The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-17

1SGU $z,ooV.44
Amount expended to March
l, 1921 ................ 90824
Balance en- hand March
l, 1871 ..............H, 1920
Since the opening Of the clinic
Aug. l, 1920, there has been 472
persons admitted for examination.
OF these. PAS we're found to be in
fected with venereal diseases as
follows:
Male: syphilis, IS; gonorrhea, IS;
chancroid,
Female: syphilis, IS; gonorrhea,
81.
OF the Is patients who were
found to be financially able to pay
for treatment and were therefore
turned over to private physicians,
We have no record showing what
disease they were infected with, as
the report on these cases 90 di-
rect to the state.
When the clinic was opened DR..
Paul turned over IS cases that he
as poor doctor had been treating
at his Office. Since Aug. l, there
has been admitted 1877 new cases
besides those turned over by DR..
Paul. There are cases which had
never before received treatment
and the disease in most OF these
cases had been contracted very
shortly before the opening of the
clinic or since the clinic was open
ed, Aug. l 1920,
There has been IS cases turned
over to the clinic which have re-
ceived treatment prior to their ad-
mittance.
1t has been necessary to send q
of the patients to the hospital for
operations t12 major and IL minor
operations).
1t has also been necessary to
place rs patients in detention
these are patients taken in raids
or picked up on streets and after
examination are put in Jail for
safskeeping).
The clinic has discharged pa
tients as follows:
As cured-Male: syphilis, 10;
gonorrhea. 8; chancroid. 4. Fee
male: syphilis, 2; gonorrhea, 3.
As probably cured-Male: syphi-
lis, Is; gonorrhea. 10. Female
syphilis. 25; gonorrhea, II.
AS non-infectious. but not cured
Male: syphilis. 10: gonorrhea, 5.
Female: syphilis, 6; gonorrhea, 2.
On March l, 1921. there were u
patients receiving treatment, these
are divided as follows:
Male: syphilis, II; gonorrhea,
30; chancroid, 4.
Female: syphilis, "A; gonor-
rhea. IL.
Our clinic has taken go Was
serman tests and 1877 microscopic
examinations for gonococi. 1t has
given $50 doses Of arsephenomine.
Since the opening Of the clinic
it has received over two thousand
visits for treatment, examinations
and advice.
Respectfully submitted,
j. A. SCHAIBLE.
/! BEN C. BENSON.
J. J. BURGESS.
! Committee.
! Supervisor Burgess moved that
the board now resolve itself into
the committee of the whole to con-
slider certain matters. Carried.
Upon the committee of the whole
arising it reported no jurisdiction
Of matter Under discussion.
Supervisor McNabney presented
the following resolution. which
upon motion was received and
adopted:
I Grand Jury.
Be It Resolved. That, in pursu-
ance of the law, the board Of su-
pervisors Of Rock Island county
and state Of Illinois, in special SEES
sion assembled on the 18th day OF
March, A. D. 1921, being at least
30 days before the sitting Of such
court. hereby select the following
named twenty-three persons Of the
required qualifications to serve as
grand jurors at the May. A. D. 1921.
term Of the circuit court, in and for
the county and state aforesaid, and
the clerk is hereby directed within
five days hereafter to certify to
the clerk of said court the names
of said persons hereby selected. to-
wit:
| Cordova-H. R. Spoor.
! COe-William McRoberts.
Canoe Creek-Wesley Hanna
:! Zuma-Frank x. Ziegler.
| Port Byron-Ed Sallows.
Hampton-John Kofb.
South Moline Van Spey-
Oroeck.
Moline-Earl Braumiller,
I Moline-J., e. Donahoo.
! Moline Hiutx.