The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-09-28
HEALTH MAGAZINE
COMBATS DISEASE

better. healthier community, new
publication, the Utah Public Heelth
Journal, issued by the Utah Public
Health Association and edited NV
James II. Wallis, executive secretary
has made its appearance. A COPY ~
the first Issue. just off the press, was
received yesterday In this office ana
speaks well for the new note sounded
In community welfare.
Any opportunity offered by tina
state to improve or increase the good
health Of Its Inhabitants, Is to be avid.
ly seized spon by the little health
Journal and Its doctrine sounded tn
all corners Of the state.
As an example Of Its policy to en-.
courage and advertise the various
health phases of the state, Is an illu.
minating article by Miss Lennie B. Ar
thur, state supervisor of nurses, de-
voted to the activities Of the public
health and school nurses of the state.
| There Is no community in the state but
what IL visited at some time during
the year by registered nurse, whose
duty Is not only to aid In teaching the
care Of the sick but to locate cases of
disease and report them to the proper
authorities, always keeping Wig.
liant lookout for the first dread sym.
toms Of tuberculosis, and 10 teach a
proper health living. which Is a sure
preventative for all disease
Although there IRE a number OF
nurses at present In the field, II is
hoped TO Increase the service, by the
first OF the year. At present there
are not sufficient nurses to approx
mn, t,ly su "a. far tn, hnaIth ,,f IA, .,,,.
hut with the employment Of more
| which IL hoped to he effected through
the sale Of Christmas seals, the health
Of the state will he materially raised
| next year. This Is thoroughly ex-
planned In an enthusiastic article by
| Mr. Wallis.
How Utah cares for her people, who
through illness, poverty, and ignorance
are unable to care for themselves is
| graphically told by Miss Kate Will
Jams, executive secretary Of the Asso-
ciated Charities. According to Miss
Williams, fifty per cent Of the poverty
In the state is caused through illness
| " the breadwinner or some member of
the family. Practically all of this III
ness Is preventable through proper
health living, and many cases OF III
| ness may be arrested and cured
through the same simple health rules.
II is to spread the gospel Of this sane,
health life, that the Utah Public
| Health Journal has taken up the arms
| and ammunition Of clean communities
and health curriculum In the schools.
This later Ii embodied In the Modern
Health Crusade. n fascinating move
ment. possessing all the appeals Of
| drama, play, adventure, and contest,
| which are so dear TO the heart Of
childhood. II Is fOstercd by the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association and
| has already been adopted by many of
| the states in their public school sys-
tens. 1t Is a part Of the curriculum
| in Utah for the sixth grade, but 1t Is
hoped. according to Mr.. Wallis, that II
will eventually be adopted In all
grades, as has been done elsewhere.
| Introduction Of the Health Crusade
movement In the public schools Is
given u prominent place In The Jour
nal This Is avowedly one of the most
important aims of the Utah Public
Health Association, and represents
national campaign that strikes at the
very seat of disease, the formation Of
daily habits In the life Of the child. II
the habits formed are those Of nat
ural, proper, health-yiving routine. the
child builds up constitution that Is
able 10 resist disease. II Is through
formation of wrong habits that the
foundation is laid for the great percen-
tage Of III health and suffering Of after
years.
| The Crusade Is explained In the
Journal In an inspiring article by DIR.
f. q. Gowans. state supervisor OF
| health In the schools, who calls on the
school teachers to cooperate In getting
the work under way.
A few Of the pages are devoted to
the national fight against the great
white plague" for the Utah Public
Health Association Ia an affiliated aux
Hilary Of the National Tuberculosis As
sOciation. Utah IN not immune to the
| scourge, AZ the compilations Of the
war examining board brought out,
since more than 300 Of her sons were
refused by the army on account OF IN
berculosls. Realizing this, n large part
| OF the years health campaign Is Ia be
waged against tuberculosis. This sec
ton OF the magazine In illuminatingly
handled by Mr.. Wallis.
Mention is made Of the Christmas
Seal Sale, whereby funds are raised by
the Utah Public Health Association for
the financing Of health project in the
towns aud counties Of the state. The
vast and far-reachng cargo of service
that rides abroad On the little one-cent
seal, which has come to mean such an
important part of MI Christmas mail,
Is explained, and appeals made for the
sale this year, which opens Decom-
Der LIST.
TN magazine contains twenty pages
arranged in an attractive makeup, un
der the insignia of the double-bnrred
cross, emblem Of the National Tuber
culosis Association The front page
shows a handsomely engraved por-
tya...-s u. 81 Howard. Of Salt LahE
/ president Of the association. A per
sonnet Of the officers and directors Is