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Dr. Gregg Reviews Work
With Health Department
No Epidemics Occurred During 1938; Much
Emphasis Placed on Syphilis Campaign; School
Programs Took Much Time During Past Year
During the entire year 1938, Vance
county was free of diseases in epi
demic form, and very few contagions
of any description, Dr. A. D. Gregg,
county health officer, said in a sum
mary today of the work of his de
partment for the year. He said great
emphasis had been put on treatment
of syphilis cases, part of which was
financed by an allotment of SI,OOO to
the county from the State Board of
Health.
Much work was dona in the schools,
including the examination of pre
school-age children before they en
tered for the first ame in the fait
A tuberculosis clinic was held last
winter, with 3,086 school children, in
cluding also a few teachers, examined
with 435 positive reactors. Children
were vaccinated against smallpox and
inoculated against diphtheria. Typhoid
vaccination was given to 1,584 per
sons. Medical care was provided 32
expectant mothers. Examinations
were provided for 113 cripple chil
dren.
The sanitary division of the depart
ment supervised erection and plac
ing under WF'A sponsorship of nu
merous priv'ies ajso 53 residential
septic tanks. A total of 54 food-hand
ling establishments were inspected,
together with dailies serving the com
munity.
The financial valuation of work of
the department was placed up in the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Dr. Gregg’s statement of activities
follows:
To tell much about our work dur
ing the year would make this report
too long for this occasion, so this
summary is very brief.
We have one change in the per
sonnel staff from one year ago. The
colored nurse resigned last June to
accept an increase in salary with an
other health department. Our pres
ent colored nurse, with us since July
6, is paid $1,5C0 per year, including
travel. The salaries of others in the
health department remain the same
as effective July 1, 1937.
We are, though, on a smaller scale
than some larger counties carrying
out all the programs as advocated
by the State Health Department, with
the exception of a dental program*
this we hope to add as a permanent'
feature by the next school year, if not
this school term.
We have had no cpidmeics of a seri
ous nature for the past 12 months. We
have had only 27 cases of measles, in
cluding German measles; three case-!
of typhoid fever, all,colored, and only
one case of diphtheria. Chickenpox
last winter and whooping cough last
spring and this fall have been wide
spread, but not sericus enough to in
terfere with schools. The school nurse
from the State Health Department
says that the schools of Vance county
are the most completely immunized
of any county in which she has work
ed against smallpox and diphtheria
We vaccinated 1,005 children for small
pox, and gave 175 diphtheria toxoids
in the schools.
During the summer we gave typhoid
vaccination to 1,534 persons. Since we
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the inflamed mucous membranes and to
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Creomulsion, and you’ll get the
genuine product and the relief you
want. (Adv.)
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have so little typhoid fever, the pub
lic is losing interest in the protection
and- we must depend more and more
on sanitation.
In carrying out the program of the
U. S. Public Health Service, and the
State Health Department, we have
put much emphasis and work on the
cure and prevention of syphilis. The
State Health Department made a spe
cial allotment of over SI,OOO to Vance
county to be used in equipping our
clinics and- buying drugs and sup
plies for this special program, We
now hate three clinics a week in
Henderson, treating an average of
93 patients a week. None of these
patients can afford to pay for treat
ment and many of them are sent to
us by private physicians. We have
made 1,450 blood Wasscrmann tests
and gave 301 patients a total of 5,-
888 treatments. More than half of
these tr-~ * bo cc'oks and nurses
of Henderson. The most difficult fea
ture is to keep the patients return
ing long enough to make treatment
effective. Our nurses made 498 visits
to delinquent patients to keep them
coming back to the clinic.
School work last spring: We made
an examination of 520 children who
were to enter school last fall. All of
these children are immunized against
smallpox and diphtheria, and the par
ents notified of any defects which
may hinder their progress in school
A total of 1,457 children were ex
amined by the health officer and 4,-
314 inspected by nurses. All high
school students in Henderson high
school were examined as to their
physical fitness for athletic exercises.
The health officer gave a total of
38 lectures and talks to schools and
parent-teacher associations to a total
audience of 2,330 people. 666 children
had defects corrected. These were of
cye3. teeth and tonsils.
Prevention of tuberculosis: We have
inadequate facilities in the county to
cure or arrest .tuberculosis. So out
greatest good ca’n bo done by preven
tion, and early diagnosis. Last Jan
uary, we secured from the State
Sanatorium Dr. Denholm, who gave
rkin tests and chest examinations to
3,OSG school children. A few of this
number were teachers, finding 435
positive reactors, these 435 were later
X-rayod by technicians-sent from the
State Sanitorium. These examina
tions disclosed eight cases of in
cipient or potential cases of tuber
culosis. In June we carried out the
same procedure on all adults known
to have lived with or had been in
intimate contact with tuberculosis.
Several new cases were thus caught
in time to secure treatment before too
late. To combat this disease, there
r.re two outstanding needs, more beds
in the county sanatorium, a ward for
children and legal authority to isolate
open cases who arc c. menace to pub
lic health.
Our nurses, through the maternal
and infant welfare clinics have pro
vided medical care to 82 expectant
mothers, 155 children who were un
able to secure a doctor’s service. Wo.
however, do not give actual delivery
service. This is dene by 17 registered
midwives. These znidv/ives arc re
gularly instructed and supervised by
the health department.
143 cripple children were given ex
aminations by Dr. W. F. Cole, or
thopedic surgeon from Greensboro
The children were given hospital
treatment, artificial limbs braces, op
erations. massages and exercises, ac
cording to their individual needs. A
few were of such nature that noth
ing could be done for them.
Our sanitary department, under su
"ervision of the sanitary inspector,,
the WPA sanitary project has built
448 sanitary privies, residential
septic tanks were installed, which
means that 501 new families have
sanitated homes and many private
water supplies improved.
The malarial control program with
WPA labor cut approximately 60,001
feet of ditching and cleared 25 acres
of adjacent swmnp land. The doctors
HENDERSON, (N. C.-) DAILY DISPATCH FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1939
will tell you that we have had very
little malaria fever this past year.
We have a total of 54 food handling
establishments under inspection of the
health department.
We have three A grade dairies and
approximately 60 individuals selling
D grade milk.
The sanitary inspector, in super
vision and inspection of these place?
sell food to the public, made 690
visits.
We have had : a total of 273 mi’k
cows tested for TB and Bangs dis
ease.
The sanitary inspector investigat
ed 168 complaints supposedly of a
sanitary nature.
In the interest of instruction of the
general public in health matters, wy
have written 64 articles published
in the Henderson Dispatch; distribut
ed over 600 pamphlets and health bul
letins, gave 23 special health demon
strations.
In the administration of his duties,
the health officer has attended 33
meetings with official health bodies
and had 114 conferences with county
and State officials and many other
conferences and meetings of various
natures.
The staff of the health department
during the year made 276 visits to
schools and 1,725 visits in the interest
of the public’s .health. They travelled
in discharge of their duties a total
of 35 052 miles in Vance county.
As county physician, the health of
ficer made 120 visits to county poor
in city and county. Gave treatment
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Less for Refrigeration . . . Less for Water Heating
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to 980 persons in the office, made 59
visits to the county home and 57 to
the jail; examined 31 children for in
dustrial work, and made 11 examina
tions cf supposedly insane persons.
Examined 258 food handlers, 440
domestic servants and 41 boys for
C. C. Camp and smaller items too nu
merous to mention.
Financial Summary: All above men
tioned services and numerous others
not mentioned have been given to the
people of Vance county at a cost to
the county of approximately $5700, or
less than 20 cents per inhabitant; ap
proximately . 3.5 mills tax rate. We
have received from the State Health
Department in money $6,390, also our
share of a laboratory service costing
$225,003 in work and vaccines. By
their endorsement of WPA projects,
they have given many men work and
a living, during the year. Given us
the services of experts from the TE
sanatorium and a school nurse for
three months and experts in public
health V7ork.
Money value in service given by
the Health Department to the people
of the county:
The value of some items of service
given by the health department can
be evaluated by the value of such
serviecs when given by cur physicians
In making the following estimates,
I am using a very low fee for such
work and in most instances will be
below usual fee of most practitioners
as my desire is to be very conser
vative.
In prevention of diseases by use of
various vaccines and inoculations, we
have $724,700. Our venereal work ; n
Wassermann test and in treating 301
patients for syphilis amounts to S2O
- The mileage value of nurses’
visits is $3450, of the sanitatarian
$2,700, giving a total value of $34,260
As county physician and outside of
above enumerated items, the health
officer made 165 visits in the county
to indigent persons; 59 visits to coun
ty home, 57 to county jail, treated or
prescribed for &30 persons in the of
fice and examined 510 domestic ser
vants and C. C. Camp applicants and
other county services to value of $2,-
075. Thus, .one half of the health of
- salary comes back in service
to the county poor.
Besides the value of health educa
tion and the intangible values of the
department, there comes back to the
county a medical service of not less
than $3D,335, a total of 6 1-3 times
the money spent by the county for
the health department.
HENDERSON MAN PAYS
HEAVY OXFORD FINE
Oxford, Jan. 20. —'A fine of SIOO
was imposed upon James Madison
Young, 23-year-old Henderson man,
when he entered a plea of guilty in
Granville Recorder’s Court Tuesday
morning on a charge of driving while
under the influence of whisky. Judge
Lassiter also ordered that the young
man’s driving license be suspended
for a period of two years.
New Members to Committee
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Senator Henry F. Ashurst (center), of Arizona, chairman of the power
ful Judiciary committee of the Senate, welcomes two new members to the
committee: Senators Alexander Wiley, of Wisconsin (left), and John A.
Danaher, of Connecticut.