The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-10-29
RESUME OF HEALTH
WORK IN COUNTY
: Spmae Almost, Marvellous Work Done.
Health Officials Place County
Among Leaders in Mississippi.

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Appeal OF last Sunday.
Grenada. Miss, Oct 23.--In many
respects the year 1920 Will be a mem
orable one in the history of Grenada
County, Miss There have been many
things to happen in this year " our
Lord that will make it stand out pre-
eminent in memories of the citizenship
of America, and particularly is this
true of the County OF Grenada And
among the distinguished events that
have transpiTed in this county none
viii have more lasting effect than
the work initiated under the direc.
ton OF the State Department OF
Health, which has had as ftS first
AIM the reaching OF the child life of
the county and the demonstration OF
the necessity OF better sanitation and
better hygienic conditions.
Nothing good was ever accomplished
That did not meet with difficulties Ii
IS indeed difficult TO get people out
Of old ruts. They are just somewhat
prone 20 travel in beaten paths. 1t is
uoa an uncommon thing to hear it
said, Why, our fathers homes we're
0Ot screened; there was nobody to tell
our grandparents about sanitary toll
.fs. They had no tonsils removed,
neither were they troubled with ap-
pe1diCitis. Children of that day were
healthy; they were just turned loose" 4"
in answer to this it might be said
that where there is ignorance there
Is no knowledge. 1t might also be
said that the patriarcns of old lived
n a nr1lv shnl1Eorr6 old
still 1t is q scientific fact that up
mt1 q few years ago when the medi-
cal world became active in combating
disease and In teaching lessons OF
sanitation and the longevity OF human
beings was On descending scale.
IN Decern Der, last, DR.. w. S. Leath-
ers, dean oi the medical department
of the state university and CHIEF ex-
ecuT1vo officer OF the state board OF
health, and Dr.. G. ID. Shipp, state san
itary inspector, appeared before the
board OF supervisors OF this county
with the proposition 70 put on a spe-
elal health crusade in the county pro
9ided the Superv vlSOrs would take care
oi halT the necessary expense. The
proposition was accepted and DR.. P. G.
Pope was sent here early in Jan
nary. With Dr.. Pope came two ladies
% take part u the work, one OF whom
vas designated by the Red Cross. The
continued rains and the almost i'm
passaole condition OF the public roads
made 1t impOs sible to properly prose
cute the work until in the spring.
Since thai sime Dr.. Pope and his Co
iabOTers dave been busy indeed.
Work Is Revelation
The work has been in a measure a
revelation even TO those who have
given special thought to sanitation and
hygienic conditions. Too many peo-
pie have so long thought that the
feeding and clothing OF children was
about all that was necessary for their
bodies and that the school room and
school books were all that was re- !
qahsed IN the process of developing |
and training their minds that they |
have looked with & degree OF suspicion !
and Is little less than folly upon the
idea OF the home being invaded by
any one who would presume to sug-
gest better or corrective methods in
dealing with children. The public has
grown used 10 instruction about teach
cattle and they have learned that it !
is wise TO listen TO the hog cholera
expert who has reduced the mortality
among chOlera-infected swine from 144
per 1000 TO less than 20, but the
thought OF better health methods for
children and for the home has just
been regarded as a MedeS and Per.
sian condition that could not be rem
edled or bettered. In short, the dis
tance from DarOarism to the struggle
for existence, the contest for the dol
lar, Is such a short one and it has
been traversed so quickly that too .
many;-alaS, too mAny-Of the better
and best things OF life have just been
overlooked =,
Thousands OF dollars have been s
spent in Mississippi during the past !
few years IN eradicating the cattle I
tick. Why? Not because anybody l
loved the cattle for the cattle's sake,
but because by the eradication the {
cattle became better dollar producers.
But few people have stopped to think
that ii was health work that dis ,
covered the mosquito as the yellow {
fever transmftter and that this |
sands into the grave every year in the Z
south, has ceased and the people are {
no longer terrified by this once re- {
garded terrible malady. S
But few people stop to think that I
The French government once under S
took to dig what may now be called
the Panama Canal and that it's work a
men died OF disease almost as rapidly q
Is they were landed in that locality. /
Yet medicl science, hygiene and sani- [
alton conquered, and as a result the f
United States government was enabled t
% execute this, one of the worlds '
most stupendOus undertakings, and C
bat the health of the Panama Canal q
zone is about as good as that of the a
most healthy state within the Union. L
Health Carried TO People. L
The world stands aghast at the thou g