The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23
INVALID STARTS
ON HEALTH ROAD
Little Greek Boy Falls
Into Friendly Hands
in Tulsa
SHOWS CLINICS WORK
public Health Association
Has Accomplished Many
Things for County

Ills shrunken legs drawn up be-
,sath his thin little body, the iron
hraces encasing his limbs hamperlng
Sis slow movements. a big-eyed lit
,Is bov come to the Tulsa County
public Health association clinic the
amer day with his parents. lie was
Years old and no weighed 32 Ia
nounds, normal weight for child
Of 3. ,
nov. when he was n baby he had
MANTLE paralysis. The braces were
given him by physician, so made
,hat they could be changed to fit
MIN az he grew up. But the boys
narents didn't know they could be
changed. Meanwhile the moved to
rglsa. The boy grew--a little--but
a. braces remained the same. The
hther and mother knew that this
wasn't right, but what TO do about
Il they didn't know, They didn't
know where to go. They had even
talked of going to a blacksmith to
have some new braces made! The
how was wizened. and sick. They
could have paid for a little aid, II
thew had known to whom to go.
hut they had not enough money to
20 10 n specialist. Then they heard
Of the Public Health association.
Now the boy has braces to fit him,
ne has the right kind OF food and
A nurse goes every day to massage
the poor little limbs in an effort to
straghten them out again.
Only One of Scores.
Little George is only one OF scores
and scores--youngsters and older
people as well---for whom the Tulsa
County Public Health association Is
maintained. There are hundreds OF
families In Tulsa and West Tulsa
+ who are dependent upon this asso-
TIation for health, for necessities
sometimes and very, very often for
the attention and small comforts
that in time of sicknees and distress
mean life itself. The city has been
districted; territory west of Main
street including West Tulsa, Is In
charge of one nurse and all terri-
tory east in charge of another. There
are virtually 81 families in the east
district who are under the care OF
the east side nurse. who has more
than she can DO and the problem
is how to adequately care for all OF
them.
For that matter, the association
feels that the nature of Its work as
well as its scope entities 1t to the
interest and cooperation of Tulsa
clubs and churches and Mrs. Pres
ton c. west and Mrs. Harry Ashby,
members of the board of the asso-
cation and who are doing active
WORK for It, suggested last week ways
in which, in their opinion. such or
glnlzations could be of invaluable
assistance to the workers.
There are times. when the mother
Is III and there are children with no
one TO care for them. for instance,
when broth or soup is a necessity.
The already over-burdened nurses
find II impossible to stay In any
one home as long as is necessary In
such cases as these. For one organ
ization to make itself responsible
for the furnishing of broths when
ever they are needed would be or
inestimable value to the workers or
the association and would be solu-
ton Of one Of the big problems con-
fronting them. If another organi-
zation would stand good for fur-
nlshing of glasses TO those whose eye
conditions demand them, another
for crutches and braces TO poor III
tie crippled children or one for avn
ings for porches that shelter des-
perately sick folk--any of these
things would mean a great deal to
the Tulsa County Public Health as
ISOLATION.
Branching Out.
Meanwhile the association Is not
only following up the work that has
already been started but 1t Is
branching out along other lines as
well and its executives and workers
are full of plans for the summer
and coming year. a prenatal clinic
Is going to be inaugurated the sec
.cnd Tuesday in May: once n week.
Tuesday afternoons, prospective
mothers will be welcomed ana
everything done in an educational
and corrective way to bring babies