DAY, MARCH 4, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory)
THE WAxNESVlLLE MOUNTAINEER
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Uual Report
Ls Preventive
Uures In Force
,i ,, port submitted re
riefD L Haywood County
f.nVby Dr. a N.
,. interesting -figures
Jal'h conditions in this
Vital Statistics
nIiancf with the laws of
JrK- which provided for
.mont of a registrar of
SSlta tach .township
Monty by the chairman of
tLrd of county commissioners
incorporated towns, by the
f the town, records have
fU! turned into the de-
Bllt. ,
).w also requires that a
rport the birth to the local
Itnr within five days after the
( of tht birth.
V Uw in turn requires that the
j reritrars furnish the health
artaKnt with copy of the
.nil of all births and deaths
h month as they occur in order
I, th health department may
this information for public
ifire.
)uring the year 1942, there has
a i total of 867 births reported
the registrars from the follow-
district: Beaverdam, 66; Jon
M Creek, 29; Waynesville, 478;
nwn, 158; Fines Creek, 11; Crab
e 6- East Fork, 14; Cecil, 6;
tie, 21. Ivy Hill. 17; Iron Duff,
Hawlwood, 23; Pigeon, 37.
3f the total births reported dur-
the year, 250 occurred in the
M; 617 in the hospital; 444 were
le; l23 female; 860 were white;
olored; 1 Indian; 865 were born
ie; 2 were born dead; 842 were
ended by physicians and 25
it attended by midwives.
taring 1942 the health depart
nt received reports of 202
ths. Of this number 196 were
ite; 7 colored; 112 males; 90
lale; 111 were stillbirths; 12
ler one month of age; 8 were
ler one year of age.
ror certain cause of death: 7
re from tuberculosis; 80 from
rt diseases; 19 from cancer; 10
re from bums; 2 from gun
t wounds; and 1 by suicide.
Communicable Diseases
"here are .'.4 diseases, the oc
rence nf which is required to be
orted to the quarantine officer,
Mn .24 hours byt the physician
charge or by the parent, guard
, or householder in the order
ned.
'here are h of these diseases,
nely; diphtheria, German meas
infantile paralysis, meningit
scarlet fever, septic sore
"a!. an'l whooping cough, that
are required to be placed under
quarintine for a varying period of
time.
There are also three diseases,
typhoid fever, smallpox, and chick
en pox, that are required to be
placarded but not placed under
quarantine.
Of the more important commu
nicable diseases reported in Hay
wood county during the past year,
the records show that a total of
28 cases of diphtheria have been
reported as follows; Waynesville
township, 6; Iron Duff, 3; Beaver
dam, 12; Fines Creek, 1; Clyde,
1; East Fork, 5.
There has been a total of nine
cases of scarlet fever reported:
From Waynesville township, 1;
Beaverdam, 2; Pigeon, 1; East
Fork, 2, and Clyde, 3.
Among other reDortable din-
eases there has been reported dur
ing tne year, whooping cough, 85
cases; measles, 174 cases; chicken
pox, 10 cases; tuberculosis, 3 cases;
diphtheria, 44 eases; gonorrhea, 13
cases.
There has not beefl a case of
typhoid fever reportd during the
year 1942.
The health department engages
in the administration of vaccines
in preventing certain communica
ble diseases. Durine- 1942 dinh-
theria vaccinations were give to a
total oI 2,353 children m schools
as follows: Beaverdam. 112? Pattm.
67; North Canton, 80; Morning
star, iuu; Pennsylvania 124; Beth
el, 116; Cecil, 152; Spring Hill, 90.
Cruso, 154; Bast Waynesville,
62; Central Elementary, 21; Allen's
Creek, 77; Maggie, 165; Clyde, 82;
Saunook, 104; Lake Junaluska, 76;
Hazel wood, 70; St. John's, 8; Crab
tree. 66: Rock Hill. 51: Fines flreek
34; Dellwood, 51; Pigeon, colored,
71.
Diphtheria vaccinations given in
pre-school clinics were: Crabtree,
20: Lake Junaluska. 7: Hazelwood.
5; Allen's Creek, 6; Central Ele
mentary, 8; Clyde, 10; in health
department office, 327.
In distributing the vaccinations
according to age, there were 94
children under one year of age,
893 between one and four years of
age, and 1,306 children over 5
years of age vaccinated against
diphtheria.
Tvnrioid fever hs nrnptimllv
. . . i .'
been eliminated from Haywood
through improved sanitation and
immunization. During the year the
health department has innoculated
a total of 3,8111 individuals, 253
of which were done in the office and
the'VfmaiTiderin the schools.
Smallpox has been almost elim
inated from North Carolina, al
though it has been recently re
ported that several cases have oc- i
curred this year in an area in the I
Eastern part of the state, where i
people have been congregated at an
army project. The health de- '
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partment devotes its chief energy
to smallpox vaccinations in schools,
during the year a total of 1.0801
individuals were vaccinated against
smallpox. With the exception of
253 all were vaccinated in schools.
Tuberculosis
The examinations of 57 individ
uals have been secured at the
Black Mountain Sanatorium and 7
tuberculosis patients have been ad
mitted at the Sanatorium during
the past year. The records show
8 deaths in the county from tuber
culosis during this year. The nurs
ing service has carried 12 active
cases, 6 arrested cases, 26 sus
pects, 5 childhood types, and 178
contacts. The nurses visit these
individuals periodically and advise
them in proper living and in ac
tive cases, furnish sputum cups.
Venereal Diseases
Venereal disease clinics have
beeta conducted in Canton and
Waynesville for the treatment of
indigent cases of syphilis and gon
orrhea. A total of 38 syphilitic
cases have been treated in Canton
and 4 in Waynesville, making a
total of 80 having received treat
ment. Thirty-two new cases have
been admitted to the clinics dur
ing the year; 26 of whom were
white and 6 colored; 20 were male
and 20 female; 17 married and 15
single. Sixteen of tht cases who
have received treatment in these
clinics have received a negative
blood test.
A small number of cases of gon
orrhea have been treated at the
Waynesville clinic. Since the draft
ees have been found with syphilis.
Of this number 13 have been under
treatment at the health department
clinics, 6 by private physicians, and
4 live outside the county.
Tre-School Clinics
The health department in co-operation
with the Parent Teachers
Association conducts clinics near
the end of the school term for the
purpose of examining children who
will enter school for the first time
at the mxt school year. These
clinics were held in 19 schools, and
a total of 313 children were ex
amined with 159 parent being
present with 138 of the children
being innoculated for diphtheria
and 230 vaccinated for smallpox.
Schools
The health department makes a
physical examination of all school
children in the first, third and fifth
grades each year. It whs found
that among this number examined,
228 wi re ten per cent or more un
derweight; 178 had defective pos
ture; 3 had orthopedic defects; 6
had pediculosis, t! had scabies; 205
had defective temporary tonsils;
lKV'had had tonsils removed; 15
children were found with heart
condition; and 583 had been vac
cinated. The amount of the fore
going work is small due to the
fact that during 1941, all schools
were examined before the end of
the year, and the work shown on
report only includes what has been
done since the opening of schools
last fall.
A survey has been made to find
out the percentage or number of
children having smallpox vacci
cination taken in each school in the
county. The survey showed that
among the 6,554 children in at
tendance at the time of the survey
5,832, or 87 per cent had been suc
cessfully vaccinated against small
pox.
4-11 Club Examinations
Kxaminations were made of 4-H
club members in Fines Creek, Crab,
tree, Canton high, Bethel, Cecil,
Cruso, and Beaverdam schools, with
a total of 224 club members exam
ined. High School Boys Examination
At the request of state, school,
alid health authorities, a complete
physical examination was given
the junior and senior high school
boys in the Waynesville, Crabtree,
Clyde, Fines Creek, Canton and
Bethel high schools. A total of
complete physical examinations be
ing made. Thety revealed the for
lowing;
Thirteen boys had diseased ton
sils; 99 dental defects; 181 flat feet
of some degree; 4 bad heart condi
tions; 1 in a condition of lungs
which was reported by examination
at Black Mountain; 25 had defec
tive vision; 6 defective hearing; 80
had systolic blood pressure of J 50
or higher; 29 had albuminuria; 4
had intestinal parasites; 12 had
varicose, vxeins, 52 had pyorrhea;
4 had orthoppedic defects; and 3
had phimosis.
Sanitation
During the year there has been
one approved individual water sup
ply; 14 septic tanks installed; 27
visits made to private premises; 2
camp sites; 1 to swimming
pool; 24 to schools; 9 to public
water supplies; 1 to sewage plant;
639 foodhandling establishments;
217 to dairy farms; and 12 to milk
plants. The rating of the dairies
and the food handling places has
previously been announced.
School Dental Service
Due to the shortage of dontista
with the Oral Hygiene Department
of the State Board of Health, only
14 weeks of dental service in
schools as compared with 20 last
year, could be secured. Work in
this field during the time included:
1,533 children examined; 898
treated; 522 referred to local den
tists; 437 amalgam fillings; 118
cement fillings; 2,968 silver nitrate
treatments; 757 teeth extracted;
teeth cleaned for 898 children; S3
lectures given on oral hygiene with
an attendance of 2,064.
Maternal and Infant Welfare
There have been 89 antepartum
cases admitted to nursing service
during the year, wjth 47 . tiaft
made. There, alaQ.hav been,87
admissions to postpartum service
with 64 visits. In addition, to this
a maternal and infant clinie Jtes
been conducted at (Wjl, wilh, Dr.
J. Frank Pate, of Cinton, in chaff.
There are 6 midwrres InV tfe
county who have been - instructed
during the year and given permits
for practice; Mrs. Sallie Merlabb,
WaynesvUle, route 1, gride A .-
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