Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-10-01
HEALTH MAGAZINE
COMBATS DISEASE

""hSS n. Whihs, executive secretary,
has made Its appearance. A copy of
the first issue, just off the press, was
received yesterday In this office and
speaks well for the new note sounded
In community welfare.
Any opportunity offered by the
state TO improve or increase the good
health OF its inhabitants, is to be avid
ly seized upon by the little health
Journal and its doctrine sounded to
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 Il. 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 Is visited at some time during
the year by a 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 symp-
toms Of tuberculosis, and to teach u
proper health living. which Is u sure
preventative 1Or all disease.
Although there are q number of
nurses at present in the field, it is
hoped to Increase the service, by the
first Of the year. At present there
are not sufficient nurses to approx
mately care for the health Of the state,
but with the employment of more
which Is hoped to be effected through
the sale of Christmas seals, the health
Of the state will be 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
of the breadwinner or some member of
the family. Practically all of this ill
ness is preventable through u proper
health living, and many cases of i'll
ness may be arrested and cured
through the same simple health rules.
1t 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 Is embodied In the Modern
Health Crusade, a fascinating move
ment, possessing all the appeals of
drama, play, adventure, and contest
which are so dear TO the heart OF
childhood 1t is fostered by the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association and
has already been adopted by many of
the states In their public school sys
tens. 1t is part of the curriculum
in Utah for the sixth grade, but it Is
hoped, according to Mr.. Wallis, that 1t
will eventually be adopted in all
grades, as has been done elsewhere.
Introduction of the Health Crusade
movement In the public schools Is
given prominent place In The Jour
nal. This is avowedly one of the most
important aims of the Utah Public
Health Association, and represents a
national campaign that strikes at the
very seat of disease. the formation Of
daily habits in the life of the child. If
the habits formed are those of nat
ural, proper, health-giving routine, the
child builds up IA constitution that is
able To resist disease. Ii is through
formation of wrong habits that the
foundation Is laid for the great percen-
tage of i'll health and suffering of after
years.
The Crusade Is explained In the
Journal in an inspiring article by DIR.
Il, 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 is an affiliated aux
iliary of the National Tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION. Utah Is not immune to the
Scourge, as the compilations of the
war examining board brought out,
since more than 800 Of her sons were
refused by the army on account or tn
herculOsis. Realizing this, large part
of the years health campaign Is to be
waged against tuberculosis. This sec
ton of the magazine is 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 and counties Of the state. The
vast and far-reaching cargo Of service
that rides abroad on the little one-cert
seal, which has come TO mean such an
important part of all Christmas mail,
$ explained, and appeals made for the
sale this year, which opens Decem-
Der LIST
The magazine contains twenty pages
arranged in nm attractive makeup, un-
der the insignia of the double-barred
cross, emblem OF the National Tuber-
culosis Association, The front page
shows a handsomely engraved por
trait OF Il. o. Howard. of Salt Lake
president Of the association. A per
sonnet of the officers and directors is
also included
The Journal is TO be issued monthly,
and sent to all schools, medical men,
hospitals, nurses, church leaders, wei
fare organizations, civic authorities,
city and county health officials, etc,
The subscription price Is $l,00 per
year, which entities the subscriber TO
years membership in the Utah Pub
III, Health ASSnpiotipn Tho IOurpal