Show crippled children clinic to be held in cedar city iron beaver garfield kane and washington Washing tan counties grouped for meet on sept 17 13 cedar city Is designated for the crippled children clinic which will be held at the iron county hospital thursday arid and friday september 1718 17 18 announces dr J L jones state health commissioner this clinic the last of the seven held during august and september Is a statewide state wide program and will ba under supervision of 0 miss marcella mcinnerney state director of the crippled children service with local nurses in attendance examinations will be made by dr Lawr lawrence erace snow ot of salt lake city A nutrition expert has been added to the clinic operations front from the staff of tho the utah state board ot of health personnel perE onnel mrs airs hazel stevens the clinic opens at a in and continues each day until 4 p ill all families with crippled children chil drei are urged to contact the county nurse or local health officials that no delay be experienced in fit having the patients cleared by the couly v welfare cliare board and registered tor for examination at the clinic the present clinical program which is administered by the state E oard doard ot of health in operation cooperation co with the federal and state crippled children program is to determine diagnosis and to arrange tor for care and treatment until complete rehabilitation Is assured every child from birth to eighteen years of age is entitled to this service long and arduous effort has been expended by the state advisory committee under chairman dr S G paul of the state board and a specially selected committee from fee utah state medical tion the combined committees have been in ili almost continuous session for many weeks city physicians clans health officials and local county arid and city officials over the stale atae have been consulted that full information and cooperation be secured more alore than 2000 crippled crin pled children were located by a survey conducted by miss mcinnerney some months ago about of these have already been beeh registered and cleared tor for examination at the clinics gases cases are being received dally daily after approval by local welfare beards in order of emergency i previous clinics have been held in salt lake city ogden logan arrovo price and the richfield clinic will take place on september 15 and 16 with dr S C baldwin making the examinations the grouping of counties around a central point has been made necessary from a transportation standpoint affecting patients physicians heads beads of families nurses and all concerned the utah crippled service Is open to all crippled children in the state but all cases are referred to the local county welfare boards who conduct investigations te tc determine I 1 anc financial status or ol each inmei dual family applying tor for care and treatment reat ment for their children |