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Prevention 01 Disease Is Job 01 Health Department Whie the hospital is concerned chiefly with curative medicine, another health unit in the county is concerned primarily with the prevention of disease. That organization is the Haywood ' Oo'ttnty Public Health Department aud although it is not associated directly with the hospital its work is 'highly important, in protecting th? health of the county residents. immunization plays a large part jh tiie work of the Health Depart ' men!. In the five years previous to 195J5. 3,323 children were given diptheria shots; 2,412 received smallpox vaccinations; and 2,780 had whooping cough immunization. In addition. 1,473 completed im munizations for typhoid and 778 for tetanus. X-rays have located many cases of tuberculosis and enabled treatment to be started in time to save the patient. In the past many people have been sick and died from the disease without knowing what had stricken them. Even now many cases go undetect i. cd hft a steady improvement is nqted in the number of people haviqg X-rays. A comparison with 1932. the first yeaf ,a health report was made on Haywood County and the five years between 1948 and 1952 will show how effective preventative meas ures have been. Tuberculosis: 1932, 13 deaths; 194ff-l952. 17 deaths. Typhoid: 1932, four deaths; 1948 1952. none. Diptheria: 1932. three deaths; 1948-1952, four deaths. Hut the Health Department does much more than give shots. It gives orthopedic services, super vises school sanitation, water sup jly and excretia disposal, hotels ind other food handling establish ments, milk control, venereal dis ease control, health education, and school health in general. To conduct this constant program requires the services of three nurs ;s, two sanitarians, a bacteriologist ind two clerks. In addition to the pftice in Waynesville. another head quarters was established several /ears ago at Canton. The nurses are Mrs. Ruby Bry son. Mrs. Alma McCracken, and Hrs. Jeanette Helms: Bill Milner ind Jack Arrington, sanitarians: slizabeth Glavich, bacteriologist; Mrs. Vergie Robinson, clerk at Can on; and Dot Whisenhunt, Waynes /ille office clerk. The Haywood County Health De partment was organized in 1934 vith a bacteriologist, health officer, ind sanitarian. Previously there vas no supervision of milk, restau -ants, meat markets or schools. 3ublic health nurses were added o the staff and immunizations darted among school children, rhere has not been a case of ty phoid fever among school children n seven years. At the urging of the Health De partment. new ordinances have peen adopted for approved water lupplies and sewage disposal units. .Ince a year all food handlers in he county are required to have a physical examination. The Health Department does its pest to keep people from getting lick. Those who become seriously 11 or need of operations, go to the pospital. Between the two insti utions, the health of the people of ffaywood County is maintained. Hospital Run By Pe?Ple Of High Training, Ability Your hospital is much more than ^ just a building with a driveway, 1 landscaped grounds and modern J,1 scientific equipment. Your hospital is people?the finest in your town. 8 Only the finest will do. Only the a best people can be counted on to help to fight the battle for hqalth 1 in our community. Everyone who serves in your 3 hospital is specially chosed?for in- * telligence, for skill, for loyalty. ' From the Board of Trustees who ' directs the hospital policy to the ' newest assistant in the laboratory, each member of the AosfSMM family* has a deep interest in serving you in your time of need. More than 50 professions, occu- ' pations and skills are found in I hospitals. The training and talent I of your hospital family help to i save lives. Their services provide I comfort for patients. I The hospital family is the team lhat works together to serve you | In what may be the most critical i time of your life. They're on hand i to see you through your illness, to hasten your recovery. If you've ever been a patient? one out of eight people enter a hospital every year!?or have visit ed a friend who was one, you've lad a chance to meet some of the nembers of this important hospital amily. You've been able to learn it first hand why we say "hospitals ire people." There are so many other mem iers of the hospital family beside he doctors and the nurses that mu should know. For when you ire a patient, these other members 1 if the hospital team will help your Ibctor bring all the skills of medi cal science to work for you in your recovery. v AVheo you're a patient, your diet is most important. Proper nutri tion is closely related. That's why the scientific food service at your hospital is so vital to ypu. Every meal?prepared according to your doctor's direction?will reflect the handiwork of some specialist in the dietary department and kitchen. Other important members of the hospital family are the laboratory director and his staff. Their pains taking work help the doctor diag nose your condition. The register ed pharmacist and those who staff the pharmacy are also important members of the hospital team. They handle the countless drugs prescribed by your doctor which speed up your recovery. Other prominent members of the hospital family include the house keepers. who assure cleanliness, the maintenance staff, who keep the equipment and plant in opera tion. the laundry workers who han 1 die all linens. THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Haywood County Hospital i BURGIN S DAIRY Congratulates You. Phone 79 W-l ? Waynesville, N. C. Special Room Provided For Doctors To Hold Consultations Near the operating suites, is an office where physicians can hold consultations about patients. The records of patients are nearby, and this, together with the fact that the operating rooms are just a few feet away, lends itself to efficiency and the saving of time. (Mountaineer Photo). Hew Facilities Nay Be Insufficient i As much as has been done to > better hospital facilities by spend- ; ing nearly three-quarters of a mil lion dollars on a better building, and equipment, Administrator Lee | Davis said he does not think the new facilities will handle hospital demands for more than a few years. He explained that although this shortage could be foreseen at the time plans were drawn up. authori ties could not ask for a larger hos pital because necessary finances cquld not be obtained. The Medical Care Commission of I Raleigh, through which comes fed eral and State funds to the tune of 70 per cent for hospital building, would allow Haywood no more than a total of 100 beds for the population of the county. The Commisison determines the size of a hospital on the basis of popula tion and while a county could go | ahead and use only its own funds, the promise of 70 per cent of the cost moves most counties to accept cheerfully the Commission recom-, mdndations. t ? Mr. Davis said it is possible that, the county may have to pay for any future expansions without outside help. The Hill-Burton Act, which set up federal funds for hospital use, may not be renewed after ex piration. Requiring counties to give only 30 per cent of the total cost, the bill has been a tremendous incentive to improvement of hos-j pitals throughout the U. S. Lounges Provide Retr j For Medical Staff Met!J Lounges for the doctors and nurses are among the improve ments that do not directly affect the public at the hospital but nevertheless contribute to the over all excellence of the building. They provide retreats where members of the staff can relax after an operation, hold consultations, or change clothes for an operation. Th" ' ior, hav ?ne ji> the w . J ?? where tii*. nm? v and Hie oth('T b *J| section. "*1 U"'" the new P'et' d d -cler, had J i w?h a ilM0k,, l0WB ?oor neat Hie ^ Experts Offer Advice (1 The Feeding Of Babies | By JANE EADS WASHINGTON?Today's "Auto crat of the Breakfast Table," or I any other old table, could well be . baby, who is now allowed to eat i just about when and what he wants. Vast changes in the feeding of. i babies over the years is reflated in the advice set down by experts I in the government's best-seller, i "Infant Care," now in its ninth edition and distributed to more than 31,000,000. The first edition, out in 1914, advised that inlants be fed at regular three-hour inter vals. The latest edition says:: "In stead of scheduled hours, the 'clock' of a baby's hunger should be the mother's guide. To make a hungry, baby cry for half an hour because it is not 'time' for him to be fed is hard on him." The 1914 booklet advised breast I feeding. The present edition says: ? "Whether your baby is nursed at the breast or fed from a bottle, your concern will be to see that he gets enough food of the right kind. . . It is the spirit in which you feed your baby that counts, rather than the particular kind of milk he gets." Early editions of Infant Carp said babies should wait until they were seven or eight months old to get one to three tablespoons of jl' 1 men; v - >ft JI month!- -in 19U n-jJ^ tix more c'iofH Children - 'i- iV hined with result] tions on li'1 'iielogx^B of infant ft ? H ? I We Furnished The Modern Kitchen Of ? ? " : * : - v ' This New Expansion Of The Haywood County Hospital BE SURE TO SEE THE KITCHEN DURING OPEN HOUSE I / ASHEVILLE SHOWCASE AND FIXTUBE CO: * . ~ - ?'* t ' I \ ?. - ? v Food Service Equipment and Supplies ASHEVILLE. N.C. 1 .. Mr. Dick Gerringer ? Local Representative
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