The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-03-23
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paign In The State.

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A statement Just given out FROM the
Hookworm Commission Of the State
Board OF Health should be very Inter
esting to the readers Of the Hustler
and from II. there should be drawn
some information as TO the prevalence
or that disease, and the necessity Of
there being instituteAa concerted
campaign for its eradication.
There has Iong since been establish-
ed at Raleigh. q State Laboratory Of
Hygiene to which may be sent tor ex-
animation. diseased tissues, secrettions
and excretions for the bodies OF the
sick.
These examinations are made free or
cost to those sending them, and a re-
port is promptlY sent to the family
physician desiring them. BY them,
many diseasesehaEe beenprnperly and
accurately diagnosed, and the doctor
put insa position 60 at once institute
the proper treatment
The discovery OF the great preva-
Ience of H0okWorm disease in North
Carolina has brought about an extern
siye use OF this laboratory by the med
4ieal profession Of the state. This dis
ease Is positively diagnosed by a dis
covary OF the eggs Of the worm in the
discharge from the bowel. ft may be
interesting to note the enormous in
crease in the number of these exam
nations with the passing OF time. In.
the statement herein referred TO, the
laboratory authorities have divided
the year into four quarters. and report
the number OF examinations for each
quarter. They ares
1910
First Quarter 20 examinations.
Second Quarter 486 examinations.
Third Quarter 2,421 examinations.
Fourth Quarter 1872 examinations.
Jan.-Feb. 1911, 5,478 examinations.
Total 13,427.
These examinations represent in the
majority, school children; but they
have been extended largely to the
State militiase college students and
other adults. Over fifteen thousand
cases of HookWorm disease have been
known to have been treated by ply
sicians of the State in the past two
or three years. and when it has been
found that the disease is affecting
about one-third of the people of the
State, it can be readily appreciated
that there is need for many more. to
receive treatment.
1t is true that the disease is not near
so prevalent in Henderson county as
it is in some of the eastern counties
of the state; yet, it is here. and it is
needing attention. 1t has been found
that the productive Capacity of persons
suffering from Hookworm disease is
doubled and trebled when the disease
has been cured. 1t has also been
found that the school children suffer-
ing from the disease, do two or three
times better work, once the disease
has been removed. IL any of the child
rem in the schools of Henderson coun-
ty are suferersAform the disease, It
is a moral duty of the parents and the
community to see to it that it is at
once corrected. Many a poor child
in the schools has been accused of and
punished for laziness and lack of ap-
plicationf when as a matter Of fact
Hookworm disease is accountable for
it.
In the effort to give such children
an education, county money is being
wasted, for they are notiR the bhysi-
cal condition to take the education
offered. And yet it is the simplest
thing to remove such aYeondition. We
should not allow such a condition to
exist, when it is so easy of removal.
Also, Hookworm disease lis not only
a d~eVitaliZing disease of itself. but it
is a predisposing cause to other dis
eases. 1t brings about a condition that
makes the suffers far more suscep-
tible to typhoid fever, consumption and
other Infections and contagious dis
eases. There are many people in their
graves today. who would not have been
there had HOokworm disease been re-
cognized and a proper treatment been
applied for its removal.
It is suggested to the school teachers
of Henderson County that they take
immediate steps towards having the
condition Investigated in their schools,
and where. the disease is found,to have
it eliminated. A postal card sent to
DR.. John A. Terrell of Raleigh. N. c.,
will promptly bring instructions as to
the best course to pursue in order to
drive the disease out of our schools.
There is an almost limitless supply
of literature on the subject, which can
be had On application to DR.. Terrell,
and it is suggested that every school
teacher get this literature and give it
a thorough study, and tendeayor to
apply its teachings in their respective
schools.
Bryan Likes Extra Session.
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