The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-12
TUBERGULOS|SIN
. RURAL DISTRICT
MOREPREVALENT
Report Of Healthy Survey in
Warrington District
Made Public.

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AsAlSNINGToN, Oct. IL. That
tuberculosis is more prevalent in
the rural sections Of Warrington
District than In the town is the con.
clusion drawn in the Warrington
health survey report, which was
made public yesterday. Out OF las
persons examined at tho clinics
held in connection with the survey
81 were declared TO be positive tn.
i, .berculosis cases and 25 were Chased
as suspects. Fourteen positive
rssases In addition to those examined
fssssa lso reported
The health report follows:
a.The survey In Huntington ana
4 Manningtoni District was made uti.
sder heidirection OF the city health
Iotficer, DR.. Frank Flowers. The
NWomau's Club OF Warrington made
the house.to-house canvass, The
sponsor committee was composed
Of representatives from tho school
hoard, the .Kiwanis Club, tho Red
Cross and other civic organizations.
AThe clinics were financed by the
I Red Gross and the Woman's Club.
The Kiwanis, Club sent commit.
tee before the County Court to re.
quest a fuil.time health unit. The
school board OF Warrington Dis.
rict decided to employ a school
2 nurse for the district
THE local Red Cross furnished
transportation for the workers In
the clinics in the rural district.
The local physicians showed their
interest by assisting the specialist
az tho clinics, both city and rural.
Dr.. ". r. Andrews and DR.. Frank
Flowers furnished scales ana made
Arrangements for the clinics.
The ready response to the re-
quest for help In the survey given
by the people Of Warrington and
Warrington, District was all that
could be desired.
1.-THE population of Warrington
(1e2Dt Cansus) was 1878, while the
number of families visited in the
survey was 404, representing a pop.
y 5platlon OF 1883,
.rhisits lust q; fraction more
Than so per cent OF the population
and gives fair idea OF conditions
Tor the entire population.
~ tuberculosis.
"Nuuber OF deaths caused by tn.
berCulosis reported at county
3clerk's Office since January, 1917
sSTas 10. Causes OF 35.9 per cent OF
total deaths reported were not Civ.
zen, and no doubt tuberculosis
caused many Of the 35.9 per cent
for the survey found a number Of
tubercculosis deaths In the county
that had not been reported to the
cIerk.
"The number OF positive tubercu.
losis cases found IN survey was
twenty-eight, while the number OF
D suspect tuberculosis cases found
was 49,.
g "of the population visited is per
cent Is known to be positive tuber.
culosls cases and tho same per.
eentage was found to be tubercu.
1osis suspects. There were only
three clinics held, and 1t is be-
lieved that had 1t been possible to
examine all who. desired to be ex.
amited at least 3 per cont Of the
native West Virginians would prove
ito be positive tuberculosis cases.
"Dr. Phoebe Moore, Or. U. H.
pebendarfer and DR.. Frank Flowers
assisted DR.. H. G. Noah in the rural
clinics.
Observation-Disclosures District.
1.-TWO clinics were held in rural
districts, two positive cases were
found in rural districts. and twenty
two suspects. were found.
1T is evident that tuberculosis
is even more prevalent in many
gpartS OF the. rural district than II
is I'M the towns. The lack Of health
tseducation will account for many OF
8these cases In the county. In q
humber of instances there were re-
ports of whole families dying OF
the disease. One mother reported
Sthat her father, mother, two broth.
Gers and sister had died Of tuber-
culosis. This woman ~ an ad:
Ianced case end her throa children,
under 13 years OF age, all show
positive signs Of tuberculosis. In
(, the peighborhood where this won.
ian lives; ten families-and there
ARE but ten families in and near
the village-report a tuberculosis
$hlstory Of present known cases or
sdeath. q.
@Totals for Warrington and two
in rural district: Number
lot persons examined at clinics,
"ot these twenty-five were pro.
nounced suspects and thIrty.four
positive cases. There were four.
tteen positive cases reported who
were not examined.
"of the thirty.four positive cases
examined one is under 6 years Of
ieGge, five are between G and 10
Years, three are between 10 and
20, ten between 81 and 30, and sew.
zen between 81 and 10; four are be.
tween Il and so and three between
80 and 6S years.
Eleven are inclpIent or early
gases, sixteen are moderately adj
ganced, one far advanced, five In
active and one case Of tuberculosis
.of the glands.
sSt3ty.two per cent OF these cases
and suspects have defective teeth
and 81 per cent have diseased ton.
sils.
I'm the 1888 families visited there
are 6S6 children II years of age
5. ltt1dar Gtnno Ta6nor,, 1nI5 a.