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THE GREATEST MENACE
No doubt our people are interested
in the amount of work that is being
put into the control of venereal dis
ease, as it represents 25% of the en
tire number of contagious and infec
tious diseases of our state. The State
Board of Health is well satisfied with
what has been accomplished, but not
content. The army figures show the
lowest rate in 25 years. The reduc
tion in brain syphilis at the insane asy
lum last year was 4 1-2%, which hap
pens to be the sum of SIO,OOO saving
to our taxpayers, and Is the amouni
of the appropriation made for the en
tire department.
I CONSOLIDATED REPORT FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1922.
DIVISION OF VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL —GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH —JOE P. BOWDOIN, SURGEON (R).
MONTH I* w y^ lli 5. I Gonorrhoea | Clfancrold | Arsphen 7 Wasser- SmearsDetention| Pam- | Audienws [“Total i Cities
=— L MF ~I M I F -I M - I F. | amine manna |F. | phlets. j Lee. | Films )Cards.| Attend.| x| xx
Feh "' l oil l;’! 263 59 1 10 S 1 1134 1367 73 29 [2O j 730 7196 200 16187 2514 I4 T
Mrh 7 284 98 ! 27 4 175 6 ISSI 236 1 ' 147 ! 806 11267 ... 31 1298 4 6
An? 7c? 130 ! 237 58 ! 35 5 1368 1824 346 44 SO 835 941 175 1116 2 6
Mav , 244 56 37 3 1726 1576 443 20 64 | 656 1649 300 100 j 2049 | 3
III ! ! !? 9 59 | 23 1 1497 1924 872 29 40 j 767 13374 ...... 3374! 2 2
- . _ 4 ! O | 16 ‘ I 389 I 108 I 38 4 1603 1988 152 24 j 35 j 156 ! 690 145 I 835 4 7
_J ( ? T .-^ L i 1563 | 80! ; 1713 | 438 | 170 18 9084 10560 j 2122 | 144 | 386 | 4000 1 8717 675 1894 | 11286 ; 19 [ 28
Syphilis 2364; Gonorrhoea 2151; Chancroid 188. Total V. D. First Six Months of 1922, 4703. ~
x—lo,ooo or more. xx—lo,ooo or less.
The table above shows by months
Just what has been done. Study it for
a few minutes
Arsphenamlno mentioned is the tech
nical name tor what is commonly
known as 606. The average price of
this drug is $1.65 per dose to the
druggist, making a valuation of this
drug distributed by the State Board
of Health $14,986.60.
The Wiissermanns mentioned mean
that an exanflnation of 10,560 speci
mens of blood has been made in the
laboratory. No reputable laboratory
will make such examinations for less
than $5 each, or $53,800. This is the
test for syphilis.
The smears mentioned refer to
smears of mucous or pus made on a
glass slide by the physician and ex
amined for the germ that causes gon
orrhoea, 2,122 of which were made, and
they are $2 each by all laboratories, or
$4,244,
This gives us a total valuation of
$73,032.60 of work done and 606 fur
nished the people of our state with an
appropriation of $lO,OOO. How much of
Buffering, anxiety and health have been
conserved you can imagine.
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- EDUCATIONAL MATTER.
' To educators, ministers, Y. M C. A
workers, public health nurses, and all
who may be enlisted in the education
young boys and girls along keeping
fit lines: The State Board of Health
has for this purpose sets of beautifully
prepared cards of convenient stze tc
lend any one who is interested enough
to see that they are displayed to thr
proper audiences. Educational pam
phlets for different and classes
can be had for the asking. Write th
State Board of Health, 131 Capita!
Square, Atlanta, Ga., if you are inter
ested.
ANNUAL REPORT OF
STATE JIOARD OF HEALTH
The annual report of the State Boarr
of Health has been submitted to the
General Assembly as the law directs
It is a concise, well prepared report
of the activities of this most important
part of our government work. A limit
ed supply has been printed and if yoi
are interested Dr. T. F AJjererombh
will be glad to send you a appy If yoi
will drop him a line.
The Tuberculosis death de
creased from 200.000 to lOO.OOffi sinc<
the last International Conference helc
in the United States. \
TUBERCULOSIS AND
THE WORKING MAN
Splendid Work for Labor Unions.
All workers on machines realize
that the machine, to do its maximum
work, must be kept in perfect re
pair, and every effort is made tcxkeep
it so, but only a few persons seem to
apply the same logic to that most
wonderful machine, the Human Body
Why will people, otherwise Intelli
gent, disregard all rules of Nature, I
every law of hygiene, in their treat
ment of the body? Ordinary mach
inery can be placed, but one cannof
buy another body if this is worn out.
An abused stomach may never be
polished up so that it is as good as
new, an eye that is punctured cannot
be replaced as Is a broken bulb. A
lung affected with Tuberculosis can
be cured, but the lung tissue which
Is damaged is not replaced by new
lung tissue, but by scar tissue which
does not function as lung tissue, but
rather at a patch that holds the re
maining lung tissue together so that
it may function.
The working man must bear always
In mind that It is best, of course, to
prevent injury to the body machine,
but that should such injury occur, im
mediate steps should be taken to re
pair the waste in health, as in ma
chinery, before the break becomes
serious.
The writer is especially Interested
in the waste due to Tuberculosis. Tu
berculosis is the most frequent and
widespread of all the causes of death,
and takes it toll in the period of
greatest usefulness, between the ages
of 15 and 50. About 10 per cent of
all deaths are due to this disease.
Tuberculosis is, to a great extent, a
class disease; it is more prevalent
among the poor than the well-to-do,
so that it is a sociological problem as
well as a medical one; it is a disease
that all classes must Join to fight.
The Labor Unions have, or should
have, a special interest in the Anti-
Tuberculosis Crusade. The laboring
people are sufferers to a large degree
from the waste due to this scourge.
Do the Unions take sufficiently ac
tive part in the Crusade? The various
Unions could do an immense amount
of good for their members if they
would help in the sale of Tubercu
losis Bea]a.; if every member were
brought to realize that early symp
toms of the disease are not stormy in
their onset, but insidious; if they
would bring the force of their organ
izations to bear upon the legislators
from their districts to persuade them
of the necessity of appropriating suf
ficient funds to properly care for
those persons affected with Tubercu
losis
The Printing Pressmen’s and As
sistants’ Union of North America, the
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the
Workmen’s Circle of Now York, the
Central Federation of Labor of Al
bany, the International Typographical
Union, have established Sanatoriams
for their members. Other Unions
might do well to follow their example
Nothing can further the cause ol
the working men better than improv
ed health, and nothing so increase
their {l^ppjness.
LONGEVITY
H 1s worthy of interest that the life
span has been steadily increasing and
with it life efficiency. According tc
figures from the Bureau of Census
and other reliable sources, the com
plete expectation of life in the orig
inal registration states in 1901 was
49 2, in 1910 it was 51.5 and in 192 C
it was 54.3. It will thus be seen thal
nearly five years have been added tc
the average duration of life in ths
past twenty years, or an average oi
three months every year.
It has been held that this, in a great
measure, has been due to the marked
decrease In the death rate of acute in
fectious diseases through a better un
derstandlng of their cause and pre
vention. It is worthy of note, how
over, that the chronic degenerative
diseases that through the first decade
shown quite a marked decrease. II
Is interesting to know that tubercu
losis has shown the greatest decline
of any because of the active organized
efforts for its control. From what has
been accomplished in this disease
through education of the masses ol
the people as to Its cause and pre
ventlon we may Infer that like results
can be secured by rational application
of a general publicity program foi
Brights. Diabetes and Heart Disease
for these are more amenable to con
trol through right means of living
than is Tuberculosis.
The greatest killing disease is Syph
Ills. It should ba promptly and
continuously treated until cured in
every case. It is said that 10 per ceni
of all our marriages involve a syphil
ltic. It is a disease that is directly
transmitted from mother to child. II
is often accidentally contracted. Ths
State makes free Wassermann exam
inations of blood *or this disease, and
will be glad to answer any question
that you may ask
Owing to a lack of appropriation
your State Board of Health cannot
come to you as it would like to do. but
you can come to your State Board
Write them about any matter, per
sonal or general. If of general inter
est they may he able to send some ol
the staff to see about it, or at last
they will be glad to take up your p.ub
lem with you by correspondence,
which, of course, will be regarded as
confidential if you so desire.
HOME CARE FOR MILK
Milk is a food which contains all
the elements needed to promote and
sustain bodily growth and develop
ment.
It is the one essential food for in
fants during the first year of life and
should form a liberal part of the dally
diet for every child. On good author
ity it is asserted that the family milk
supply should be a quart of milk per
day per child under two years of age
and not less than a pint per day for
each child between the ages of -two
and six years.
Food experts also tell us that a pint
!of milk in food value is equal to
' one-fourth of a pound of pork loin,
' one-third of a pound of mutton, two
fifth of a pound of eggs and really
more nutriment than is contained in
a pound of oysters or codfish. Of
course it is understood that when we
are talking about milk and its value
as a food, we have in mind only clean,
wholesome milk. By this Is meant
milk that comes from healthy cows
on a well-conducted farm or your own
home. The Department of Health has
found that unless the clean, safe milk
is properly cared for in the home, in
1 few hours it may be spoiled and so
dangerous to use as food for the baby.
It is well known that a high tem-
perature, soon spoils good milk. Hot
weather spoils the milk, and spoiled
mllic makes babies sick, and this in
creases the baby death rate during
the hot weather months. It should
not be forgotten either that a high
indoor temperature in winter will
spoil milk as quickly in December as
it will in July. Spoiled food and
wrong feeding kills the babies. So
baby’s milk must be kept cool all the
time. In order to take proper home
care of your milk the following
‘dont’s” should be of value.
Don’t put milk on window ledge to
save ice.
Don’t place milk in open, unclean
ve3sol3 exposed to air and flies.
Don’t use milk over twenty-four
hours old for the baby.
Don’t mix old and new milk.
Don’t have janitor take In milk un
less he puts it into an icebox.
Don’t fail to wash bottles and ves
sels with scalding water.
Don’t fail to return empty bottles
promptly.
Don’t economize on ice; ice is
cheaper than milk.
Don’t fail to keep milk cold.
Don’t forget that good milk is good
food.
It is also well to provide a covered
box, at almost no cost at all, in a
shaded place, where your milk man
can put the milk, so that it will be
protected from flies and animals. Be
fore opening wipe the mouth and cap
of bottle dry with a clean cloth. Keep
the milk In your Icebox, which should
ba washed with boiling water and
aired once a week. This will help
greatly to keep the baby’s milk tn
good condition.
The Georgia State Board of Health
will be glad to advise with you at
any time. Write them for pamphlets.
THE NEED OF PLAY.
All of U3 know thft children need
to play, but few realize that it is nec
essary for grown folks to play too if
they would keep well and live out their
lives to the end that nature planned.
‘ Nearly all the degenerative diseases
result from a lack of play,” says a
noted doctor. “Mentally and physic
ally we need recreation that really re
creates, that relaxes tired muscles,
that gives wearied nerves a chance to
regain exhausted vitality.”
Exercise in a gymnasium is fine, but
still is ordinary outdoor play, romp
Ing, skipping, jumping like a child and
preferably with the children. The
simpler games do the most good, for in
the childish outdoor games we get the
ideal combination of exercise of mus
cles, fresh air and sunshine.
Health is a state of perfect balance
—of physical and mental and moral
equilibrium. When work is balanced
by play, exercise by rest, effort by
sleep, body and mind and soul can
function normally.
The health cranks have demonstrat
ed that It costs 76 cents to save a
man from hookworm. The war-lords
have demonstrated that it cost* $15,000
to kill a man In war. It thus appears,
if the people would give the $15,000 to
the health cranks instead of to the
war-lords, the said health cranks could
with this sum save 19,736 lives.
Let ns, therefore, build another
monument to the war-lords, to teach
our children —patriotism.—Bulletin In
diana State Board of Health.
SAFETY SUGGESTIONS.
The exhaust gas from au automobile
or any Internal combusion engine is
dangerous. Because this is true these
precautions should be observed:
1. Always open the garage door be
fore starting the engine.
2. Do not allow the engine to run
for any length of time in a closed
garage.
3. Do not work near the exhaust oi
a runnning automobile engine.
4. Special precautions as to venti
lation are necessary when in garage
pits.
5. When the exhaust is used for
heating a closed car, the system must
be free from leaks.
The person overcome by exhaust
gases from automobile and gasoline en
gines should be removed to fresh air
and artificial respiration performed
until a physician arrives. Remove the
patient from the r neighborhood of the
poison Keep patient flat of the back,
quiete ar.d warm, and let him have
absolute rest until breathing Is good
end he Is restored.
CO-OPERATION
Every Citizen of Lamar Coun
ty is invited to cooperate with
every other Citizen in an effort
to advance the General Interests
*
of the County, for in this way
every Citizen will be benefitted.
Cooperate in Upholding and
Enforcing the Law. The Peace
and Prosperity of every Citizen
is involved in the proper Ob
servance of Law, not just some
Law but all Law.
Cooperate in every efFort to
advance the Religious, Educa
tional and Material Interests of
the County. Attend and Sup
port the Churches of all Denomi
nations, stand by and encourage
all the Schools and Educational
Institutions in the County and
thus afford the very Best Possi
ble Facilities for all the children
that they may be better equipped
for making Good Citizens and
becoming Independent and Pros
perous.
Cooperate in sustaining all the
Business Enterprises in the Coun
ty, whether they be located in
town, village or rural section.
Patronize the people who are
operating them with their money
and energy and thus help to keep
the money circulating among
your own neighbors and friends.
Cooperate in Growing and
Marketing all County Products,
whether raw or manufactured,
whether made in town, on the
farm, in the home or in the fac
tory. Stick together, combine
interests and efforts and work
for the general good.
Cooperate with County Au
thorities in their endeavors to
give the Citizens a Good and
Helpful Administration. Every
Citizen can help or hinder.
Every Citizen can assist in Build
ing up or he can participate in
Tearing Down and Destroying.
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Cooperate either in Leading or
in Following in every Movement
looking to the Good of the Citi
zens Individually or Collectively.
Cooperating in all these things
will make Lamar a Mighty Fine
County and Our People Prosper
ous and Happy!