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U.S. Public Health Service Backs Water Fluoridation; Tells Results Of Survey By A. ROBERT SMITH N.w-Ri.w Corr.tpend.nt WASHINGTON Millions o Americans have been drinking flu oridated water for man yeara, starling long before medical re search discovered that fluorida tion in the proper degree greatly reduces tooth decay. And virtually every American consumes varying quantities of flu oride every day at the dinner table in the foods he eats, whether it be a meal of hotdogs or steak. In both cases, it is part of the natural or- f -1 ktt hit der, for fluoride is a vital element in man's daily diet. These observations are made by top officials of the U.S. Public Heath iervtce when asked for their views on the controversial question of adding fluoride to drinking wa ter to cut down dental diseases. Their point is that virtually ev eryone today has quantities of flu oride in his diet, and that control ling me quantity o nuoriae in drinking water does not introduce any new element into the average person's digestive system. The Public Health Service strongly favors fluoridation of wa ter, for the results it has found over the past decade of testing and research are expressed concisely by Dr. Thomas L, Hagan, chief of its division of dental public health: Extensive scientific evidence has Droved that water fluoridation is effective in reducing tooth de cay and causes no Dad elicits on health. Tests of legality nave dem onstrated that the procedure is not an infringement of individual lib erty. Furthermore, water fluorida tion is tne most economic aecay preventive available today. THi WISTMOOK-Modd 2243. Royal -r chaittt with 1 6,500 veils of picture powor. 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The Eugene Fire Department fitted out its disaster wagon with cots for ambulance calls, the sheriff's office pressed a Veter ans' Service ambulance into pub lic service, and the Sjpringiield Fire Department borrowed an ambulance from Cottage Grove. Lane County Coroner Fred Buell otfcred the use of one of his hearses fitted with a fire depart ment cot for emergency use. State police said some of ' their patrol cars ' were fitted with stretchers and extra first aid equipment. One emergency run was made Friday morning by a private sta tion wagon when a man collapsed from a heart attack. A survey by the Health Service shows that about L200 communities in the U.S. have drinking water that is naturally endowed with just about the right amount of fluoride to arrest tooth decay. Nature is taking care of some 4,000,000 peo ple here. Then there are about 80,000,000 people in many other communities whose drinking water has some na tural fluoride but less than the recommended amount. In the past decade, about 1 .000 communities have adopted control led fluoridation of their municipal water supply, adding millions more to the total population now obtain ing fluoridated water. In some of these cities which have added fluoride, tests have been run to determine the effect on dental disease. In Grand Rap ids, Mich,, results showed that be fore fluoridation the average 16-year-old child had 14 teeth either decayed, filled or extracted; but after fluoridation had been in ef fect nine years, tooth disease de clined in children of alt ages, and the average 16-year-old had 10 teeth which had required dental attention. The Public Health Service is interested in fluoridation because it believes that probably no other disease affects to large a propor tion of the U.S public as does den tal disease, its officials recall that 21 per cent of the boys rejected from military service during World War II were turned down because of bad teeth. "In 1SS3 the American oeoole spent about $1,S billion for dental care, or about one-sixth of the to tal expenditure for personal health services in the nation," explained Dr. John W. Kmrtson, chief dental officer of the Public Health Serv ice. "This sum, an all-time high in dental expenditures, is but a frac tion of the estimated amount need ed to provide adequate care for the American people," he said. "Even if there were an unlimited amount of money available for den tal care, there are simply not enough dentists to furnish the re-: quired volume of services. Thus, there is little possibility that the nation's dental health problem can be solved in the near future solely- ty increasing the correction ol ex isting defects," Dr. Kautson said the Health: Service, charged by Congress with responsibility for research into health problems, has covered the field in trying to lick dental trou bleseven to experimenting with dental assistants for dentists who have multiBle chain which "has enabled dentists to increase their productivity and to treat more people. - The Health Service also does re search on diseases of the gums and bones, and it works with state and local health agencies to encourage periodic dental examinations, to apply proper methods of dental care and to promote desirable diet ary habits. Fluoridation, then, is just one part "of a diversified and balanced approach to meeting our total den tal health needs," said Dr. Knut son. "It has met all the tests. It was studied ever a king period of time, both by research workers in the Public Health Service and bv other investigators. It was subject ed to interivg field testing for safe ty ana practicability. Its effects were demonstrated, checked and recheeked. Practical methods for its application were worked out and perfected in considerable detail. And it finally became part of the public health armamentarium, along with other preventive tech niques." Much as the Health Service fa vors fluoridation of drinking wa ter, it does not try to dictate what any community should do when this question is raised, "As with all public health pro cedures," explained Dr. Knutson, "the decision on fluoridation rests and, in our opinion, should contin ue to rest with the local commu nity. In public health work, it could not be otherwise, nor would we wish it to be otherwise. We be lieve there is no justification for any federal intervention into local health matters. We feel certain that in fluoridation as in other health matters, the combination of professional health leadership and enlightened citizen interest will in sure the decision that will enable eommiuuuet to go forward in health. "We cannot accept the premise that fluoridation ol public water supplies roiwtitutes a hazard to publie health. On the contrary, we believe that Its safety bas been clearly established and that its po tential for improving dental health warrants the serious consideration of all communities concerned wrtb oroeressive health measures. "We believe, however," conclud ed the government's chief dental officer, "that the determination should be left for each community to oeewe tor useu. Cameras Portraits "W A(H NEVER TOO BUSY TO HELP YOU" PHOTO LAB ffl S. t. 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