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NOVEMBER 11, 1920.
INTERESTING FIGURES IN
CONTROL OF DISEASE
IMMENSE VOLUME OF EDUCATIONAL WORK AND TREATMENT
DONE BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
We present to our readers below the activities of our State Board of
Health in the control of venereal d iseases iu diagramatic form; it Is
well worth your careful analysis.
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Prevention of disease Is the business of every individual of our state.
You have your responsibility in the matter; you should inform yourself
on matters of health and the State Board of Health, Atlanta, Ga., will be
glad to mail you pamphlets at any t ime. Inform yourself and get busy
with vour part of the problem; In other void;, “Carry on.’’
WHAT IS THE GREATEST
MENACE TO YOUR
COMMUMITY? I
6.ND WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO
HELP?
The day of the tallow candle* the
brass kerosene lamp, the one-horse
shay, the double-team carriage and the
oneox plow have passed. Today we
have the electric current with a ni¬
trogen lamp, the electric coupe and
the gas driven lintosine, the flying ma¬
chine, the tractor in our fields plow
ing deep and making fertile the worn
out lands.
We have made wonderful progress
along all line., for the betterment of
mankind and the longevity of human
life. The once dreaded yellow fever
lias been conquered, the malarial poi¬
son has been discovered and bids fair
soon to be eradicated, the deadly ty¬
phoid fever germ has been isolated
and a vaccine prepared. Dipththeria
has been almost put out of business;
tuberculosis is being fought success¬
fully; small pox has been given a
knockout blow, but there remain
three diseases which could be easily
controlled with a quickened public
opinion. These diseases are syphilis,
gonorrhea and chancroid. These dis¬
eases, usually referred to as venereal,
have been kept in the dark; have been
hidden from the public until they are
today perhaps more prevalent than
any other of the infectious and con¬
tagious group. One reason for their
prevalence is the cloak that is thrown
around them. They must be brought
» into the open and there fought to a
finish. They are most serious in
their consequences; the public are in
ignorance as to their farreaching ef¬
fects on the population.
Two deaths out of every thirteen
are said to be indirectly due to sypldl
is. A great many premature births
are due to this disease; a vast army
of crippled, deformed and feeble-mind
ed children have inherited this awful,
insidious disease, while to gonorrhea
we charge a majority of the blindness
sixty-five per cent of all abdominal
operations on the female organs and
almost all childless marriages, as well
as one-child marriages. I
The cost in dollars and cents to our
state in institutional care for blind¬
ness and insanity is over $300,000 per
year.
We are, therefore, forced to the
conclusion that it is time our people
should openly face the facts, and that
these diseases be brought from dark
ness to light, that they may be eradi
cated. Every individual should put
aside false modesty, prudery and cour
ageously do his individual duty as a
citizen and see that his own children
are told the facts; that his community
is made clean; that prostitution, the
source of most of the infection, is put
out of business and that good, whole
some recreation is provided for young
people. You, the reader of this, have
a responsibility and duty; face it and
help your state. :
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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM !
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum is a term
applied to a disease which often de
velops in the eyes of infants a few j
days after birth and frequently, in
spite of the most energetic treatment, 1
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results in permanent injury to the 1
eyesight, if not in blindness. Physi¬
cians and midwives are required by,
law to recommend the use of a pro j
phylactic solution which should be ap j
plied to the eyes immediately aftej:
birth. This solution is perfectly
harmless and in practically all casec
prevents the development of the dis
ease. I
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORI VALLEY, GEORGIA
CONSUMPTION IS CUR
ABLE-BEGIN EARLY
TREATMENT
Consumption or tuberculosis is cur
able. Curable in direct ratio to the
earliness of diagnosis and treatment.
The records of the Georgia State San
atorium last year show 75 per cent of
the moderately early cases were cur¬
ed, while of the later cases 45 per cent
were cured. This shows definitely
that the earlier the diagonals is made,
(he better the chance of a cure. And
many of the cases that were not really
jcured, were improved even though ad¬
vanced in the disease.
Every one who has a codgh which
has lasted longer than three weeks
should go to a good physician and be
examined thoroughly for tuberculosis.
If the physician finds tuberculosis
Signs or even suspects the trouble to
be tuberculosis, application should be
made at once for admission to treat¬
ment at the State Sanatorium at Alto,
or some other such institution. Do
trot waste time trying to find a doctor
who will contradict the diagnosis, bet¬
ter go to the sanatorium and if the
doctor at the sanatorium finds that
you have not tuberculosis, he will tell
you so and send you back home. Be
sure, do not take chances.
The cold that hangs on; the eontin
tied loss of weight; spitting of blood
even in small amounts; pleurisy; any
of these are signs that should make
any one suffering suspect tuberculosis
and have a competent physician make
a complete examination of the chest
which must be bare of clothing.
It should be borne in mind that one
may already be a victim of tubeculo
sis and the sputum be found free of
tubercle bacilli upon microscopic ex
animation. Nor can the X-ray be
looked upon as the infallible test.
Some persons may get well at home,
but all patients should, if possible, be
sent to a sanatorium in order that
they may be taught the proper way to
take the treatment and to learn the
precautions necessary for continuing
)n good health after the cure has been
reached. Most cases who break down
are those who have not properly
learned this lesson.
So remember, tuberculosis is cura
ble—iday safe, be sure.
BE SAFE, NOT SORRY
The slight sore throat may soon de
velop into a serious case of diphthe
ria. Call the doctor and find out. Bet
ter be safe than sorry. |
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A great many visitors called at the
booth of the State Board of Health at
the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta and
the Georgia State Fair at Macon. One
of the attractions that Held the people
was the Automatic Stereomotorgraph
that kept a picture before the eyes ol
the public, the subject being changed
every ten seconds, It was a silent
preacher of good health all the time,
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We are glad to note that the Depart
ment 0 f child Welfare of the Georgia
State Board of Health has been thor
oughly organized, and if you are al
all interested in this work and wish
information write Dr. Dorothy Bock
er, Bureau of Child Welfare, 131 Cap
itol Square, Atlanta, Ga.
Why not organize a rat extermina
tion and clean-up ^campaign?
Watch the babies; see that they are
not exposed to infectious and conta
gious diseases. One that yok should
C’S pecially dread is whooping cough.
This is the period of diphtherial in
fection, and we have considerable in
the state. Watch the children and
g i V e them antitoxin early—get the last
word—early.
COTTON GINNED IN
PRIOR TO OCTOBER 18, 1920,
CROPS OF 1920 AND 1919
Director, Sam L. Rogers, of
Bureau of the Census, Department
Commerce, announces the
nary report on cotton ginned
counties, in Georgia, for the crops
1920 and 1919. The report was
for the state at 10 a. m.,
da y- October 25, 1920.
(Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales.
are not included.)
County 1920 1919
The State 127,075
Appling 1,173 1,653
Atkinson 091 497
Bacon 915
Baker 1,472
Baldwin 2,899
3,029 5,981
Barrow 6,925 11,829
Bartow 5,008 15,279
Ben Hill 3,254 3,251
Berrien 2,482
Bibb 3,028
Bleckley 3,119 2,931
Brooks 4,937 5,894
Bryan 270 709
Bulloch 11,305 14,445
Burke 27,554 42,362
Butts 0,390
Calhoun 7,051 4,934
Campbell 2,946 8,285
Candler 4,030
Carroll 6,749 17,495
Chattahoochee 925 705
Chattooga 748
Cherokee 10,032 7,105
Clarke 0,198 10,077
Clay 2.093 2,000
Clayton 3,080 6,496
Cobb 2,022 10,092
Coffee 4,375 4,364
Colquitt 12,503 10,375
Columbia 0,184 8.487
Cook 2,233 2.487
Coweta 9,090
Crawford 1.093 2,338
Crisp 7,129 7,128
Decatur 4,027 4,483
Dekalb 2,424 7,520
Dodge 8,005 10,104
Dooly 13,997 11,715
Dougherty 4,545 5,148
Douglas 1,438 5,303
Early 8,240 0,49.4
Effingham 550 1,230
Elbert 8,879 16,132
Emanuel 10,767 17,777
Evans 2,284 3,537
Fayette 4,941 8,580
Floyd 3,293 12,545
Forsyth 1,795 0,917
Franklin 10,692 18,484
Fulton 401 1,361
Glascock 1,488 2,788
Gordon 1,781 7,910
Grady 684 1,270
Greene 6,844 12,503
Gwinnett 5,296 15,340
Hall 2,413 9,161
Hancock 7,070 14,737
Haralson 930 5,279
Harris 2,560 ’ 5,588
Hatt 8,932 14,714
Heard 2,017 6,349
Henry 9,741 18,290
Houston 5,027 5,983
Irwin 5,805 5,004
Jackson 11,749 20,867
Jasper 8,472 12,322
Davis 581 720
13,752 ‘21,051
6,930 13,414
Johnson 6,357 8,806
1,990 5,508
Laurens 13,817 18,082
Lee 5,080 4,700
Liberty 75 142
Lincoln 3,912 4,499
1,288 1,702
McDuffie 5,961 8,630
Macon 7,927 5,714
11,813 18,352
2,080 11,820
9,097 15,232
2,292 2,079
Milton 1,251 4,933
Mitchell 12,688 11,772
5,858 11,718
2,417 4,091
13,798 19,333
518 1,979
1,278 1,771
10,008 16,174
7,162 11,129
10,164 15,345
1,467 6,792
711 916
9,441 15,616
0 [k 2,942 9,847
4,632 4,194
3,308 9,074
925 201
11,313 6,583
8,104 9,625
2.992 6,021
3,917 2,173
11.992 17,859
7,202 13,398
1,639 3,754
3,678 2,681
18,606 13,487
1,280 3,276
4,010 6,776
2,823 4,672
5,112 4,985
< 3,591 3,841
, 1 . r e | ! 18,836 14,573
3,541 5,558
6,293 7,179 1
4,087 6,106
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1,816 4,100
6,834 13,042
8,134 8,143
1,539 2,573
Upson 2,715
Walker 134 4,039
Walton 13,951 22,240
Ware 218 240
Warren 4,177 8,103
Washington 10,092 10,837
Wayne 1,100 1,115
Webster 1,245 704
Wheeler 2,342 3,130
Whitfield 043 4,860
Wilcox 11,390 10,617
Wilkes 11,430 17,032
Wilkinson 1,006 3,325
Worth 12,250 11,042
All other 00 1,728
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Sunflowers are being extensively
grown for silage in parts of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Montana
where climatic conditions are such as
to make corn growing for silage un¬
certain. Sunflowers yield as high as
7 or 8 tons to the acre, and when cut
green for silage have not developed
enough wood in the stalks to serious¬
ly impair their use for cattle feed.
Growing of sunflowers is being en¬
couraged by the county agents, and
extensive tests of the action of si¬
lage on sunflowers are being made
at the United States department ex¬
periment station at Redfield, S. Dak.
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REV. C. C. PUGH RECEIVES
CALL TO KENTUCKY CHURCH
Dr. C. C. Pugh pastor of the Fort
Valley Baptist church, announced to
his congregation Sunday that he had
received an invitation to accept the
pastorate of the Baptist church at
Williamsburg, Ky. Dr. Pugh stated to
his congregation and subsequently
to friends that it was not his desire
to leave Fort Valley, as he considers
his work here, in many ways, unfin¬
ished, and that this invitation was ex¬
tended to him without his seeking,
knowledge that he was being consid¬
ered by the Kentucky church. A com¬
mittee from the Kentucky church
visited Fort Valley without making
themselves or their mission known to
Dr. Pugh, and after their visit the
invitation was extended to him.
Dr. Pugh went to Williamsburg
Tuesday to investigate the new field
of work offered him, and will return
to Fort Valley the latter part of
week.
Dr. Pugh is a hightoned conse¬
crated, able minister, popular with
all denominations here. During
residence here he and his
family have made many friends who
would regret very much should he
decide to leave.
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HISTORY CLUB TO MEET
WITH MRS. H. P. SANCHEZ
The History Club will hold its
next meeting with Mrs. H. P. San¬
chez. Mrs. Edgar Duke will have the
program in charge. The subject will
be “Serious Writers.” Current events
will be given by the members. Those
who will take part on the program
are Mrs. Moses Solomon, Mrs. M. S.
Brown, Mrs. Lewis Riley and Mrs. F.
W. Withoft. Mrs. George Johnson
and Mrs. Tom Flournoy, who attend¬
ed the Federation meet in Atlanta
last week, will give a report of the
convention.
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CITY PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM GUARD WEDNESDAY
Roland Jordan and Henry (or
Jack) Jones, negroes serving time on
the city’s street force, made a clean
get-away Wednesday afternoon
while working under the supervision
of Mr. Moore, city-truck driver and
guard, in the southern part of the
city near Ganotown. Mr. Moore’s at¬
tention at the time, it is said, was
devoted to remedying some trouble
with the gears of his truck, and when
he looked up from this#work the two
negroes mentioned were gone, and
other “free” negroes in the gang of
workmen were perfectly ignorant of
their whereabouts, or lime, manner
or direction of their departure.
Mr. Moore rushed to town and not¬
ified Chief of Police W. A. Lyon,
who quickly gathered a posse and
scoured the neighborhood and coun¬
tryside in the vicinity of the escape,
but without success.
From the fact that the negroes
wore shackles when they made their
escape it is thought they must have
had a confederate with an automo¬
bile.
These prisoners were two of those
arrested by local officers in a raid on
a gambling game Saturday, Oct 23,
and were serving a fifty-day sentence
on the city streets and were also
awaiting trial in the City Court at
Perry.
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The American has always been ad¬
dicted to minding his neighbor’s busi¬
ness. Brought up in New England,
and knowing well its folklore and
traditions, but a sojourner in later
years in various other parts, and hav
ing had good opportunities to see
much of the West and the South, I
convinced that this propensity is
the most characteristic and the j
American vice.—Franklin H.j
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