Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-04-08
Work OF The Child Welfare
Unit IN NOIubee County

W. e@4talN i |tiN sotl vice il-lS tcAs s4l-
Gshed its headquarters u an office
ON Main street near the Hotel Ma
con, where Office work Of the Uint
VIII be carried on while N NcAubet
county. A room for consultation and
clerical work and one for laboratory
purposes make up the headquarters
for the Offices Of the unit
Personnel Of the Unit;
Or. May F. Jones. the assistant
superintendent and director OF field
service Of the State tuberculosis
Sanatorium, is in charge Of the work
in this county. Dr. Jones came from
Virginia several years ago to the
State College for Women al Colum-
bus. where she served as resident
physician, and afterwards at Hats
tiesburg at the State Normal college
in the same capacity. She was as
signed by the United States Public
Health Service during the war tc do
school medical inspection.
Miss Truelove, the State Tubercu-
Iosis Nurse, is with DR.. Jones, assist
ing with ali the work. She is :
graduate of st. Luke's hospital in
Denver and has been in the Field
Service Of, the Sanitorium for the
past three years.
Miss Bryan, the microscopic with
the unit comes from Amory and is the
daughter Of pr. G. S. Bryan Of that
city. She has had training under
Dr, Stingily at the State Hygiene
Laboratory at jackson, and has been
with DR.. Underwood in Intensive
Health Work in Monroe county for
the past sixteen months.
Work 'Of the Unit
For the past week Or. Jones has
been organizing the work Of the
unit the purpose Of which is to give
physical examination to every
school child in Noxubee county, and
to examine every person who wishes
it for tuberculosis; in fact to make
a survey ef tuberculosis conditions
in the county. The medical inspec-
.spection Of school children viii com
prise Of an inspection OF the physi-
cal development, with the discovery
of physical defects, such as imper-
feet eyesight or hearing, curvature
of the spine, nose and throat dis
eases. hook-worm infection, malaria,
tuberculosis and other conditiG IS
that tend to retard the mental pro
cess Of education and the proper
physical Development Of the child.
Upon the discovery Of any defect,
the parents will be notified and urg-
ed to take steps to have te defects
corrected. These examinations OF
children frequently reveal hidden
conditions unsuspected by the pa
rents, which If corrected, viii mate
rally increase the usefulness and ac-
tivities of the child after it reaches
adult life.
The great advantages to be deriv-
ed from the work Of the Child Wei
fare Unit in the county in the school
work alone may be readily seen from
thfs statement from good autholity:
'H is estimated that from to II
per cent OF the enrolment of the
pubic schools in this county are
fsund mentally unable 10 make the
advance grades and for that reason
either drop out Of school thns losing
the advantages Of education OF are
Eegsired to repeat that schcel year
frepaently to tbs modification Gf tbe
chad, and these eoDditions ear be
renedied by rem2vjng the physical
defect wtsch is thu cause Of the re-
aaesed mental crk saItion Eeononls,
Aaily ii makes less Of from 8 10 NJ
per cent Of the funJs Appropriated
for education
Local Schools EGaniptd
The eboldIeb Of the Eadd, Zion,
Agzpraiyie, Weodlawn, Jackson, So
lem, Perry, Pinetscky and part of
the Shsqualak schoels have been ex-
aaiAed. Several have been found TO
have malaria, while several others
have been foos6 to be infected with
hookwOrm and tapew0sm.
In every community mothers meet
ings will be beld. Several have al
ready been held, Much interest Is
being shown and il j. believed that
the snit win have the full eo-opera |
tioh of the parents in doing the fol
low up work, or correction Of defects, !
DR.. Jones will be n the Office every
Saturday morning for the purpose
Of making examinations for tubercu-
losis Announcement Of Bnby Gil
nics TO be held viii be made later.
Mr. Bcale Coekrel is the new Mash
owne this week, having purchased a
Nash-Slx from W. /, shannon, local
Nash dealer,