The north Mississippi herald., 1921-05-06
FAVORABLE MENTION
OF HEALTH WORK
In YALOBUSHA CO.

In the April number of the "Health
Bulletin" published by authority of
the State Board of Health, the follow
ing favorable mention was made in
regard to the Health Work being
done in this county under the direc-
ton of DR.. w. D. Beacham and corps
of able assistants; the report follows:
The work in Yalobusha County is
under the direction of DR.. w. d.
Beacham and good results are being
obtained. This unit was organized
and began work in September, 1920.
Since the work began, 2,059 homes
have been visited and personal talks
have been given to these homes on
sanitation, and health literature has
been distributed to them. In making
census Of this county the names 81
S,133 people are listed according to
color, sex and age, and special notes
have been made relative to the pre-
ventable sickness during the past five
years and the deaths that have oc-
Cured from preventable disease.
Considerable attention has been
gwen. In Yalobusha County to assist
ing the people in arranging and i'm
provising temporary hospitals for
performing adenoid and tonsil opera
tions. This has been accomplished
largely through the Red Cross chap
ters and public-spirited people of To-
cal communities. Provision has been
made in Tillatoba, Coffeeville, and
Oakland for performing operations
for adenoids and tonsils. To show
the interest which is being manifest
by the people, as many as 2,40O peo-
pie have visited these clinics and have
shown spirit of cooperation in be-
half of their children, and SOC ex-
aminations have been made of chill
dren in the clinics and about 20 op-
eratlons for adenoids and tonsils have
been performed and 100 children have
been treated for defective vision.
Each county health unit is provided
with microscopic, usually with spe-
cial reference to making microscopic
examinations for intestinal parasites,
but In some of the counties small lab
oratories are organized for doing the
usual routine publis health work The
following laboratory work has been
done under the direction of the
health unit in Yalobusha county:
Forty specimens of blood for ma
laria, 22 specimens of sputum for
tuberculosis, Widal's for typhoid,
and, as has been stated, 3,8O3 people
have been examined for hookworm
and other intestinal parasites.
The Red Cross Nurse working with
the Yalobusha County Chapter re-
ports much activity in adenoid and
tonsil work in the Coffeeville district
DR.. Guyton from Oxford has been
holding full clinics every Monday and
Tuesday for the last month. The
forenoon is given over to removal of
adenoids and tonsils, and the after
noon to examination of the eye. The
local Nursing Committee of the Red
Cross Chapter is giving splendid help
to DIR. Beacham in this work. 1t has
been responsible for the furnishing
and direction of a temporary hospital
IN the Court House. The Chairman
appoints a number of women of the
town to look after different parts of
the work, such as cleaning the rooms
making the beds, preparing nourish-
ment for the patients and other gen.
eral care before and after the opera
tions. Upon a recent visit to the
county we visited another community
in this county with, Director of Unit
and public health nurse, where ar
rangements for local clinic and tenn
porary hospital were made, to be |
managed by committee of interest
ed women as in Coffeeville.