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Syphilis Survey Conducted In State’s Prison Camps Survey Shows 23.3 Per cent infection. 2,229 Out of 5.553 Prisoners Carry Db ease. ii ■■ .. ■ Raleigh, Jan. 17 Out of 9,- 533 prisoners in eighty camps who were given serological tests for syphilis in a statewide survey conducted cooperatively by the State Board of Health and the North Carolina Highway and Pub lic Works commission, 2,229, or 23.3 percent, were found to be syphilitic. The survey was made with the aid of the Reynolds Foundation. The results, announced by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State Health officer, following conferences with prison officials, showed that 8.5 percent of all white prisoners and 34.2 percent of all Negro pri - soneTs reacted positively to the tests. White syphilitics number ed 341, out of a total white pri son population og 4,010, while the total number of Negro syphilitics was 1,888, out of a total Negro prison population of 5,523. The highest percentage of posi tive reactions among both whites and Negroes was found in the county emits, with a combined population of 5,291. In this group, 248 of the whites reacted posi tively, this being 9.5 per cent of a total of 2,528, while 1,572 of the | 2,763 Negroes, or 53.2 percent, I were syphilitic. The total for this] group was 34.3 percent. Os the 4,242 prisoners examin ed who were sentenced or cleared through the State’s Prison in Ra leigh, there were 409 positive re actors, this being 9.6 per cent of the total. Ninety-three of the white prisoners examined, or six and two-tenths percent of a total of 1,482, were shown to be syphilitic, while positive re actors ameng the 2,760 Negroes given blood tests totaled 316, or 14.3 percent This survey for determining the prevalence of syphilis among .iave bought the 15 uni pass and Day Service Station No. 2 n North fflain street, on the edge of town. 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' Reynolds, state health officer, who 2 designated Dr. J. C. Knox, Dir ector of the Division of Epidem iology and Venereal Disease Con trol, and Dr. F. S. Fellows, Ven ' ereal Disease Consultant of the United States Public Health Ser vice, who has been loaned to the ‘ State Beard of Health, to work in cooperation with Frank L. ] Dunlap, Chairman of the State ’ Highway and Public Works Com mission; Robert Grady Johnson, Director of Prisons; Dr. Felda Hightower, Medical director at the Central Prison, and his assis j tants. i Funds for paying the Technic ian who worked in the Central t Prison Laboratory making serolo-> gical tests from blood specimens sent in were supplied by the Rej nolds Foundation. Dr. Hightow er and his staff obtained the spe cimens. “The object in making this ex. ’ haustive survey,” said Dr. Rey i nolds, “Was to get that portion , of our prison population infected ; [ with syphilis under competent I treatment. Cooperative arrange . j ments have been made whereby 1 ! the prison dpartment will meet . | the other half of the expense for . this purpose. E “Plans are also being worked ; out,” the Health Officer contin r ued, “whereby the jail or prison E authorities will be notified of > the status of any syphlitic under - treatment in any of the 228 ven s ereal disease clinics in the State, r “Also, whenever prisoners are j discharged, the clinics are being l notified, in order that treatment t 1 may be continued. I cannot place PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. too much emphasis on the im portance of this,” Dr. Reynolds declared, “for on this point rests the crux of the syphilis eradica tion campaign. “This follow up,” he went on, i “will be made possible by the in -1 (formation gained through the l Board of Health’s Central Tabul ■ ating Unit, which is operated 1 un * der the direction of the Division . of Epidemiology and Venereal E Disease Control. ■ “When a prisoner is discharg -1 ed, his record and course of treat ■ ment are sent to the State Health > Department, and from this point • the case is followed and treat ■ ment continued in the clinic in ■ the area in which the prisoner lives. The Central Tabulatng Unit : issues a daily report.” Dr. Reynolds emphasized the ! spirit of thorough cooperation be ; tween the State Board of Health and the North Carolina Highway 1 and Public Works commission ' that marked the course of the ’ study, “which”, as he stated it, “enables us to carry on this ex tensive and valuable program.” The Health Officer declared that the fact that “Dr. Hightower and his staff are so well quali fied in this feild of work was of l untild advantage,” as well as the i 1 fact that “the prison physicians realize so fully the importance of this survey and the value of . continued and uninterrupted treatment among those who are infected.” He went on to declare . that “their interest in the work ! and the able manner in which Dr. t Hightower directed this under t taking demand special commen . dation.” j He continued; t “The significance and the im r portance of this thorough and comprehensive survey is outstand -1 ing, in that it has established as . an indisputable fa|t that there is i a serious public health problem f .yet unsolved which will tax the r ingenuity of all agencies dedicat _ ed to this task. .. “This particular group has lit e tie responsibility to society, and a it behooves us to place it mem t| bers in such a physical condition J as will improve their mental at- titude, with the hope that they may become, through the pro cesses of physical rehabilitation, restored to the point where they will become useful citizens, with an awakened sense of their res ponsibility to that society which extends them protection. “Furthermore,” Dr. Reynolds said, “this survey indicates just how hedessary and essential it is to syphilis control in North Caro, lina that county and city offic ials should make a similar and continuous survey of their pri son population. o BEST Soil conservationists, after re peated tests, are continuing to find that plain, old-fashioned grass sod is one of the best anti erosion measures. STOPS The U. S. Agriculture depart ment has stopped paying subsid ies on most wheat exports in view of prospects-'for a short crop this year and relatively favorable do mestic prices. Be Thrifty-Check these Values ■ I Heinz Tomato I"T isetcnu p l 4 ° z “ I/ c Tuna Fish M^ t 2 cras 25c Cut Beets - No.l# 17c Cans Pure Lard 8 " 111 2 lbs lsc Strongheart Dog Food 4 2? 19c ■ • Bruce’s Blended | warn Juice 46 “ c "> lie Golden Blend Coffee 3 lb. pkg. 39c m New No. 2 | Tomatoes Pack o Cans 17c f I Pender Assorted I KGS 1-lb. Layer, each Iyt WHITE HOUSE APPLE JELLY 3 Jars 25c Triple-Fresh OUR PRIDE BREAD, Loaf 8c LARGE LUX FLAKES, Package 25c SPRY SHORTENING, 3-lb. Can 55c SUNSHINE KRISPY CRACKERS, Package 13c Double-Fresh D. P. BLEND COFFEE, 1-lb. Package 20c NATIONAL PEANUT WEEK! Virginia Maid Peanut SKT„2Ic CANDY PEANUT CUBES, lb. 10c CHOC. COVERED PEANUTS, 2-lbs. 25c RED MILL PEANUT BUTTER, 1-lb. 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Nat ional Board of Trustees add re ceive a majority vote of the dele gates present at the national con vention of Future Farmers at A merka. *•’ * o i COTTON A demonstrational program has been started by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture under which a small quantity of low-grade cot ton will be used in the manufac ture of high-grade paper. DIFFERENCE [ 1 Although he applied calcium metaphosphate on his clover in the late spring, C. D. Baldwin of ,! the Lansing community in Ashe j county reports he could tell a marked difference when the clou ver was cut for hay.
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