Show I I Learn About Birth Defects I Calling on all citizens of south Davis County to observe observe observe ob ob- serve Healthy Baby Week by learning more bout preventing preventing preventing pre pre- venting birth r acts Mr Elmer J. J Smith served that good health pracH practices es start start long before baby is burn Prospective parents should know that premature birth birth can bring additional health risk to the baby and good medical care for the mother before the baby is born gives better assurance of a full- full term pregnancy said Mr Smith HE liE ADDED that to parents-to- be should know their blood types to guard against the possibility of having an Rh baby A vaccine has been developed developed developed devel devel- that can prevent Rh sensitivity in mothers not al already already already al- al ready sensitized a problem that can make their newborn babies dangerously ill MR SMITH also mentioned rubella often called G CJ G man measles or three day i 1 iles les lea which can cause blindness blindness blind blind- ness deafness or other defects when a mother to cont ts is the disease early in her eg eg- nancy He said a rubella vaccine should become available for use among the general public soon He reminded that rubella rubella rubella ru ru- ru- ru bella must not be confused with red measles a two- two week disease for which most Utah children are already immunized He stressed that the more youngsters who are immunized the better chances of preventing a rubella epidemic epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic that could leave scores of Utah babies crippled from birth WERE learning a lot about how to prevent these problems problems lems in children and anyone with quest questions ons can can get free literature from the March of Dimes office East First South phone said Mr 1 Smith |