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Show Y News From Around Utah "Xj M(ie Than 20.000 c.j Bith$ In Utah. 1947 i . Vll;l .sUUML'S lor I'l.ih for ' J x't. 1I.' nveiilU i.-l.-.iM-d I iV'lhi' Sl.il' Health IV p.ulmen. .a ,,. ollow liKoim.it ton : !' '"'''hoO I'I'llis lU'ii1 l.vuid.'d to: ,' ,..tr in all !""' I"i;li to. ' linths aei.i,-ed -i.' 1 to .. , i.HM poisons while tlio iia- ;'' ' av-'i.i.f was :'.! S tor .Mr uVi p.TS.mS , pu death rate was low .-non.'. ' ' V miiVuV l 'Ilh m'i,r ,l 1,1 "" ,,lkiul avera.-.e Willi IS I U-iths for a popul.it ion I'n.vn; ." of 7 While 'I"' M.ltlOll.l' YUe maternal deaths (mothers ;;;;; ,hilill"' ..eae.i 111! tllO loss o ,. , , . , lul.' hack In ;, ', : was thr.v .,, ,.s s w" V- I f on, n,o, I In every fiOO. i 1kI.uk ' deaths a';,,",;i,,',11 'l '7 :i IHH births', i II. .11 1 disease Wlls , !';;'; . um i.. .he ,,,s,' l.aiuvr was seeond ,, he list with aeeldental deaths very closv thud. In the order to "ielr l.npoitan.e. the other seven sev-en causes ,,f death anions the M ten were: eerebnil henior M's. nephntls, pr,.,atnre j "'His. disease of Infanev, dla I betes and eonenitlal maiforma- X ions. Air dcntlis for the year a nounti.d to 1)7. Of this amoun. were aeeounted for In the lii'.vee (.'anyon disaster. Mine and farm accidents tool. at lives and ten persons wen electrocuted. Twenty-.slx po sons lost their lives hy drown-Inns; drown-Inns; firearms accounted for 1 ; fires killed V.) and .seven person died of poisonings. No deaths were listed In tw. catenorles, "hunger and thirst" and "lack of care for Infants." Utah Leads The West In Auto Registration Based on figures released lithe li-the Public Koads Admlnlstratlo comparing automobile rcIstra t lotus of li)U with 1917, Uln' leads all western states In th ereentn(.e of Increased ree,i. tratlons: Utah 2(i.9 Increase; Ai zona L'li.G; Nevada 2G.0; Orcu -- : -'alifornla 2U); Wa.shinR-ton Wa.shinR-ton 21.9; Idaho 8.2; Wyor 10.1; (.'olorado 11.7; and New-Mexico New-Mexico 19.6. During the same period four states showed a loss of from 0.3 to 8.1. Only ten oth er slates In the U. S. were ILstec In the column that showed more than 20' ; increase. Official Opening Set For Flold House Friday. October 29th at 1:30 1' M. has been set as the offlela' opening hour of the Utah Field House of Natural History which Is located at Vernal State Par); In Vernal, Utah. After a brie ceremonial service In which Gov emor Herbert B. Maw, State am! Vernal officials will take part, the building will be throwe open for inspection. The public is cordially invited. The Field House at Vernal which has been built by the State from funds furnished b the Department of Publicity am Industrial Development wil' house the first of a series of "Ports of Entry" to be operate' by the P.I.D. Visitors eiitcrlii; Utah from the east will be jjlvcu "official tourist and travel Information" In-formation" and will be welcomed to the state at this new "port ol entry". Another First Tor Utah The Bureau ol Mines announced an-nounced recently that Utah In the year 19-17 was the largest producer of molyliedenum. l-'o: a period of 23 years our nelnh boring state, Colorado has le.u the field in the production ol this metalltle element used In the strentheninti of steel. |
