Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-27
Campaign for Better Health
in Lexington County
HEALTH CAMPAIGN MADE POSSIBLE.

HEALTH CAMPAIGN MADE POSSIBLE.
The State Board of Health, through its Secretary offered
nauguras such campaign county the State whose
officers would make appropriation sufficient defray
shrd OF the the remaining two thirds to be
equally By the State and International Boards of Health
Lexington County through it's and farhted officers
accepted this offer, and the work begun immediately
OBJECT OF CAMPAIGN.
This is principally educationa-nforning people upon
disease and specific sanitary In addition
this those who DESIRE examined for Hooworr and
found infected offered treatmentl During the
term, school children will be given
tunityto become interested in certain parts of the work
Teachers parents great favor, if they will
report to us or send to the while in the
munity any child with noticeable defect suspected
defect for inspection and advice treatment If neces
sar parents will have anywhere they choose We
do give any treatment except for Hookworn.
METHOD OF CARRYING ON WORK.
Director of the work for the entire county and he
associated with him who assist him in the field
school district has been made the unit and each dis
thoroughly before another begun In this
every visited the head the home instructed in sanitation
preventon premises npected and containers
LETT each member of the family for specimens Of feces Sev
days visit made to each home to collect
these specimens and to ascertain whether not there has
sanitation had been advised at time
of first member of the family is found infected
Hookwor third made to medici.e for treat
ent of condition treatments week apart
given and during the latter of the hoped that there
sufficient reexane these patients to ascertain
any of them not entirely cured.
In canvass there given
public lectures the district for the white people another
the negroes These lectures illustrated with lantern
slides showing of various diseases and methods for the
prevention.
There will also be graduate trained in Sanitation
whose duty will be to visit homes and places the community
being by give advice
corning children those afflicted with tuberculosis She will
very glad consult with parents especially the
concerning the proper feeding clothing and management OF
the infant child 1t is said that taking the number OF infants
they year and the number OF sold
front babies die soldier that is it il
dangerous baby to reach Of
than it is to be soldier at the front for year
Isn't this appalling? We want to help in way We
this death well make better children Of
those that live She gladly any home which there
tuberculosis to help prevent its spread to others
.. SPECIAL DISEASES.
Besides Hooworm especially interested in Typhoid
Fever Dysentery children tuberculosis and ha
prevenable Diseases and it not
only unnecessary the but almost criminal careless
any intelligent community allow conditions producing
them to exisThe mentioned also known soil pou
ton diseases through the pollution of the soil with human
excreta that they contracted
There are special describing in full detail these dis
eases, any Of which we will gladly furnish you.
There describing these conditions Be
to get acquan yourself with the methods being used
rid of these diseases that costing US thous
ands every year, STILL is taking toll Of
life that is appalling think Of After becoming familiar
conditions feel that will cooperate
with