Show GOITER PREVALENT mm MS AMONG SCHOOL in a survey made recently of three of the largest schools in ill the county 1200 children were examined of them have goiter this is between 40 and 50 per cent of all the pupils being bein about evenly dishi buted from the first grade to the ilic seniors in the high schools a utah is one on of the districts in the united states where goiter is M very verv prevalent pie valent until recently very little e was known abouo this disease except that in severe cases the patient was operated opera ted upon which was wag both dangerous and expensive present information tells us its that simple goiter is is cams caused edby by a lack of iodine in tle water and soil and consequently does not get into our food but by giving doses of iodine adapted to the need of the individual this type can be prevented and also cured in its early stages this treatment when given during the growing pei ind beings bi i the best results r and is also safe when supervised by competent physicians the of goitre gaitre will be one of the first health projects undertaken this year and will include children having goiter whose parents will cooperate n putting this over local physicians will supervise the work and will male nale examinations at intervals to check on oil the conditions aril and results the physicians and school authorities lie are looking for results that will materially lower the alarming percentage found this year in the near future the parents of the scho schol I 1 children having goiter will receive a slip asking them to sign it and return it to cie t ie teacher if they wish their children to receive the treatment here are just a few warnings lodine iodine in any lonn form should not be taken by an ail individual unless an examination has been made the type determined determine and the treatment per skilled by a physician there being one type of af goiter made very much worse by using iodine another practice that may lead to serious trouble is to take the patent medicines found on the market or treatments given bv quack doctors who guarantee gu arntee a sure cure without vit hout making an examination of the individual recently there were six women in the southern part of the state who lost their lives by taking treatment men and ni medicines edi cines advised by one of these quacks there is no royal or miraculous mira ulous road to health but it is pur by bv adopting a good consistent consi stant tant health beadth program in in the home school and community |