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QUARTERLY REPORT NEWBERRY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
For the Third Quarter of the Year
1922. E. Paul Knotts, M. D.,
Director
The beginning of the third quarter
found thp Newberrv Countv Health
department in the midst of a vigorous
campaign against typhoid fever.
This disease was ''raging." There
were many cases and the mortality
was high. There was no epidemic in
the sense of a common origin for the
cases. The cases arose from the fact
that there are dozens, if not hundreds
of typhoid "carriers" and this connected
with bad sanitation and the
prevalence of more or less continued
rains, the wells became polluted and
infected those that were susceptible.
Flies did their part of course in keeping
the infection going. It seems
gigantic task to educate the people
successfully so -as to show immediate
effects in the reduction of disease in
cidence. In the face of the gTeat prevalence
of typhoid fever, we adopted
a method to combat it which is more
certain and that was by administering
the typhoid inoculations. This
campaign was started in June, during
which time 1S00 doses of the preventive
v-accine were given. In July
and August the campaign was continued
and 4,017 doses were given in
these two months. September the
number began to fall off and the
time which had been spent largely towards
fighting typhoid fever was then
used in other work. Perhaps it would
not be amiss to give a short synopsis
of the typhoid campaign:
Total number doses given 6,272
Number places visited to give inTiftPiilnt.innR
3S
Number visits made to these
places 162
Mileage made during campaign 3826
Number weeks devoted to work 12
Average No. doses a week .T 523
Persons starting treatment failing
to complete it 6 per cent
We are very proud of this work
and feel that a great deal has been
accomplished to lessen the number of
cases of this dread disease which will
be shown in the report of the cases
for the next two years. During this
Deriod we distributed 1534 pieces of
literature which dealt mainly with typhoid
fever. Also lectures and talks
v;ere given to a large number of persons
in this quarter on typhoid fever
?nd general preventative medicine. A
total of 11 such talks were made to
_ j i 1 J _ r r rfA TL.
a cotai auaience ui oar. xuis includes
talks made at Vaughnville, St.
Lukes, Fairview, Chappells, the Rotary
club and the Medical society,
and one to negroes at Dominicks.
The inspector has done some real
good work this quarter, notwithstanding
the fact that he has been
obliged to discontinue doing sanitary
work from time to time to help during
the typhoid campaign in working
up clinics, doing general office work
and what not. His report shows that
he has visited 230 homes leaving literature
and instructing the householder
in sanitation. As a result of
hfs work 34 homes have installed
Purina is going to
make us get move cans/
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'"Y^. Dad, it's a great systen
of feeding, Cow Chow sur
does get us mors milk. An<
besides i: starts our dairi
calves out right before the;
are ben. by giving the ccw
the minerals and proteins the;
need to grow well-boned
thrifty calves.
**Then Purina Calf Chow take
the your-? ca1^ gradually off c
whole milk and oaves us a !c
of milk right there;'
There are '"Sens" and '"Dads
right around inis town who ar
usir? mere milk can spac
because they now feed Parin
Chows. Call us up?let u
tell you all about it.
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summer
Newberi
| sanitary privies and 22 others have
screened inc-ir homes. Some drainjage
work has been done following his
I inspection and recommendation, no tably
Wells' woods near Oakland mill
| where other sanitation work was
(done, a quarry pit near the city
dumping grounds, another quarry pit
north-east from Newberry. Incidentally
the inspector is now hammering
away at the schools to get sanitary
arrangements installed ?nd is meeting
with considerable success. Col. E. H.
I Anil cnTKivintpnrip'nf-. nf Pfiuca
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tion, is cooperating with this department
in this work and we hope to be
;ab!e to say that every school in the
J county will have complied completely
with sanitary regulations by
Christmas.
i
! Due to lack of sufficient funds we
Shave been unable to get an original
literature worth " while except some
placards which were used to advertise
the anti-typhoid clinics. About
i 250 of these were placed. The local
j newspapers have been very kind to
us and from time to time have given
out publicity in the way of news
items and printing articles.
Quite a few disease were investigated
this quarter and appropriate
measures adopted to prevent the fur
ter spread of those that were contal
!g;ous. These were: 24 cases of diph{theria;
12 cases scarlet fever; 2 cases
amebie dysentery; 21 cases typhoid
fever; 3 cases denue; 1 case of
pellagra; 1 case tuberculosis. Considerable
laboratory work was done
in and during: the investigation of
these diseases. During the quarter.
5 blood wassermann reactions; 4 uri-j
nalysis; 8 throat cultures; 2 eye discharges
examined; 43 water supplies
analyzed and several feces examined. J
- - * 1 i x.
As diptheria seems to oe tne next,
disease of importance, that is, as =
there seems to be quite a number of
the cases arising, some special work
Tias been done towards its eradica-!
tion. In addition to the usual quar-'
antine and disinfection around cas- (
es that developed, those that were ex
I posed to the cases have been immunjed
against diptheria by administering
the toxin-antitoxia. The incidence of
this disease was cut down or at any
rate there were no secondary cases,
j Sixty-four doses of this toxin-antitoxiin
were given. We are planning an
'active campaign against diptheria
which is to be conducted in the
schools of the county this fall and
winter. ,
Other work may be grouped as
'miscellaneous. During the summer
| we examined 20 children, all of whom
I were found to have some defects or
j other. Four of these children have
'had defects corrected as a result of
j their examination. Two hundred and
six school children were vaccinated
(against small pox.
I The work this quarter has been
j broken into some, due to the fact that
| the nurse took her annual vacation
,and the inspector was allowed severjal
days off. Miss Lightsey, the nurse
did some important educational work
this summer in the nature of demonstrations
in home nursing before wo|
men's organizations and the young
, ladies who were taking the short
course this summer at Newberry college.
She also read a paper on "Oral
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Hygiene" before these ladies. Thej
Junior Red Cross exhibit which had j
been displayed to the teachers of the
Newberry college summer school by
Miss Dawson, Red Cross worker and
Miss Lightsey was taken by Miss
Lightsey to the colored summer
school. The exhibit was shown for
two days and some health talks made.
Miss Lightsey enjoys the confidence
of the people of Newberry and it is
earned by the sterling work she has
done since she has been here. She
enjoys the distinction of having remained
in her position since her appointment
over five years ago. Few
nurses in tho state have done this.
Last spring Miss Lightsey organized
a class for midwives and all those
persons practicing midwifery in the
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county were ODiigea u> auena tnebe
classes. This work was discontinue!
I
this summer but is to be resumed in
Octobcr. This is perhaps the first
and most fundamental step in combating
the rrreat death rate among)
mothers and infants.
Attached is a statistical report of |
the work done for the month of Sep-j
tember, for the third quarter, and the j
totals for the year thus far. Reports;
ordinarily are dry and uninteresting
and we do not claim this one to be
an exception. The work would be
just so to us were it not for the fact!
that we are dealing with problems
that concern life and death. The results
obtained are difficult to write |
and are to be found only in the column
of "lives, lost and found/'
E. Paul Knotts.
County Health Officer.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Sanitary Work.
Homes visited by the inspector,
month of Sept., 50; third quarter,
230; yearly total, 1145.
Pit privies installed (approved):
Sept., 9; third quarter, 34; year, 131.
Homes screened: Sept., 0; third
quarter, 22; year, 108.
Drainage work, number done:
Sept., 0; third quarter, 3; year, 3.
Nuisances abated: Sept., 2; third
Quarter. 4: vear. 10.
Educational.
] Lectures delivered: Sept., 5; third
quarter, 11; year, 34.
; Talks to school children: Sept., 1;
third quarter, 1; year, 3,942.
i Literature distributed: Sept. 1080;
quarter, 1535; year, 3949.
Letters written in office: Sept., 62;
quarter, 187; year, 990.
' Circular letters sent out: Sept., 0;
quarter, 0; year, 91.
Homes visited by director: Sept.
10; quarter, 61; year, 306.
j Homes visited by nurse: Sept., 32;
quarter, 62; year, 631.
Homes visited by director, inspector,
nurse: Sept., 92; quarter, 213;
year, 1437.
Contagious and Other Disease Work.
Contagious disease investigated:
Sept., 11: quarter, 40; year,74.
Typhoid fever cases: Sept., 2;
quarter, 21; year, 30. a
; Tuberculosis: Sept., 0; quarter, 4;
year, 6.
Diphtheria: Sept., 4; quarter, 24:
year, 24.
Senrlpt fever: Sept., 4; quarter.
12: year. 12. \
Amebic dysentery: Sont . 0; our"
tev. 2* vear. 2.
Dengue: Sept. quart01*. 3;
3.
^ Sor t., 0: o-^rt?r, 1:
year, 1.
Laboratory Work.
Blood Wassermann: Sept., 2; quarter,
5; year, 5.
Urinalysis: Sept.. 0; quarter, 4;
ye?r, 4.
Throat cultures: Sept.. 2; quarter.
Q i-n-j v ?
Water supplies analyzed: Sept., 4:J
quarter, 18: year 65.
Eye discharge examined: Sept., 2;
ouarter. 2: year, 2.
Serums ar.d Vaccines.
Xo. doses typhoid vaccine: Sept..
54(5: quarter. ."..0353; year. 0.272. k
Doses toxin-?.ntitoxin: Sept., G;j
quarter, fi -I: year. 112.
Doses antitoxin: Sept., 0; quarter,j
1 ; year, L
Smallpox vaccinations: Sept., 189;;
quarter, 206; year, 850. ,
Medical Examinations.
Xo. children examined: Sept., 3:
quarter, 20: year, 1,436.
Xo. found defective: Sept.. 3;j
ouarter, 20; vear, 880.
I
Xo. defects corrected: Sep:.. 4;j
quarter. 4; year, 302. [
Xo. persons examined for tubercu-;
losis: Sept., 0; quarter, 4; year, 107.;
Xo. found infected: Sept., 0; quarter,
2; year, 8. i
No. found having other defects:
Sept., 0; quarter, 2; year. 62. ;
E. Paul Knotts,
County Health Officer.
MRS. HARDING TO j SPEND
WINTER IN FLA.
Washington, Oct. IT.?Mrs. Harding-,
wife of the president, will pass j
winter in Florida if her health per-1
mits her making the trip and if she j
can be persuaded to leave the presi- j
dent for that length of time.
Plans for a southern winter home j
are being considered at the White j
House, but as yet, it was learned to- j
day, no decision has been reached, j
Brigadier General C. E. Sawyer is of j
t'no nninion that if the trio can be ar-1
ranged, Mrs. Harding will regain!
much of her lost health by escaping
the rigors of the northern winter.
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