Reviews Health Work
During Past Quarter
Department Head
Says An Extensive
Work Is Handled
Several Ways of Fightinp It
And All Must Be Used.
Williams Says
Reviewing the work handled by
the Martin County Health Depart
ment for the third quarter of the
current year, Dr. John W. Williams,
health officer, recently released the
following report
Disease Control: The TB clinic
was held by Dr. Godwin at which
383 patients were examined. Only
contacts or known cases were ac
cepted for fluroscopic examination.
244 white and 139 colored were ex
amined Of these, 2 white and 2 col
ored were classed as suspicious. 13
whites and 4 colored were old cases
We found 3 new cases in whites and !
2 in colored. We found 12 whites and I
2 colored classed as childhood tu
berculosis.
All suspicious and new cases were
referred back to us for history, skin
tests, etc., physicians' care, and sana
torium admittance.
Dr. Godwin is of the opinion that
one clinic a year is not enough and
that two for two weeks until we
catch up would be of more value than
skin testing school children. All the
senior students, and only the senior
students, were given the skin test by
us before the clinic and the positives
admitted to examination. We have
raeson to believe that all the senior
positives who did not attend our
clinic consulted their family physi
12iis is- constructive work and Dr
McCain has promised another two
weeks during the year. Visits and
consultations in office are being held
for all affected.
Diphtheria: The nurses, in their
home visits, have emphasized the im
portance of immunization which
can be had at any of Our clinic
points where hours are kept for this
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paying basis.
mrpose in the morning of the syph
lis clinic. 663 children received two
loses of toxoid which shows a re
ult of this persistent request of the
lurses in the homes while there for
it her purposes. No legality has been
nvolved but stressed for education
il purposes. When every child is
ix months old the parent receives
i letter from the office calling her
ittention to immunization. Four or
tve hundred children -tinder lour
i ai s old is not but with our pop
ilation but continual hammering will
mprove it and many of the physi
liang are now helping us insist. Be
ore this year it cost us $1.00 for lOcc
vhich immunizes about four chil
Iren. This year. Dr. Coojier, notic
ng our increase in maternal and
nfancy work, has donated toxoid to
he department We are now pre
>ared to do cutlure work on cases
ind contacts, thereby expediting the
ihysicians and our services to fam
iy
Maternity: This service has dou
bled for two reasons. First, because
he nurses are making follow-up
zisits and the midwives have been
educated and threatened to make
heir patients attend. Second, we
lave carried the clinics nearer to
Ih ih The doctors make a complete
'xamination and the patients s? e
hat we are in earnest to give care.
Mo delivery is made hut when baby
s 48 hours old. we feel free to call
'or any service. Oak City and Rob
rsonville have completed their
linic point and we have equipped
hem thoroughly out of our budget,
lamesville is partly furnished but
ve have no running water The wo
nan's c lub has promised to help It
s in use but not as we wish it. Bu
jies with feeding problems have
lad the benefit of ability to beg
amples from baby food manufact
urers.
V-D Work: We have done 1300
iloods as compared with the 1500
or the entire last year but this will
>e tripled before the year is out, not
>eeause of more interest but of the
iraft plus several large farmers
jromising me after tobacco season
hey would transport their tenants
o the clinics for it.
Our treatments have held up ex
?ept during early tobacco season but
vill run way over the 9200 last year.
lirectly to the Central Tabulating
System. This gain has been made in
pite of patients who have complet
ed the 70 treatments and more care
lsed in not killing the patients and
ncreasing the doses to all patients
o the normal amount for adults,
'hysiciani and not nurses are now
idministenng the drug and giving
ittention to each case If the trebl
ng of blood taking will find more
?ases. which we are sure it will, we
ire prepared to handle them. The
rooperation from the sheriff's de
>artment has been all that could be
lesired but we are mainly interest
ed in getting the patient concerned.
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We have begun the treatment for
gonorrhea and have sulfanilamide
for the indigent cases.
School Hygiene: No work has been
done since school closed but a meet
ing was held in Oak City on the first
Sunday in August with about 500
adults present and with all the col
ored school teachers just before'
school opened. A program was out-?
lined to them in which the children
of the second and third grades would
be examined for all defects but spec-1
lal attention was to be given to all
for hookworm and malaria, two I
items which can be taken care of
and not depend on outside aid to cut
out tonsils or fit glasses.
We made first application to the
state for the services of their mo
bile school unit. We are promised
this if possible late this yaar. The
unit teaches the teachers to do the
screen in work for the health de
partment but their main function is
to get them interested. Anticipating
that nutrition- well be their main
care 1 have asked several board
members to provide scales in all
schools' so that we could begin to
center attention on this subject but
our main objective is to educate con
cerning malaria. We, at present, have
a technician taking an intensive
course in the microscopic examina
tion of blood smears for malaria.
This will be of no expense to us or
the State and with Dr. Hamilton's
promised assistance we can do right
much. This will kill two birds with
one stone besides the help with the
children. We will be ready with the
survey work before the three drain
age projects in the upper part of the
county can even start to function and
we will not have to wait a couple of
years to be able to certify the ma
laria areas. All of the principals have
agreed to give us time for lectures,
spleen palpitations and making blood
smears from the children, especial
ly those giving history. The 60,000
grain^^^^uininewi^iav^fo^the
BEGIN THIRD TERM
Proving popular among their i
coastitutcacy and rendering an
able service during the past four
yean. Messrs. C. Abram Rober
son. of Robersonville. and R. A.
indigents in the low land and in- |
struct ions how to take it should well j
pay the schools for any trouble they i
go to.
Sanitation: Besides the regular
weekly and monthly inspections of
cafes, markets, pools, premises, etc.,
there were three outstanding sanl
t a/at ion subjects.
First, u Federal survey of our
milk shed, to make the honor roll
requires 90. Parmele made 92, Rob
ersonville 96, and Williamston, 98.
This grade covered laboratory, in
spection and enforcement require
ment.
Second, the flood 74 houses used
as homes were involved. 51 of these
Haislip. of Oak City, last Muti
day brian their third term as
members of the Martin County
Board of Commisioners. '
in Williamston. Nothing could be
done by us until water receded. Then
with the assistance of the fire depart
ment. WPA and especially Ricks
Allsbrooks, every house end toilet
was washed with fire hose, rinsed
with chlorine and premise limed. All
that cuuld be done with those in the^
county was to furnish chlorine for
the wells and pumps and homes and
instruct them how to use it. 32 wells
were sterilized 50 pounds of HTH
and 2000 pounds of lime were used
which was donated by the Red
Cross.
Since the flood, they have donated
25 and promised an equal number
completed privies set up in the af
ected region. )
Six hundred or more people work- I
ng in the high water took the extra i
precaution of there doses of typhoid
/accine and other* not affected were
lot encouraged to take shots.
Third, the biggest sanitation proj
ect and one which will count for
nore was the FSA project of get
mg us to supervise the complete
icreening, setting privies, and fur
bishing adequate safe water sup
ply at 47 county homes. The proj
ect cost more than $5,000 and we
tope (as they are scattered over the
?ountyi they will be incentives for
>thers to follow.
Thi> has not been a hit or miss af
air Each pump is self-pruning and
?very privy with regards to water
upply sited and each window is ,
?tupped w ith lH-meh mesh and the
iealtli department giving final hp
.movement on inspection.
Besides the 231 privies set since
he abandonment of the work last
?'cur. the WPA winkers assigned
to us have enough orders ahead to
keep them working many months
and this is without the assistance.
>f the WPA worker, who up to this
?'ear has been assisting our inspec
tor in securing orders.
Through efforts of the health de- 1
partmcnt 11 septic tanks have been 1
let at private premises insuring these
homes outside sewer districts of
modern bathroom facilities.
The school survey as required by
date is underway but preliminary
inspections have been made of all
ichnol cafes and toilets to see that
sanitation is well established at
school opening.
One-third of the people killed in
traffic accidents in North Carolina
this year have been between the
ages of 25 and 44
\on< t
To satisfy default in repair and
storage bill. 1 will sell at public auc
tion. on Saturday. December 14th, at
1:00 P. M . one 1936 Master Chevro
let black coach Motor number
t>699010. Place of sale: Dick's Place
to Williamston on Hamilton Road.
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iv Store, every Wed . 10 a m. to 5 p.m.
Plymouth office, Womble Drug
Store, Every Friday, lu a.m. ty 4 p.m.
Eyes Examined?Glasses Fitted
Tarbofn Every Saturday.
Scrvire Station Ami Grocery
Tvxiwu (><laii/i/iu unit Motor (His
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Loose Sugar, 100 lbs. $4.50
Campbell's Tomato Soup, 3 foi 25*
1 Quart Cresent Sandwich Spread, 25?
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