The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-26
Health Unit Notes
JANUARY J Z, 1922.

Newspapers report that an epidemic
of smallpox has arisen at Kansas City
and that one of every three affected
dies. A man recently left Shreveport
and went north, acquired smallpox and
died. Now is the time for vaccination
against smallpox, at your Doctors or
at the Health Unit office on Saturday
morning. Some people think that they
would as soon nave smallpox as be
vaccinated they only say that
when they have not had smallpox. A
young man at Marthaville recently re.
covered from smallpox which had been
evidently light case, said: there's
nothing III that, I'd rather be vacci-
mated. | nearly died."
School physical examinations show
! some interesting facts. Tonsilitis rune
in groups and is common to certain
classes and in certain schools. Pyor.
rhoea also appears not to the same ex.
tent but somewhat in groups or classes.
This latte~ complaint occurs as we'll
IN quite young people as in older
people.
Both Tonsilitis and Pyorrhoea are
known to be causative factors in heart
disease and in rheumatism, also in in.
digestion. 1t is to be hoped that par
ents will have these faults CORE cted
early and before such serious things az
heart disease aud Ri umatism nave de.
veloped. Let the principal know if
you are financially unable to obtain
treatment.
Sanitary construction continues rap.
idly at Montrose, Cloutierville and
Derry. This combined with treatment
for hookWorm and vaccination for
typhoid fSlow) fever, will soon do
away with both diseases III this parish.
There is much new building going on
in the parish. Will all who are con-
structing new homes write or come to
the Health Unit Office on Saturday
mornings for free copies of Sanitary
closets. Each Of these persons can
then build for himself the best mex
pensive structure to be had and 80
hasten the day when typhoid and hook.
worm disease are no more.
Did we get our return value from
che Health Unit investment this past
year? Take one item-typhOid vaccis
nation. More than 100 complete vac.
cinations of three treatments each
were given. At six dollars per person.
IS. 600 worth of work is represented
there. 100 toilets. worth at least $4O..
90 each in disease prevention, represent
81, 600 or more. Consider the educs-
tional work in homes and schools re-
garding malaria and the mosquito sur
veys of Natchitocnes and Campti; con-
slider over 1000 examinations locating
hookworm disease and allowing people
to be treated later even if they do not
take treatment now; consider the 9l8
sanitary surveys of homes painting out
simple and inexpensive ways to avoid
illness: the limitation of diphtheria in
schools through locating carriers by
cultures Of nose and throat and having
them treated; the physical examine
sohi3lG 3lGisoA. To p0aut oeea
to parents the children that should be
taken to their physician for treatment
in order to prevent the DEVELOPMENT Of
more serious illness by early treatment;
the inspection of food stores to raise
and keep them at the level required by
the Board Of Health This all required
4 payment by the Parish of $29l6.66
Of that sum a balance of $433.23 is be-
lug returned to the Parish at the close
of 1921, it being money unexpended
during the year. This leaves an actual
cost to the Parish of $2483. 43. On
actual investigation by the Health
Unit it has been proyen that the ex-
pense and loss of time due to prevent
able disease for one family of four
persons is commonly $25O.O0 year.
Then the expense of the whole Health
Unit for seven months is met by what
it cost ten families to be sick with
Malaria and typhoid. Again we ask.
does it pay? Have you any other
official organization giving as much for
The money expended?