The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-22
HEALTH CLINIC BE
HELD HERE FRIDAY
Free Examinations For Tuberculosis
VIII Be Given at State Board
of Health Laboratory.

Today at Moline and on Friday in
Pensacola, health clinics will be held
under the auspices OF the public health
service, members of which have been
IN the county for several days. DR.. r.
H. Hixson. executive secretary, Flor
ida Public Health service; DIR. L. C.
Brewster, director of medical service,
and Miss Ada NJ. Whyte, director of
nursing service reached Escambia
county Sunday night.
Miss whyte has been visiting the
families of those who are known to
have tuberculosis at the present time,
or who are known to have had those
In family during the past five years
who have died of this disease.
There is much interest IN the clinic
Ito be held today in Molino, and also
I that which will be held in Pensaco ola
Friday, at the laboratory of the state
board of health.
The clinics are for the examination
.of those who have come in contact in
some way with tuberculosis, or who
have some reason for believing that
they have the germs of the disease, or
for those who for any reason wish to
, take the examinations, which are alb
solutely free.
No treatment is given, but expert
diagnosis of suspicious cases is made,
and the family physician commune
Gated with, after the clinic a report
being made to the physician for adj
vice and treatment.
The work is maintained by the an
- - y
membership dues of the Florida Pub
lie Health association, and is being
held in Escambia county under the d.
rection of the County Federation of
Women's clubs, Mrs. Joseph Gallager,
chairman of the health committee, be-
Ing in direct charge of the work, for
the federation.
The state board of health is coop
Grating in all the clinics by furnish
ing help in making examinations. DR..
F. A. Brink, district health officer for
West FlorissT1s helping in many ways,
and will aid in the clinics in Moline
and Pensacola.
The party which has just arrived in
Pensacola, has just completed work
along the same lines in Panama City
and De Funiak Springs, where very
successful clinics were held, with the
assistance of DR.. Brewer of the state
board of health
DR.. Brewer is a tuberculosis spe-
cialist who joined the staff of the
Florida Public Health association Jam
uary l, coming to this state from the
University of California, where he had
Seen doing special work in connec-
ton with chest diseases. Prior to that
time he was connected with the tuber-
culosis division of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's hospital at
Mt. McGregor, New York, for eighteen
months.
From Pensacola the party will go
to the Everglade section of the state,
holding clinics at Moorhaven, and a
number of other towns. They have
recently completed work of the same
character at Palm Beach, Daytona
and other east coast towns.
The county medical society several
months ago requested the state health
association to make a survey of tu-
berculosis conditions in the county.
lThe sale of Christmas seals in this
county would not permit a complete
survey, but the health clinic here and
in other counties has been put on in
stead.
1t is hoped to be able to put before
the public a more accurate array of
facts than ever before. as well as help
ing great number of persons,
through the diagnosis.