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Show Goitre In Bingham D. J.' Wallace, goitre expert, of the Rockefeller Foundation, spent Tuesday and Wednesday here examining the school children child-ren for traces of goitre. In the Bingham High School 33 per cent of the boys were found to be affected while the girls numbered 57 per cent. The lower grades .showed 16 per cent of the boys and 27 per .cent of the girls were found to have enlarged thyroid glands. The Copperfield School had a . percentage of 27 for boys and 34 for girls. Dr. Wallace gave an interesting address to the parents par-ents on Wednesday afternoon in the Bingham High School Auditorium. Aud-itorium. He said the cities in the valleys val-leys have the lowest percentage (Continued on Pagre 8) GOITRE (Continued from Page 1) in goitre cases, that the lact of iodine in the water supply is due to the fact that thte water is carried car-ried away too rapidly from the mountains, that the soluble iodine io-dine is taken away. Goitre slips will be filled out and sent to all students afflicted who will, for a nominal , sum be permitted to receive re-ceive a year's preventative treatment. treat-ment. Free treatment will be given to all who are unable to pay for their medicine. All students arc advised to take the treatment, notwithstanding notwith-standing the fact they may not carry signs of affection at the present time. |
