The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-11-02
DR.. EDWARDS PAPER
Read Before the Wise County
Civic Leagues at Recent
Meeting at Coeburn.

| Since july lst, ig2l, Wnen tho
Wise county Health Depart
nent was rrorganized aud it's
work extended to take in all
branches of health work, such
as
, Sanitation of homes, schools
and public places. disease con
troll, health education, child
welfare, great deal of work
has been done along each of
these branches.
House To house surveys have
been made TO over 1900 homes,
this includes towns, los schools
22 mining camps.
Instructions were given TO al
as to how the sanitary coudi
tons could be improved, and
this will be- followed up by a
second survey, i'll order 10 see
that the law providing for such
is complied with.
Disease control has had II
very good start in the examlna-
ton for intestinal parasites
This work was started by DR..
Bruntield, who examined 500
school children, 90 per cent
were found to be infected, 81
per cent.of which were infected
with hookworm. This work is
still being carried on by the
unit, and $50 persons have been
examined, 10 per cent. found To
be infected. All cases found To
be Infected have been treated.
For the purpose of health
education: This unit has two
nurses, Miss Morgan and Miss
McNiel. These Two ladies have
visited 81 schools, in which ov-
er eight thous md pupils have
occn inspected by nurses or
teachers aud records of each
pupil made
y dental clinic has been or
gnnized for the co!ored schools
and has been operating all this
week in the Richmond district,
and next week This work will
be continued in the crlored
schools of Norton, Coebnrn,
Toms Creek and Dorchester
The Virginia Tuberculosis Az
socIation recently held four
lay clinic III this county and
every facility aud assistance
was given them by the Wise
county unit. These clinics were
held IN st. Paul, Coeburn, Nor
ton and Appalachian. y total OF
lO9 persons were examined, Of
which S . per cent were found
20 he infected and II per cent
we're suspicious. THIS work was
made possible by the sale Of
Christmas seals in this county
Tuberculosis is preventable,
ind very reliable figures show
ns that for every death from
this cause, five To ten new cases
are the result These clinics in
the first place are educational,
aud for the purpose of showing
that tuberculosis III preventable,
and If taken in time lis durable.
For this work in Wac county
we must have additional funds,
az IT is the present intention To
continue these clinics through
out the county at about thirty
day intervals. During the four
day clinics recently held, there
were more applicants for exam
nation than could possibly be
taken care Of, SO to these, col
iectively, DR.. Claude Moore, the
examining physician for the
Virginia Tuberculosis Associa-
ton, gavea very plain talk, set
ting forth the dangers of allow
'ug any condition To continue.
which they may think Mt all
suspicious, but to go at once to
their family physician. There liz
very large percentage of peo-
pie IN tins county who require
professional attention along
this line, and who are not able
10 pay for it. These are the
dangerous carriers aud as long
as they are allowed To go with
out the assistance we could
give them, were we in n finan-
cial position TO do 80, so long
Will others be i'll danger of IN
lection.
II liz hoped that some means
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