The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-27
TREAT HOOkWORM
IN D|SPENSAR|ES
DIR. w. f. BRAY TAKES PLACE OF
| DIR. w. A. BRUMFTEID-WOR
SUCCEEDING.

| The early closing OF the rural pub
lie schools, in which the States hook
worm inspectors have been operating
since autumn, presages the beginning
the details of which are announced in
the weekly bulletin OF the State board
| OF health, issued yesterday.
The board reports several changes
In the personnel OF the hookworm in
spectors. In addition to the rcstEna-
ton Of Dr. X. e. Miller. who left to
accept a place as assistant surgeon in
the United States public health ser
vice. the board announces that DIR. w.
| A. Brumf1eld. who has been engaged
! in hookworm work since its tnaugurA-
ton in 1910. has accepted appoint
ment as special district inspector and
will hereafter devote himself 10 the
investigation of communicable dis
eases. especially typhoid fever, small
pox and diptheria.
| DR. W. E. Bray has been appointed
| to take the place of DR.. BrumfieId and
began work yesterday. DIR. Bray n
a graduate OF the medical department
Of the University OF Virginia and has
| acted as special investigator for the
board during the summer campaigns
against typhoid fever. With DR.. Al.
p. Traynham and DR.. j. T. Booth, DIR.
Bray will at once make preparations
I0T InG opening VI Tic h0OAWVA AA1 0su~
ipensaries. The exact location Of the
various dispensaries Ia now under con-
lsideration by the board and will b
announced during the coming week.
| Reports OF the board from the in-
| spectors cover recent examinations
OF the school children OF Page, Rap
pahannock and Frederick counties Ar
far as practicable, all the schools were
visited and the pupils examined for
hook worm and kindred diseases. In
Frederick the infection was very low.
scarcely exceeding 8 per cent, and In
Page the school children found tn-
fected did not number more than 10
I! per cent of the school population Re-
ports from Rappahannock county,
have not yet been tabulated.
THE board Is anxious" says the
weekly bulletin, ito make the disrep-
saries held during the coming summer
1913 and previous years We shall. ~
In the past, hold dispensaries only In
those counties where the boards OF
supervisors are willing to make m APP
preparation OF at least 500 for th0
work. This. of course. by no means
covers the entire expense. or even an
Improbable part of II. But we have
found that in those counties where
the supervisors thus expressed their
approval OF the work and made II q
part Of the county activities. tho re-
suits have been much more successful
than where the inspectors went with
out such appropriation.
I'VE have found that In every In
stance. the counties which made Ap-
preparations and cO-operated In the
holding Of dispensaries have heenl
gratified at the results. It il some-l
times a little difylcult to convince them1
Just what the results OF thorough
examin alton for and treatment oil
hookworm disease will be. but onc41
l. II is shown the supervisors that tha(
general health OF the community ID
improved and the efficiency Of evefyI
infected family II promoted by thu Maa
pensaries. we are assured Z welcome.
| Il il only q question OF time before(
practically every county In the 8tata1
will have had q diSpensAry. We have1
thus Tar covered thirty counties lii
this manner and hope to add aupreci-
ably to the number during tho cominla
summer.