Show P ja 11 1 6 1 0 IS 1 5 0 F X M 9 S SERS is RED support of the utah public health associations efforts to tuberculosis bercu losis in this state is urged by governor charles R mabey through a I 1 proclamation issued the governor gov einor declai declaims cs that the sale of chi christmas Chiist istman mas seals hns has done clone much to 1 wipe out the white plague ind and to ito interest I 1 people in better health I 1 the proclamation sets aside december I 1 as tuberculosis sunday and asks that chu churches chuiches iches the need of proper knoN knowledge as a means of pie venting the spread of the disease the text of the proclamation follows I 1 the people of utah have entered upon another statewide state wide campaign which will baing beffie them the im poi tance nce of health conservation with part particular I 1 cular ic le ference to the subject of tuberculosis prevention the ic le appearance of the christmas Chiist mas seals for the seventeenth season is a of the wonderful ond erful progresso pro progress gressl i chich bich has been made in our state and in the nation in deci casing the ravage of tuberculoses and also of the problem which still confronts confront us I 1 if there is any one thin thing more than another that has brought about this maikel decline it is tile the campaign of education that is carried on from year to year to teach people that the disease is curable and preventable formerly it was believed that consumption was incurable andl little ef foit was put forth to prevent it the national tuberculosis association home seventeen years ago put out a christmas Chiist mas seal to be sold at a penny apiece to interest inte iest the public in a gleat nationwide nation wide avide effort to stamp out tuberculosis bercu losis this little penny christmas seal stands today as the champion of health and tile the enemy of tile the great white plague it has been t the ile means of interesting moie people in the cause of tuberculosis prevention tion and good health than any other one thing mancial financial L returns filin the annual seal sales have not been large but the insults have been tiemen tremendous dous and fal fai leaching e exceeding the fondest hopes of those who conceived this splendid means of financing the warfare against tuberculosis the utah public health association has done a good work in this direction and its worthy elloit for a state tuberculosis sanatorium for tile tiie care and treatment of the infect infected cd is to be commended there is need for more nurses to visit the homez homes and instruct those suffering with this thi i disease and those with whom the patient comes in contact preventive work amon children by teaching them proper health habits and developing their bodies as well as their minds should hould i be encouraged in every county of the state the message of the 1924 chr christmas seal is to carry on oil the fight for health and every seal bought and every seal used on oil christmas mail lie help lr eveir penny that is griven given in exchange tor for a christmas seal will be put to in carrying on oil the crusade against the white plague and good health in a film belief that this undertaking is worthy of the support of the people of utah now therefore I 1 diaries charles R ma ala boy acy governor of the state of utah mali do designate sunday december as tuberculosis sunday in the state of utah and I 1 call upon the people of this great state upon that bocc occasion aaion to give serious thought to the terrible tei destruction of life wrought yearly by tuberculosis and and to stress the fact that remedies ale to lo be found in education I 1 further express the hope that these thoughts will prompt the people to give their unstinted support to the utah public health association in its worthy efforts to eradicate locis and to promote tile the public health in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand and cause caused to be affixed the gibat seal of the state of utah done at the capitol salt lake city this fifth lay day of december A D 1921 CHARLES R MABEY GArer governor nor |