The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-16
HEALTH WORK .
|. HERE |SGOOD
|. SAYS WERLICH
State Disease Prevention
!! Chief Pays Visit to the
City. ~ a'i

DR.. G. R. Werlich, director Of the di.
vision preventable diseases Of the
state health department, visited Fair
mont late yesterday; and appeared well
pleased with the progress Of the work
Of disease presentation in this city and
COUNTY. With the exception of Nor.
gantown, Fairmont has the lowest
death rate Of any city in West Vir.
giuia. This is due not only to the
faithful work Of the health officials
but In q large measure to the natural
advantages Of the city's location
which makes the drainage and sani.
tary problems easy Of solution. Much
more can be accomplished, said DR..
Werlich, II the physicians OF the city
and county are more thorough in their
reports and prompter In notifying the
health officers of each case Of trans.
missable disease. At the present
time but few .transmissable diseases
are In progress, only one cae of ty.
phoid In the county being reported
and the pring measles epidemic being
about over.
According to the county health ply.
sician, DR.. l.. N. Yost, the figures Civ.
en- In the morning paper as being the
number of deaths In Fairmont for the
past year were mistake, these fig.
ures being for. the state as whole
and not for Fairmont. Although Fair.
mont now has one of the best milk
inspection ordinances in the state, ye,
because Of the lack Of sufficient funds
and apparatus the city health official
is unable to give this work the amount
Of time It deserves. All the barber
shops in Fairmont were notified today
Of the new state health regulations
that went into effect April / and copies
Of the regulations were distributed by
DR.. Yost,
DR.. Werlich after his inspection trip
about Fairmont praised the work OF
the city health physician, Dr.. Chesney
Ramage and especially his careful
work In insuring a safe water supply
for the residents of the community.
DR.. Yost said that.a strict enforcement
Of all the sanitary regulation respect.
Ing campers and persons who live
along the banks of. the rivers would
be In effect this year to prevent all
contamination Of the sources of the
water supply. L....-. ..stl
The practices of campers throwing
refuse and allowing waste matter to
drain into the river above the places
where the city water supply is OBJ.
tained, will be prohibited and severe
penalties will be metcd out to all VIC.
lators of the regulations. ...,......s..
The actual number Of deaths in Fair.
mont last year from all causes was
only 2s3 and of this number the lar.
gest attributed to one cause was 21
which were ascribed to senility or old
age. Accidents of various kinds were
responsible for III deaths. Organic
heart disease 16 Typhoid only ten
deaths while scarlet fever and mea.
sles caused none. Nine deaths were
attributed to tuberculosis and ii to
infantile intestinal, diseases. Pneu:
monia also caused II while paralysis
and cancer were, each responsible for
i've. Various other diseases were tie
immediate cause OF the remainder, OF
the number Of deaths although less
than fve deaths were ascribed to any
one cause.
BY more thorough enforcement OF
milk ordnance and ottor. sanitary reg.
ulations the city officials could pre-.
vent many Of these CAUSES OF death.
according 70 tho CITY Board Of Health