The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-01-15
TREATMENT OF HOOK
WORM IN COBB FREE
Most Prevalent Disease in Georgia.
It Has Been Found In Practi-
calIy Every County In
The State.

l. Ground itch is usually the first
symptom; 2nd, Indigestion, Ord, pale
skin; 4th, Stunted growth; 9Th,
Lack of Energy; 9th, Inattention to
school work and inability to pro-
gress satisfactorily; 18th, Dull listless
expression with glistening eyes; 8th,
Something the matter, but don't
know what.
OF course all of these signs are not
| found in every case. The worst cases
show them together with swelling
of the feet, and so called dropsy.
Many have only the indigestion, or
the feeling that something is wrong
with them, they know not what.
| HOOkWorm disease is common with
all classes of people and all races of
people The young contract it more
often than the old, because in Geor-
gia nearly every child goes bare
footed. After putting on shoes, and
freeing yourself from gound itch, in
the course Of number of years the
worm will die
These worms attach themselves to
the intestine, and sap ones blood
The disease is diagnosed by finding
the eggs in the passages from the
bowels. The eggs can be seen only
under the microscope, but the worms
can be seen with the naked eye, each
being about IL of an inch long and
about the size Of a number one sew
ing thread.
A. Hookworm disease is the con-
dition caused by the worm being at
tached to the intestine, and sapping
ones blood, also injecting a poison
into that remaining. 1t is more
common in the warm climates be-
cause the eggs hatch out better
there
B. The eggs develop into baby
hookworms which penetrate the feet
of the barefooted children. They
are taken into the circulation, car
ried to the heart, and pumped to the
lungs. There they burow through
the tissue of the lung, often causing
coughs, and they can crawl up the
bronchial tubes into the throat.
where they are either swallowed or
coughed up.
After they have gone through this
process, they are developed suffi-
GENTLY to attach themselves to the
intestine
C. These worms do not multiply
in the intestines, but lay eggs there.
These eggs pass with the bowel
movement to the soil, where they are
Matched
d. The improper disposition of
night soil or human excrement is
the cause of the spread of the di-
sease. One on the farm having the
disease may, by careless habits Of
soil pollution, infect a whole farm.
The same applies to schools.
e. The effects of the disease on a
person is to deprive them of the nee
essities for physical strength and for
mental development, and to dwarf
them, thereby rendering them more
susceptible to other diseases.
f. 1t is our duty to see that every
child entrusted to our our care has
the best opportunities of developing
both mentally and physically, and
the symptoms of this disease are so
varied that it is worth while for
practically every child to be examin-
ed. The State Board of Health will
gladly furnish mailing cases to any
one desiring them, and will make the
examination free of charge. Com
muntcate with home office at At
lanta or nearest dispensary point.
Hookworm disease, typhoid fever
and summer diarrhoeas are often
caused from the lack of proper sani-
tary surface closets around the
homes, school houses and churches.
G. To prevent the spread of this
disease those who are infected
should be treated, and each home.
each school house, each church.
should be provided with sanitary
surface privy, so as to prevent the
spreading of hookworm disease, ty-
phOid fever, and summer diarrheas.
Wear shoes on damp, warm days.
Build and properly care for a SAM
tary surface privy.
For limited time DR.. ]. T. How
ell, representing the department of
Field Sanitation of the Georgia State
Board of Health will be working in
Cobb County in the interest of the