The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-10-29

tears by the cries of those who perish
by famine, and the last sad words OF
those who go down beneath the waters
of the sea touch the most cauous
heart. yet people are afflicted around
and about them in the ordinary pur'
suits OF life and little is thought OF II.
Happily the world is addressing itself
more to the everyday things; the spec
.acular, the startling, are of Dut snort
duration. but the insidioC" and subtle
things which steal away every day
thousands OF lives, as compared TO
hundreds by the horrible incidents.
are receiving that attention which VIII
in a great measure stay their raVages.
: Thu health crusade in Grenada
County has been literally carried to
the people" 1t has been a wholesome
thing to get the people together at
their school houses and IN theH
churches. Good always comes of The
commingling OF good people. The
screen pictures have been such as
would appeal to anybody who would
sit and look. And one striking fea-
ture has been the showing OF health
pictures taken right here in this coun-
ty. The pictures OF some unfortunate
children discovered were shown with
the consent of their parents, thus
bringing the matter right to the doors
of the coun1y's citizenship. Not only
were the pictures of these children
shown. but their affections we're dis
cussed by Dr.. Pope. He pointed out
the catases OF their aIflietioEs. many
OF which could have been oarrec'ed
when the children were but mere ia
fants, had they been pu1 under
the care of a physician. He especial
Iy emphasized the Importance OF Sani,
tary toilets, and has driven home with
telling effect the disastrous conse-
quences OF polluted drinking water
which SO often comes on the farm be
cause Of the fact that the barn, chick
en- yard and other Outhouses drain to
ward the well.
The little town OF HOlcomO, II miles
west, had citizens meeting as a. re-
suit of one OF the health lectures and
screen exhibits, and with one mind
agreed to put in at once sanitary
toilets. That progressive little COM
munity has had more or less typhoid
fever almost every year, and it did
not take it's thinking people long to
realize that the matter OF disease pre-
vention was largely in their own
hands. Tie Plant. three miles south
of Grenada, has likewise pE in the
sanitary toilets.
Not only has this work been done,
but a tuberculous waiter was dis
charged at one of the hotels under
orders of the health department, and
2 negro barber, when found to be af
flicted with tubercular germs, was
to close his shop. These
are practical matters, matters which
must have a telling effect on the fu-
ture The pity OF it is that it is not
being Systematically done in every
county in the state indeed, through
,ut the land. There has been nothing !
sutocratic about the health depart
nent. Every ywhere and on all occa-
,iOns Dr. Pope has set the facts be-
ore those Immediately concerned and
las been fortunate In securing their
id and cooperation in carrying out
lis plans.
Nhat County Has Done.
The following is q portion of re,
ume of the health work done in Gre
lada County since last January,
which was filed with the state health
apartment at jackson and which
hows something Of the plan and
Method Of a public health organiza-
ion and what it means 10 a commu-
ity: i
The intensive study OF the physical
of children in Grenada
,ounty has shown large numbers of
hem TO have physical defects. Su-
ervision OF the health of the school ..
hildren during the period of school
fe is probably one of Dhe most i'm
ortant and progressive steps that
ny community can make and is a
uestion that is regarded as no longer
ebatable. Medical inspection OF
choOl children. is officially recog- !.
lied by an increasing number of
tates in the Union. ,,
In Grenada County we have ex- I
mined 81 schools with an enrolment :
2,oz3 pupils, 1,625 of which were {
resent for enrolment and 1877 of s
MS number showed defects. A care :
II study of these defects indicate !
nat 80 per cent of them are pre- +
entable and the other SO per cent +
an be remedied. If these defects are :
OF corrected they will not only prove :
handicap throughout their school :
fe, but will be responsible for all
'rge number of degeneratiye dis
ases, such as rheumatism, sciaAica,
cart disease, disaese of the blood yes Is