Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-30
MANY PHASES Of
VAL LIABLE HEALTH
WORK ARE SHOWN
Scope of Work Indicated BY
Semi-Annual Report; City
Sanitary Ordinances Have
Been Strengthened.

III OIutI W SlNO lliO publAS I'll
idea of the scope of the work car
ried on by the local health depart
ment, a semi-annual report has
been compiled. This includes the
work done in conjunction with city
school nurse, who was actively en-
gagged for first five months of the
year, the county school nurse for
four months, and the Red Cross
nurse for three months. The per-
sonnet of the department itself in
cludes director, clerical assistant
and two inspectors.
Educational.
(A) S41 school talks given In
county and city schools, chiefly by
nurses, teaching hygiene to chill
dren.
OBJ Eighty-nine articles pub
lished in the newspapers respect
ing sanitary conditions. or discuss
ing preventative medicine.
Co $40 educational or instruc-
tive letters sent to heads Of fami-
lies in city and county.
Cd 402 educational pamphlets
mailed.
(E) 1921 office conferences,
ie., 2,221 people visited the office
in quest of information from the
department.
Communicable disease.
(A) S55 visits to houses to
placard for communicable disease.
(B) 1.107 visits to quarantined
houses, to release contacts, or OBJ
tain cultures in diphtheria cases.
Co Thirty-seven cases Of diph-
iberia reported with seven deaths,
involving the quarantine of ap-
proximately 500 contacts. as we'll
as sufferers.
(E) 500 cases of measles re-
ported and 574 released from quar-
antine, there being forty-five cases
on hand January 1, At end of
June books were clear.
(F) Fourteen cases of scarlet
fever reported; all released.
(G) Four cases of typhoid re-
ported, four on hand January /;
seven released and one death.
CID 1877 cases of whooping
cough reported; 161 released,
ProphyIactic Measures.
(A) 9S4 visits to homes by all
luTee uuTSeS,
OBJ 1874 demonstrations in the
homes, of hygiene and care of
children.
CO. TOT smallpox vaccinations
in twenty-five of the twenty seven
county schools.
CD Ten typhoid vaccinations.
(E) 2S9 vaccinations against
diphtheria, using toXin-antitoxin.
Sanitation.
(A) $50 sanitary privies built,
$50 rebuilt in sanitary manner. as
requested by sanitary inspectors
This is a step forward in preven-
ton of typhoid fever.
(B) 10,719 visits by inspectors
to inspect yards, alleys. water sup
plies, etc, and when necessary re-
quest owner or occupant to i'm
prove premises.
(C) $3.50 revisits to see if work
completed, and in satisfactory
manner.
(D) 1859 fly breeding nui-
sances abated.
(E) 36S mosquito breeding
places filled in or otherwise Grad
icated.
(F) 1853 other nuisances
abated.
60 800 approximately COM
plants received and investigated;
in every case result obtained,
Child Hygiene.
(A) Seventeen well-baby clinics
held with attendance of 1913.
OBJ ia prenatal instructions
given by Red Cross nurse.
(C) sol instructions given by
nurse, on infant care, in homes
Cd 2,117 school children ex-
amined by county and city school
nurses.
(E) 1.441 defects found among
children examined.
CD 229 visits to homes by city
and county school nurses.
(G) 522 defects corrected, of
which 200 were done without re-
Enumeration, by members of the
medical and dental professions. All
so treated were of INDECENT par
ents.
Food Supplies.
(A) $40 cafes, stores, meat
markets, soda fountains. ETC., in
spected.
OBJ 220 dairy inspections. Il
co 100 milk samples exam
ined.
(D) Thirty-six water samples
submitted for examination.
Ordinances Submitted.
(A) Pure food, endorsed and
passed.
OBJ Milk, endorsed and passed.
Co Sanitary, endorsed and
passed.
(D) Sanitary cup, withdrawn.
(E) Weed, endorsed and passed.
In addition to the above the de-
partment has investigated several
rural water supplies, finding four
contaminated and unfit for use,
while the city wa :er supply in all
ten samples submitted was found |
faultless. In two cases water that |
was polluted was finding its way |
to the city through soft drinks in
very considerable quantities. These
were at once eliminated.
In an attempt to Improve the
city's milk supply all dairymen
who had not built separate milk
houses with approved cooling sys-
TENS were requested to do so with
result that all complied, total num-
Der up to the present being twen-
ty-two. All who have applied for
permits will follow suit as soon as
supplies can be obtained.
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