The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-17
ANNUAL REPORT OF
HEALTH LEAGUE OF
MASON COUNTY
Work Done By This Important Branch
Shows the 0iiicer and Health
Nurses Have Been
BuSy.

Due to the change in the health de-
partment. this report has been de-
layed. The new health officer, DR.. B.
F. Reynolds. from Carlisle. and the
new county nurse, Adele Wettlaufer,
from Louisville. took charge of the
work in September and started imme-
diately with the medical inspection of
the schools.
All the children in the city schools
have been examined, and among them
were LOG defective ones. Many more
with minor defects which have not
been placed on our list.
Follow-up work has been done and
efforts made to have the defects cor
rected. which has been a success in
some cases, and it is hoped, will be, in
many more.
The city school examination would
have been completed long before this
time had not the scarlet fever epi-
demic in the schools. and the diph-
iberia epidemic in the county greatly
handicapped the work.
Another great handicap has been
the lack of a machine for the personal
use Of the county nurse, but still the
work has been done to the best oil
their ability. Many trips had to he
made to take cultures. quarantine and
give prophylactic treatment and fum-
igate homes and schools both in city
and county. These epidemics have
caused the health department great
deal of extra work. both in prpohy-
Tactic and curative measures.
Number of cases under care, lis;
new cases. 102: readmitted cases, "a
Total cases during September and Oc-
tober. 24l: dismissed. l26: remaining
end of October. lis.
Condition on discharge Recovered
IS; improved. 80: unimproved. ~;
died. 2.
Record of visits made Nursing
164; infant welfare, Is: prenatal, Z;
tuberculosis. l3: to schools, 72; homes
of school children, 1856: Office treat
ments. so; attendance at clinics. %
sanitary inspection, ls; other visits
1874. Total, 667.
Miscellaneous Talks given. 2li
night calls after s p. m. 2.
Nature of Cases Prenatal. 2; post
motem care only, 1; typhoid, l; tuber
culosis. 3; follow-up school cases. 40
gastro-intestinal disease in infants, 2
we'll babies under supervision, ]
chronic illness. 6; surgical dressings
8; accident, 2: communicable diseases
IS; all others, IS.
Financial - Number Of Metropol
itan cases during the month. "a; pay
ing patients, 1; free patients. ZIG
money due from Metropolitan, s32
fees collected, s6.
Collected and sent to laboratory
water samples, IL; hookworm speci
mems, 9: weighed. measured, teste'
vision and assisted with medical ex
animation of school children, 1854
literature distributed, 1882; culteur
taken for diphtheria, SO; quarantine
IA: excluded children from school TO
pertussis, 4: fumigated, 22; assiste
with administration of antitoxin TO
diphtheria, 8; procured admission an
tranferred old lady to aims house, l
investigation for city aims committed
1; accompanied children to phys
clans office, 8; school children to oc
culist, 1; procured admission and aC
companied patient to hospital in Gov
ington for foot amputation, 1; prepaI
ed for and assisted with operations
3; Waaserman taken, 1; procure
help from Red Cross for ex-soldier. ]
tuberculosis specimen sent to labol
atory, 1; secured special nurse fc
mental case, 1: defects remedied !
follow up work of school childrel
10; official interviews. 6.
Hoping this report will show ho'
necessary the work done by Healt
Department is and asking the heart
cooperation of the whole -communit,
Public health is public wealth.