The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

southland tho great country which
nc bountles OF our Creator intended
she should he
INC Health Departments OF tho va
rl"ns southern States, backed tinan-
'laiy by tho generous gift OF John
- hoekeiellcr. have entered upon tho
srcatest sanitary effort that has ever
''cH ihauSurated In this country In
'h!S move the state Of Virginia is not
peh'no, but now has in the acId four
tnhFsic'ans, taken from general rrac-
,ve because OF their enthusiasm In
w WORK: an under the general super
n,o,h OF the Assistant Health Com
missioner pr: Allcn w Freeman.
mesc physicians are each assigned
49, ~, Tt"l OF Tue worst infected counties
..hu are actively engaged in the cam
,h'Sn OF education, hoping eventually
| NO. lran me rural population into Il
"'g .r,' hySienie mode OF living,
Ihe irSt move ~ TO secure. tho 90
ppe, .on OF the local physicians Then
! Is begun HE more difficult work ar
h"u"I ing the masses 1his is done
hE giving Illustrated lectures in baIis
anur ches ana schoolhouscS. visiting
ana ihsrccting schools and distributing
| literature 10 be carried home
HS time permits housn-to house in
:P"S'ionS are made. people arc talked
e. IN their homes. country stores on
INC ROAD ana wherever I, listener can
| l.
lcioscopical examination OF IL. fees
] inr eggs, each man carrying a com
nle,e outfit In his buggy Tor this pur-
| Treatments arc given I'm f.v
cases where the services Of n local
! physician cannot be readily obtained
.. IL. reader may now wonder what
y Us that VIC are endcavoring TO teach
these people
l. II Is in principle the same precau
Non TO prevent soil infection which
H,Gsfs was commanded by God in Deut
MIL l2-i". to have tho israelites OBJ
/ serve during their forty years wan
oerlng In the sandy desert The one
means Of preventing and Graduating
extent typhoid fever as we'll Is to
prevent tits Infection Of the soil
around premises with the eggs and
young worms
careful canvass of 100 farmers.
homes In Mecklenburg county showed
a positive history OF recent ground :
| a,ch, ana consequently hookworIn dis
ease In thirty-siX families. In forty
anree homes negative history was
was doubtful
10 Without fdiin9 doubt enough cases could
nc found ON microscopical examination
o. the negative and doubtful fami-
nes 10 bring the per cent. OF Infected
homes w to nifty.
included. and as these are more gen
orally Infected. the average of tho
totai population may reach nearer I'd
per cent. of families mot individually
with present infection.
IN conversation with many aiults
am convinced that In 90 per cent
OF more OF The hormes of the farmers
OF Southside Virginia some ono or
more members have had hookworm at
some time IN their livee. and are now
experiencing the evil results, uncon-
sciously though II may be-
NOW. the appalling point, and that
which explains the whole matter. is
that In these 100 homes in only twelve
could sanitary arrangements OF any
Kind he found
IN the country schools the condition
Is similar
In the spring and fall. when boys
and girls go barefoot, and when the
worms are liable to be active, ono
case of the disease might easily in
feet the whole school
however. instead OF the one case
my observation is that from one
are carriers. and ready to infect tho
remainder. through this neglect OF Inc
boards OF school trustees
Mc hope that these mon NAV in
time be aroused to a sense OF their
responsibility.
The Virginia Department. of Health
IN Richmond Issues excellent bulletins
on me prevention of hookworn con
sumption. typhoid fever and other dis
cases 20
The cure OF hookworm disease 60
simple and Inexpensive. But little may
be hoped for permanently from treat
lnent unless these patients are put out
or the danger OF new infection.