The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-12-16

The State Board Of Health in keep
ing with the policies Of the health an.
thorities In all the other Southern
States believes that publicity with an
expressed determination to eradicate
this disease is the best policy. The
Board appeals to every public spirited
citizen, particularly the doctors, the
ministers, the press, the Department
Of Education, and all other organized
agencies, for their cooperation In our
efforts to eliminate disease which
has been proven to be greatly decreas.
ing the efficiency of our Southern man
hood and retarding the physical, men-
tai and moral growth Of our children.
Hook worm disease 10 caused by
small round worms. There are a
number Of different species Of hook
worms known for various animals. ~
man, dogs. cattle. sheep. swine, etc.
but the forms which occur IN man are
peculiar to man and do not reach ma
turity IN our domesticated animals.
Neither do the forms which occur in
the latter develop to maturity In man
The hookworm, which infests man
il a slender worm, about one-half an
inch long, scarcely thicker than
No. 20 thread, and Is white or grey
in color. Its habitat IL usually In the
FIRST six feet of the email intestine.
1tattaches itself 70 the intestinal wall.
sucks blood; injects poison into the
circulation; makes person look pale
or ancmic; destroys a PERSONS energy
or vitality; and one female ho0kw0rm
lays shout 800 to 1000 eggs daily.
which pass out in the stool.
A hookwo patient may harbor
from . few worms to 1000 or 1000.
HOokwUrms are not found IN the stool
except after treatment.
LIFE HISTORY OF THE HOOK
WORM.
The females lay their eggs in the In.
testine OF the host. These eggs are
expelled with other intestinal content,
and under proper conditions Of tenn
moisture and air hatch out
embryos.
The embryos feed on the ground or
In the night soil, where they have
been hatch. After about a week Il
becomes incysted. and Is now infecti-
Gus or 10 in the injecting stage. II
NAV live In this condition for Eve
perhaps longer.
The eggs cannot hatch In the intes-
final canal for lack Of xyken and pos.
sibly for other reasons. such AZ the
presence Of acids. gases. ETC., produced
BY the intestinal bacterial flora. The
facts: that the productive
stage Of the parasite IL reached only
In the intestinal canal; that the spe-
cies INJECTING man do not infect other
that the eggs do not hatch
In the intestinal canal; and that the
larvae are not infectious until they are
At least four or FIVE days old, chow
that the stools Of infected persons are
the real source Of every hook worm in.
fiction, and. further, that q man can
not directly infect himself.
MODES OF INFECTION.
Skin injection: The embryos live 10
The ground where they have been
Matched. They come 20 the top Of the
ground where 10 10 wet with dew or |
rain. They stick to the feet Of bare.
DOT children who walk on this 4
round. They bore through the stin
4 the feet and produce ground itch.
they bore through the skin, get Into
he blood, travel with the blood owe,
he body, reach the intestines. Whers
hey stay. become adult hook worms.
uck blood. inject their poison In o
he system. produce hookworm dis
ase and lay eggs. eleven weeks after
Infection, TO mabo more embryoe o.
be ground. 6eound Itch, or ska 10.
lction. h practically The only soarce
{ The disease.
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