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Wednesday Morning, January 11, 1922
MILLEDQEVILLE NEWS
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HEALTH OFFICER H. D. ALLEN
ISSUES REPORT FOR YEAR 1921
(Continued from First Page)
prevent loss of time from school spe
cific treatment for these conditions
have lieen given at the expense of the
Health Office.
Among the colored schools a par
tial examination has been made on
the pupils of Eddy High. This is to
bo completed as time allows. Six of
the other colored schools have been
\isited and given talks and the pu
piis vaccinated against smallpox.
3. Sanitation.
The need for constant and progres
sive supervision of community uwf
homo sanitation is in the end the only
hope of ideally effectual health work.
The diseases tITat are born through
filth are very many, though confined
almost entirely to those diseases that
affect the paths of the bodily excre
tions, as the nose, throat, lungs, bow
els and genito-urinary organs. Mott
notable of these diseases are tuber
culosis, the typhoid and dysentery
group, and the venereal diseases. If
more stress can be put upon the prop
er disposal of the excretions then
there is little danger of food and wa
ter and aid contamination. Everyone
realizes without argument the strict
relationship between health and pure
air, water and food. The special ex
coption to sanitation throuhg disposal
and destruction of filth Is elimination
of the mosquito and other disease
bearing insects. The problems re
quire constant expenditure of money
Indigestion
Many pereons, otherwise
rigorous and healthy, are
bothered occasionally with
indigestion. The effects of n
disordered stomach on the
system are daagerons, and
prompt treatment of Indiges
tion Is lmportanL “The only
medicine I hare needed has
been something to aid diges
tion and clean the liver,” O
writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a —
McKlaney, Texas, farmer. ■*
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trouble of say kind. I bare
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Draught I take it la broken
deeea after meals. Far a load
time I triad plUa, which grip,
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results. Blaek.Draught Urea
mediates Is eaajr to tab* easy
to keep, fa as pa Bairs."
Get a postage from paw
druggist today—Aak tar and
Insist upon nadlerfi
only feasts e.
CM II today.
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and depend to a large extent on the
financial status of the people though
their Importance must be kept before
the people all the time If their econ
omic values are to be realized.
MilldgerlUe and Baldwin county
are by no means entirely wanton in
regard to sanitation. The religious
and educational influenoe of our nu
merous and excellent Churches and
schools are reflected in a high-toned
moral conception of decent and clapn
living. The city has accomplished a
great deal in the sewerage extension
and much care is being given to the
water supply as to portable qualities
ami purity. , OnlV twice during the
year has the monthly analysis of the
water shown evidence of pollution
and these times it was quickly cor
rected. No cases of typhoid fever
this year have been in homes supplied
by city water and equipped with sew
er connections. With hardly an ex
ception the merchants who handle
food supplies take great interest m
keeping their places clean and at-trac-
tive.
Inspections of private premises
have been made throughout the city
in connection wltlj Mr. Robert’s, the
city’s sanitary inspector, visiting the
stables and certain sections that that
were lax in using the scavenger
service. This work 1b continu
ing through Mr. Roberts, who is es
pecially Interested in checking fly
breeding and ridding the city of un
sightly trash with a view also to pre
venting fires. Other Inspections have
been made personally, In connection
with visits to infectious diseases and
where requested by property owners
and personal suggestions made as to
possible Improvements. Through di
rect efforts of the health office thirty-
eight homes and six rural schools
have been equipped with sanitary ap
pliances for the disposal o'f sewage.
Inspections have been made of the
county jail and convlot camp. The of-
ficiala at both places show interest-
in the health and comforts of their
charges and with the means at their
disposal conditions in these places are
good. Only one criticism or sugges
tion is to be made and that Is the
hammock beds at the jail could per
haps profitably be replaced by swing
ing metal banks, adding much to the
edmfort of the occupants.
Three surveys of city’s drainage
have been made with engineers from
the etate hoard of health and Central
Railroad, and reports of the condi
tions have been carried before the
mayor and city council. Also all tk)
moral pressure possible has been di
rected against the dump pile nui
sance. The message of the mayor for
this year covers the solution in advo
cating incineration. This, however,
requires an Increase In the financing
o fthe city's affairs so a consideration
must he . given to time for this under
taking. •
The Central Railroad has agreed to
eqlup their depot here with sanitary
closets.
4. Preventive Therapy (Treatment)
Direct charge has been taken of the
64 cases of smallpox. These have all
been quarantined, furnished with ra
tions where needed and supplied with
disinfectant* for cleaning up. One
thousand six hundred and eighty-six
vaccinations have been given persona
directly or indirectly exposed to this
disease. \\ hile all of the cases were
negroes they were put on their hon
or to observe the quarantine precau
tions and on the whole satisfactory:
rcflults were obtained in checking the I
epidemics. One negro caused 3ome'
complaint hut as nothing further of
the disease epidemic appeared no
punitive steps were taken against him.
Twenty-one cases of typhoid have
been reported and all but six vsited.
ing organisms. Three widal test wero
done to determine the presence of ty
phoid fever and two specimens sent
to the state board of health for widal
tests. Observations were made on
three rabid dogs and the smears from
the brains examined for the present
Negri Bodies. Specimen from tpe
animals as well as two others were
S'-at to the state board of health for
examination. One specimen was re-
j ported as negative.
6. Statistics.
One hundred and fourteen monthly
report cards have been received dur
ing the year. The diseases receiving
special attention have been enumerat-
l'ersonal charge was taken of fouried under Preventive Therapy. The
cases in two families that were un- vital statistics have not been collect
able to afford private physician. 192(f | ed or reviewed, for, from a county-
doseB of typhoid vaccine were given J wide standpoint they are most inconi-
to approximately 700 people. Besides ■ plote. These however are most impor-
these vaccine was distributed to the! taut as a check on the health work
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You are entitled to the benefit
of the doubt. Why not take
advantage of it?
The law is very careful in protecting the
rights of a prisoner charged with a crime.
How about the Law of Common Sense and
the man who has committed an error only? Isn’t
this a good place to use the benefit of the
doubt, too?
Take your own case: If you don’t know for
sure whether tea or coffee is harming you, you
do know that many are harmed by the drug
element in tea and coffee, and that headaches,
nervousness, or high blood pressure are symp
toms which often tell that the drug, caffeine, is
giving the nervous system too much jolt.
Probably you know, too, that some people
can’t drink a cup of tea or coffee at bed-time,
and sleep well that night.
Where many have been harmed by tea and
coffee, and you may be harmed, isn’t it well to
put the benefit of the doubt on your side before
doubt becomes an unpleasant certainty?
There’s charm without harm in Postum—a
pure cereal beverage, rich in flavor, fully satisfy
ing; the favorite table drink of thousands.-
Suppose you try giving yourself this benefit *
today, and keep up the test for ten days; then
judge the results. See if you don’t feel better and
work better. You can get Postum wherever good
food and drink are sold or served.
Postum comes in two forms: Instant Postum (in tins)
made instantly in t^ie cup by tha addition of boiling water.
Postum Cereal (in packages of larger bulk, for those who
prefer to make the drink while the meal is being prepared)
made by boiling for 20 minutes.
Postum for Health
"There's a Reason”
private physicians. Dr. Hall and Dr.
Binlon gave the vaccine to the un
vaccinated students at their respect
ive'schools, O. N. & 1.1C. and G. M.
C. This one act certainly must have
contributed to our very low typhoid
rate. Only in three instances were
contact case developed and these
wore only whore tho vaccine protect
ion had been neglected.
Four cases of malaria were glvou
the standard prophylactic treatment.
Six persons and nine animals were
given the Pasteur treatment for mad
dog bites. Eleven cases of diphtheria
have been reported and visited. Two
cases were taken charge of and both
given treatment with good success.
Three infants have died, two appar
ently from neglect o* treatment, and
the third from a subsequent pneumo
nia. Quarantine was only establish
ed in one case occurring in a prin
cipal part of the city. The others
were managed by precautions and
throat examinations of the exposures
and throat disinfection and prophy.
lactic serum dosos. 173,000 units of
anti toxin wore dispensed. No con
tact cases developed from any of
these eleven caBes.
Only two cases of measles and tour
of scarlet fever have been reported
These were visited and precautions
established through Isolation and dls
intectants.
An epidemic of chicken-pox was
gulte wide-spread. Cases were ex
cluded from school until recovered
ajnd adult cases Inspected as to the
possibility of. email pox.
As epidemic of whooping cough re
calved very little attention other than
to call attention to the parents'
through 4 newspaper article and by a
circular to the parents of the school
children that it was very important
to protect infants from title disease.
Four cases of 'tuberculosis have
been sent to the state sanatorium at
Alto. Two other cases have in appli
cations. Eight other cases have bean
visited and instructed In precautions
and personal hygiene. Special ef
forts In these lines are being carried
on by the nurse employed by the
funds from the sale of anti-tubercu
losis seal sales.'
The venereal disease control work
has bee nby far the most extensive
endeavor of the health officer and fho
greater part of each Saturuday has
been given to this work, besides
good many Sundays at the conviit
camp. This work has been possible
through the free distribution of neo-
sulvarsan and the tree Wasserman
tests of the state board of health. One
hundred and twenty-three syphilic
patients have been given 505 intra
venous injections of neo-salvarsan.
Thirty-six cuBes of gonorrhoea and
chrancroids have been prescribed for
and given instructions in precautions.
Of the number of syphylics treated
11 have been county convicts. Other
work done in the nature of gratuitous
assistance has boon visits tBthc elate
prison farm and helping Dr. Compton
take 143 blood tests and give some 00-
odii intravenous treatment.
Two girls were sent through the ju
venile court to tiie -state training
school for girls us they were living
in bad surroundings. The city police
department lias also shown some ac
tivity in this line as several com
plaints against women have been
pushed sufficient for them to leave
the city. One minor girl was referred
to the health office for examination
and as she was not infected with a
venereal disease it was advised that
she be handled by the Juvenile court.
This case, however, received no farth
er attention us it was reported 'hat
she escaped from thecustody of the
city authorities.
5. Laboratory Work.
One hundred and forty-five exami
nations have been made to determine
diseased conditions Or exposure to
diphtheria. These have been blood
counts, throat cultures, sput-im ex
aminations for tuberculosis, i rinaly-
ses, and malaria hunts as well ns
pathological smears for other infect-
and it is hoped that in another year
they may be correlated with this
work.
7. Miscellaneous.
A little investigation has been made
of the county’s paupers and some oth-
er cases applying for county aid on
account of disabilities or illnesBCBs.
Several cases of illness have been
given relief and medical attention
where they wore unable to afford
private professionals services. Two
children have been sent to the Scot
tish Rite Hospital and assistance has
been given to placing five children In
orphan homes. Much time and In
terest has been given to the anti-tu
berculosis work and Red Cross, as
these organizations lend very valu
able assistance to the Health work.
The public health nurse now employ
ed by the anti-tuberculosis society Is
working with the health office aifid at
a later date her most Interesting re
port will be given to the public. Three
trips have been taken by the health
officer tor special instructions In
health work. None of these trips were
at the expense of the county.
8. Conclusion.
It I may become personal, I have
given full time to my work and feel
that I have given value received for
the county’s expenditure. However,
the work appeals most, I believe, from
its humanitarian aspect. While some
of my endeavors surely have bees ef
fective in preventing suffering and
actual deaths, yet there have been
some Je wtragedies that I have seen
that might have been prevented if the
work as is carried on in rather crude
simplicity had been just a few years
advanced.
of way of the Central of Georg, a RaU .
way Company. Said lots being
of the subdivision 0 f the „ ts
Place. Terms of sale CASH
sale for purpose of distribution ' “
Said order of the Court of Ordinary
passed January 2nd, 1922. r
This January 3, 1922.
(MRS.) MAMIE P. JOSEPH
As administratrix of estate of \ ,
seph, and Executrix es t a t e Uo *
seph.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
Georgia, Baldwin County.
Take notice that I, as executrix of
the estate of Leo Joseph, deceased,
and by virtue thereof administratrix
of the estate of A. Joseph, deceased
(said Leo Joseph having been the ad
ministrator of said A. Joseph) I will
sell at the courthouse door In said
county, between the lawful hours of
sale, to the highest bidder, on the
first Tuesday In February, 1922, in
pursuance of the order of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
Three lots of land described as fol
lows: situate lying and being In the
village of Midway, said state land
county, and known as lots numbers
10, 11, 12, In Block H, according to a
plat recorded in Block Number 2,
page 513, In the office of the clerk of
the Superior Court. Said lots fronting
east two hundred and forty (240) feet
on Oglethorpe Avenue, and running
back west two hundred and seventy
(270) feet; two hundred sixty-four
(264) feet and two hundred and fifty
(250') feet, respectively to tho right
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ASK YOUR DRUGGISV
Central of Georgia .Railway Reviews Con
ditions of 1921-"Discusses Outlook of 1922
Tho railways of tho United States, particularly those operating In the agricultural South, had
their full share of difficulties during tho year 1921.That was a period during which the meaning of the
words * liquidation” and "deflation” were brought home to every business Interest. This condition
was not.due tto anything unsound or fundamentally wrong In the local situation, but to world-wide re
adjustment, the inevitable aftermath of war, and a condition not unexpected In the transition from
a war time to a peace-time basis.
The outlook for 1922, while so encouraging as the railways could wish, neveirtheless presents
hopeful features. There is ample reason for encouragement and confidence provided the experience
of the past year Is Utilised by agriculture, commerce and industry in adapting themselves to changed
conditions. Certain of these conditions which It appeared might be transient are—In agriculture at
any rate—assuming the aspect of permanency. Such conditions must be met with determination,
courage and cooperation.
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Because transportation Is a vital factor In American business the public le entitled to know the
results of the period Just closes', the main developments in the situation, and the plans of railway
management for the coming year.
The figures for the who!# of 1921 sre not complete, but for the first nine months the earnings
of American railroads amounted to slightly less thin 3 per cent, per annum upon the valuation of
their properties. In the Southern territory the return was slightly less than 2 per cent., because
freight rates In the South wero advanced less than in other sections. This result was In spite of k
reduction of 20 per cent. In operating expenses and a reduction In force of at least a half million rail
way workers, and of other drastic economies.
It may be argued that during a period of readjustment, a return of 3 per cent, upon railroad
capital is not unreasonably low, but as a mutter of fact the 3 per cent, return upon the entire prop
erty value is not sufficient to pay interest on outstanding bonds, and therefore, leaves nothing on
the average for stock. The public should also remember that during tho same period when most
industries enjoyed large profits snd made extensive plant betterments, the railways were limited by
the government to a normal return on their property investment. For that reason there was no ac
cumulation of surplus to tide the transportation companies over tho period of readjustment through
which wo are now passing.
The situation is discouraging In other respects: The report of tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission for the year reveals the fact that it received forty applications from curriers to abandon
property, and that authority was actually granted for tho abandonment of 702 miles of r,oad. With
in recent months tlireo railways in Georgia have been dismantled anil others are in bad financial
condition.
In view of all these facts the insistent public demand for a reduction in rates has been surpris
ing. Nevertheles, the demand has been so general and so strong that the railway executives have
during the year granted many concessions. Among those of importance to shippers in the Southern
' territory was the enlarged milling-in-transit privilege on corn, concessions in peach rates, and the
adjustment or many other rates to a lower level. On January 1st a further reduction of 10 per cent
went into effect on carload rates for various products of the farm, orchard and pasture. On the same
date the federal transportation tax of 8 per cent on passenger fares, and 3 per cent, on freight rev
enues was discontinued. That amounted in 1920 on the Central of Georgia Railway to |1,020,000,
and to slightly less during 1921. On December 20th, by order of the Railroad Commission of Georgia,
the surcharge of 50 per cent, on passengers in sleeping and parlor cars was eliminated. During 19- 1
that charge amounted on the Central of Georgia Railway to something more than $100,000.
Thus the first steps have been taken toward relieving transportation burdens. The railways
further propose to take the steps necessary under the law to brisg about a reduction in the expendi
ture for wages, with the expressed understanding that the benefit of such reduction in operating
costs shall be transferred to the p blic in a further reduction of rates.
The primary duty of the railways is to provide safe, adequate and dependable transportation
of person and property to the people. Railway workers are developing their old spirit of loyalty and
efficiency, conceived upon a new foundation of public service. The public is taking a more intel
ligent interest in railway affairs.
It' is upon the .basis o^ co-operation that ve must build during 1922. Co-operation must he
actual and not theoretical. Since agriculture is a basic Industry the obligation rests upon the f £ ' rn ’
ers to diversify, to plant with an understanding that he can no longer rely upon a single staplo
crop; to pit his products in marketable shape, to sell what he has and to meet such of his <l el)ts
as he can. In this endeavor the farmer must not be left to fight it out alone. Tho merchant nius
plan with an eye to quick turnover and moderate profits; the banker must aid In a selling program
and labor must make concessions for the common good. With such a program vitalized by co-opera
tion results will be certain.
We of the Central of Georgia pledge our best endeavors to help make the record of the rail' aj
creditable and efficient during 1922. »
Constructive criticism and suggestions are h vited. ">1
. T ! 1 W. A. WINBURN.
N President. Ceptral of Georgia Railway Co’-i'