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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS fviACONIAN PAGE SEVEN County Health Department ies On Full Program Nursing, Milk Inspection, Clinics, Are Some Of Activities The, Health Department of Ma con County, organized in 1936, has made an excellent record and won the confidence of all citizens by its vigorous and efficient service during the four years since, the . work was begun. The work of the department has been geared to keep peace with the National Defense Program which considers Public Health as important as .airplanes, tanks and battleships, because manpower must be ablebodied and free front dis ease. From this standpoint the per sonnel of Macon's health depart ment has equalized and improved the Various services to meet the new requirements. A Capable Pcrtotuwl From the beginning, the county has been fortunate in having a capable personnel. Dr. C. N. Sisk is District Health Officer with headquarters in Waynesville, Dr. E. N. Bailer is county health of ficer, also serving: Swain cbuttty and the Indian Reservation, Miss Alma Kee, of Waynesville, is Dis trict Supervising health . nurse. Macon County is fortunate to have the efficient and untiring service of Mrs. Josephine Dixon Gaines as ipublic. health nurse, who came to 'the work in July 193?. Her ac tivities have maintained the high est standards in her profession and have improved conditions through countywide" materinay, infant and tuberculosis work carried on as a visiting nurse in the homes. Mrs. Gaines is on temporary leave of absence to take a special course at the University of North Caro lina.. Walter Hart, sanitary engineer, resident in Brevard, is sanitary of ficer for Macon ajid Transylvania counties. Mr. Hart' succeeded H. H. Plemmons. The Health Depart ment officers are located in the Ashear building, with Miss Eliza beth Love as office clerk.. . A If 1 . L Clinics have' been a Ifeature of far-reaching 'benefit to the county. The annual tuberculosis clinic is held each summer with a daily average of 35 patients examined; pre-school clinics, are conducted each year, when children about to enter school are examined and re ferred to specialists for correction of physical defects. Maternity and infant clinics ?re to be established at an early date. ' In 1938 Angel Hospital and Dr. Frank M. Killian cooperated with school authorities and the health department" in removing the tonsils of 125 children. A free diagnostic' olinic for crippled children is con ducted in Bryson City every third Saturday which serves Macon County also, The department car ries, on work of this kind in an advisory capacity with parents by reference - to the family physicion. The Department of Welfare has cooperated in some cases when necessary. At present venereal disease cliu ics are conducted every Tuesday from 1 to 3, in the Franklin health office. DiceaM ContnoJ The control of contagious dis eases is an invaluable activity of any health department, and it is accomplished by the prompt re porting of physicians; quarantine procedures; inoculations; by rou tine inspection and examination' of the school children ; and by the cooperation of parents and other individuals, with regard to the immediate isolation of the patient. In Maoon County, since 1936, the Health Department efforts to con trol contagious diseases, averaged per year as follows : . Typhoid vaccine to 2000 persons, mostly school children ; "smallpox vaccinations to 700. school children ; diphtheria toxoid to 300 babies and young children; syphilis treatments 250 tq twelve persons with syph ilis; blood tests for .syphilis to 350 persons; chest x-rays for tubercu losis to 100 persons. Macon County, since 1936, is able to boast of a 60 per cent reduction in syphilis; fejvcr cases of tuber culosis, only an occasional case of typhoid, and ' now, with the State law requiring all infants to take the toxoid, diphtheria can be en tirely eliminated. Health Protection To Public , The Sanitation Inspection service to schools, to drinking water, sup plies, to meat markets, to public eating places, to tourist homeland cabins, to dairies and .milk .'plants, and to bther enterprises utilized by the public, is equally important as a Health Department function. An. excellent grade of milk rs now being produced in Macon Macon County Health Department v ';'r' ; " lit' r vJ "if 0) ,-: TriTMiiiTrrTn--"iiitiMwi Miiiwiaiijin nrifrrirnmiiijUM - iwiirr"MnniTrnrrr ifirmr ""TTr-iriinirn r- t- " - - Home Demonstration Clubs Conduct Many Activities Left to right, top row': Dr. E. N. Haller, county health officer; Miss Elizabeth Love, secretary; Walter Hart,' sanitary engineer; bottom row: Mrs. Josephine D. .Gaines, public health nurse; Miss Alma Kee, district supervising health nurse. , County by a modern and up-to-date dairy, which is under Health Department supervision. All dairies in the county serving the public are inspected by Mr. Hart and are required' to conform to the U. S. Public Health Service Milk Code.; All milk is analysed at reg ular intervals. , ' ; ' Meat markets, restaurants, and other public places, found to' be unsanitary are now required to meet sanitary requirements or to close., This policy of cleanliness and safety places North 'Carolina and Macon County far above sur rounding states with regard to health and sanitation, and includes tourist accomodations. Child And Maternity Cane "Care of the expectant mother" by the Health Department has made definite progress in Macon County where plans are under way to set up prenatal clinics in suit able sections to provide medical supervision for all expectant moth ens, and especially for those not running a'normal course. This pub lic health procedure, when approv ed by the local medical associa tion, will positively save the lives of many mothers and babies who have to do without this care and attention because of lack of funds. Of . considerable importance to the county and the state is the law now requiring every expectant mother to take a blood test. Infante and pre-school children are receiving more attention each County Physician ... " -f Dr. W. A. Rogers, county physician and examiner, of draftees; also examiner of NYA workers. He Serves Best Who Serves Most S INCE time .immemorial, man has sought -to make beautiful the parting from this life of his loved ones. Rendering this service 'to the sorrowing has been our privilege for ten years. During those years we have added to our equipment the features . .;'. r ' which add most dignity to the burial service. Those who are bereaved know now as in the past that they may lean upon us in their need with the assurance that every last faithful attention will be rendered, that no detail of dignity, beauty or kindness will be overlooked. 0 Bryant Funeral Home Phone 106 Night Phone 20 year from the Health Department personnel. Proper feeding, . protec tive inoculations, and care of the new born babies are procedures being stressed at all times, as the high infant "death rate is attributed partly to neglect of the infant and pre-school child. Fortunately all babies, when six months .old, are now required by law to have the diphtheria toxoid.' For the school children, provis ion is made by the Health Depart ment,, wherever possible, to have all physical defects corrected. Den tist's,' -bone surgeons, eye specialists, local physicians, throat specialists and others particulate in this pro gram to improve the health status of the children in school. The pro tective inoculations are made avail able at all times, and the routine physical examination is made at regular intervals. Recent new fea tures of the school program were the free dental eexamination by the local profession . to the high school students, and the blood tests for seniors !by the Health Department. Births and deaths arc reported better now, but the reporting of contagious diseases is being neg lected. Epidemics can be controlled satisfactory only it the first cases . r i .' . i : OI siCKness are repoi icu nuurcuiAii;- ly to the Health Department so that quarantine regulations can be promptly put into effect. The Macon County Health De partment has been able to accom- plish so much beiausc of the friendly and respective attitude of the people, and the cooperation of the Educational Department, local occiciaU, civic groups, and other organisations. Six Years Show Progress In Home Making, Marketing The year 1941 is the beginning of the sixth year in which the rural women of Macon nunty have been organized into home demonstration clubs. There aiev14 clubs wit,h an enrollment of 410 active . members;' These clubs are as, follows : Holly Springs, .Walnut Creek, Otto, C.'ullasaja, Otter Creek, Scaly, lotla, Oak. Grove, Stiles Tellioo, Pat ion, CarfcAgechayc, Union, Hickorv. Knoll and West's Mill. 7 ', The program of work for 'these clubs is planned and approved by a county council of 45 members. These council members arc the officers; of each local -club. -"For the year 1941 Mrs. Robert Ben nett, of lotla, is the council presi dent; Mrs. Jim Gray, of Hickory Knoll, is vice-president; Mrs. Zeb Conlcy, of Cartoogechaye, is sec retary and treasurer. Franklin Curb Market The county council sponsors such. activities as' the local curb market located on Main street where the club members sell farm products; as dressed chickens, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, pies, canned fruits,, and various crafts. Nine regular sellers is the usual number on the market each Saturday. The total amount of products sold amounted to $1,271.34 from De cember 1, 1939 to December 1, 1940. Mrs. Ed Byrd, of Stiles Tellico club, is chairman of the curb market, and it is largely through her efforts and plans, with the . cooperation of other members, that the present biuld ing has been enlarged and enclosed for use the entire year. . Graft Center The craft center in Franklin was sponsored by the county council in cooperation with Mrs. Carl Slagle, instructor of Industrial Ed ucation. Thursday of each week Mrs. Slagle gives : instruction at the center over Reeves Hardware store with the assistance of a vol untary leader, Mrs. Hunter Callo way." During 1940, 43 pupils were given lessons as a mean of in creasing their income or as an in teresting hobby. The organization and carrying out of the mattress project in co operation with other Federal Agen cies has meant that 1169 coton inattresses hac -been made by farm families in Macon county. The project center at Otter Creek was sponsored by the council and Otter Creek home demonstration club. - ''.'. : . Home Improvement Program The - .individual Hit), iiunilir- carry out the program ' of w.rk through home., hea-iitification, foods and nutrition, house ', -furnishings, kitchen mprovenien-l and improved health of. the family. Mrs. '.Paul 'Swafford ' of lotla made great improvement, in her kitchen. The cabinets as . shown a.bov-e were 'constructed and painted with the total cost of $25. These cabinets arc.--built along one -ide of the kitchen which is done in ivory and brown with touches of green and red to give color. The Swaffords have a model improved farm kitchen. The women' report that 45 homes have taken definite steps within the last year to improve the home through rcseeding the lawn, plant ing shrubs and trees, and trans planting shrubs. Through DresSur.e rookpr hincr placed in the farm homes it has meant , that a variety' of non-acid vegetables may be canned for the winter providing better balanced meals for the average home demrnstratinn -1i,l. member reports. 500 quarts as a minimum requirement in addition to dried fruits, vegetables, and meats, and other stored foods. Nutrition And Defense No doubt the greatest progress ui.iurdi women lias De-en made through food preservation ' and nu trition so that we may have a healthier, happier, saner, and more useful race. As Harriett Elliott, consumer commissioner national de fense advisory commission said. "It is building the health, the physical fitness, the social well-being of all our people, and doing it the demo cratic way." T,o such National De fense a;S Harriott Elliott recom mends is the home demonstration club of Macon county pledged for the future. "How did yOu make your heighr bor keep, his hen in h num yard ?" . "Oh, one night I hid a half dozen eggs under a hush in garden, and the mext day I let him sec me gather -them." Fatalities In U. S. From Traffic Accidents Highlights based on official re ports from the 48 states, include the following interesting facts concerning traffic deaths: Exceeding the speed limit was responsible for 40 per cent of the fatalities and 20 per cent of the injuries in 1940. Every third victim of a fatal traffic accident last year was a pedestrian. More than 97 per cent of all drivers involved in accidents had a year or more of operating ex perience. Almost 86 per cent of all fatal accidents occurred in clear weath er and almost 78 per cent hap pened when the road surface was dry. A composite picture, of 194vs typical accident driver would show that he was an experienced, mid dle-aged male and that he was driving a passenger" car in good mechanical condition in clear weather during the early evening hours of a Saturday or a Sunday An outstanding feature of the booklet is a- section devoted to what the editor calls "the traffic disaster of October 4." Several pages are devoted to a vivid de scription of the traffic "disaster' which swept the nation on that day when 85 persons were killed and 1,496 were critically injured Almost 1,350 daily newspapers were used in making this unique study of one day's ccidenti. Seflect In Large or Small Quantities Having daily contacts with farm ers who bring us the most choice selec tions of their produce, the Farmers Federation is in position to supply hotels, inns, boarding houses and pri vate homes with the best that is grown on the farms of Macon County. If you are not acquainted with the services of this organization a gen eral purpose farm cooperative with 20 warehouses in 15 Western North Carolina Counties we want you to come in to see us. For we are confi dent your visit will prove mutually beneficial. SEE US FOR Fine Country Cured Hams Live Poultry Eggs Fresh Vegetables Stokely's Finest Canned Foods FARMERS FEDERATION Palmer St. H. T. nolen. Mr. Franklin, N. C
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