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Show HEALTH CLINIC WORK EXPANDS Five Rooms None Too Large For Increasing Needs of Public. Yh' ' ifrden Com n unity ollnlc is at-tractlnK at-tractlnK attention nn ne of the few modern community cllnles In ihe In-teriniitiniain In-teriniitiniain country, Recentlj a ape -mi representative or the Utah Publl Health association was sen! to OaTden to Inveatlslte ihf work and the resuli ,, hi- BUrvej I- (u be made known In the state report He h.is written iiuite a lengthy article foi the I tah Publli Health Journal of th- preaenl iimnth In which he pralaes the local I organization hlKhly The Communltj clinh la located on in n. i atorj ol the northeast coi aer of Twenty-fifth street and inajton avenue Five rooms provide quarters rtont ;oo large for t h m amount ol work heinK done bj tn( attendanta six iia.- of the wees tl in ;i comnfunlt) organisation In all 'iii besl sense o th word I or roost of tin t lnbs and organisations of the city i ha ntrlbuted to th equlpmenl and upkeep ol the work ( IRD NDEXS6 KKIT This clinic wus made possible by the cooperation of the state, city and I county authorities. Th medical de- I partmenl was commenced Januury 15, I i 9 1 1 .' ni tht dental mi weri open I ed in March of the present year The child welfare department has serve' j I nil i i:ini i jo iiif i uv .ioo on i ila a and Wednesdays the nUfses ii'- ki-t)t busy welsjhlnR anil examining the babies brought for examination land for the securrng of advice BS to diet and care Many of these children child-ren ure brought at regular Inter ! and a record is kept of their develop-i develop-i ment. in this way undernourished and weak children arc helped to I strength Card indexes arc kept of all the cases treated in ail departments of the, clinic and these cards make an in I terestlng study or the person who la Interested In the health of the CltJ It Is generally known that more than I 1000 were vaccinated In the clinic this Winter but It Is not no well knowi that over 100 cases of tuberculosis have been found ami abied since the medli .il department was opened a year I ago. Some of thei- were transients but many were of the -poorer peoplt of the city and the treatment and cure sjlven these is alone enough to Ii.- made the Clinic work worth while from ihe standpoint of the future health 01 the city. DRIFTERS STOP HERE There arc many persons who drift , HirouKh Muden tnd some of ih have dlsea. - thai are 'a menace to the Sjen-1 eral health of the community Pev i of these persons will go to a physician but they will attend a community clln- Ic. The railroads that have made i k den also made It possible that these' drlftl is should make Ogden a stopping J point and In aiding to bette, i, health of these the clinic performs a real public service The clinic Is able to provide freo medicine to those who cannot other- wisp secure It. The Children's Aid so-1 cletv has been a real helper In assist-,' Ing In the cases that require extended, I rrn lmr.nl i |