tions .it eonveiii' i-t pl.f es for the holi-,. holi-,. ,. 'loiipeis. -Misf. Gladys llieh, chalr-isii"n chalr-isii"n r the booth coinuilllee has so-eured so-eured a cojrpi t volunteer workers, representing the varlofus women's o-ganiiiatlohs o-ganiiiatlohs to assist. i.! everything Is tin readiness for the intensive campaigning cam-paigning to continue until the dose of the sule Christmas eve. The Utah Public Pub-lic Health association under whos uu-piCUS uu-piCUS the tmpalgh i. conducted h: id n tentative health program for ii" ; ear thai rttl include tho niost "comprehenalve health meusures ever put on In iSic si Ue. Tho steti luol i lias been placed al f 45,000, n of which Ugden has been asked ... u..i.u...tl.o 1'!-.. nlnM lini'a been : I - dorscd by the stale board of health, ly tb' Btati ridrea" association, the stale iVmcrlcan Lesion and all other agencies that have comcln direct contact con-tact With tho tuberculosis menace In Utah. Although much good work was ac-compllshed ac-compllshed In Jgden and Weber county coun-ty last year, according to Chairman Beunell as well ss throueThuut the state, the coming program nims to cover tminv features so far neglected. T B. si tt t Beginning lat June u tuberculosis survcv wiia commerced In Webbr count) under th,. auspices of MIks Sophie Iv. Lqrsen of the utdh Public I lea Mil association. Mlfs Larsen haS made In r headquarters In Qgdeq, msk-i Lng regular VlSttB to every part of the count v. t"o far Mlsn Larson has dls- covered 7 1 active caseS of the disease1 In this county, i.3 of them In Ogden not reported by any other agency. I'lali has hud a death toll durliu: H" last three yijars of Co'J tuberculo'i.' j residents. The survey Includes n registration the tubercular cases. 'uses which u destitute are furnished medical Irei iik mi while care f.nd instruction of t pati. uts Is given without charge by li pubHc health nurse. According to .V Larson's last report seventeen horn: Were spent in one month In bcdSldi niirslna. TO tOMIM; WtUUi. The TJtOh Public 1'ubllc Health association as-sociation alms to continue its survey throughout the state; disseminate, knowledge concerning the causes,! treatment and prevention of tuberculosis tuberculo-sis in MVdry town In Utah; obtain Headed legislation for the relief .(ml prevention of tuberculosis. Including a request from lle next legislature asking for an appropriation for tho or ctloo of a tuberculosis snnitorium; ostahllshttienl bf a perfectly equipped travelling clinic In charge of an expert I diagnostician und a stuff of public health nurses; enllstinenl ol all school children In- the state In the Modern j Health Crusade; and employment of i more public health nurses. Thirteen counties have employed ! pub lie health nurses, many or ihem paid In full or In part of the Ctah Public Pub-lic Health association. It Is hoped thai next year every county will employ em-ploy a ntlrad. I'tuh's Modern Health . ' i usude i part oi the naiion.il mo e. ment for teaching children simple, health habits has enrolled 3U.000, thei pupils id the sixth grade. N'vxt year It lis expected to Include all grades in tha movement. in: ;.i u im Bill! tiox. The Utah PubHc Health .Journal. magazine dealing with health phases In the state is published monthly byj tho association. Another activity Is I 'tho clean school contest, originated b James H. W'allls. executive secretary. This embraces a clean-up campaign in vstj school with irlzea in tho fonrn of playground apparatus awarded to thel winner. The entire movement Is to he paid for the state seaPsale, 0 3 per cent of the entire quota remaining to be spent at home. Five per cent Is contributed con-tributed to the Natlona.1 Tuberculosis association. |