The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-19
GREAT RECORD BEING
 MADE BY HEALTH STATE WORK
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rom FARe One $ the first year the personnel consist ed of one inspector, the director of the bureau, who covered as much = territory as possible, studied condi- .-s tionss and attended to administra- -tive matters. During the year the various state board of health sani- tary regulations were drafted and .-. promulgated.
 The personnel of this bureau has been increased to four and between October 1, 1920, and December 31, 1921, the following number of in -epections were made:
 Hotels SO4, cafes 1,463. barber Shops 76s. soda founts GAO, bakeries 66, ice cream plants II, bottling plants 30, meat markets 375. and mis- eellaneous inspections 96, making total of 4,251 inspections.
 This department directs the major part of its efforts toward the inn provement of conditions in those counties of the state that are with out the services of an all-time health officer. The cafe and hotel condi- ytions in the unorganized counties have been much improved.
 Bureau of EpidemiOIogy.
 The bureau of epidemiology was prganized in October. 1919. with aO aBonne1 of three.
 More than one-third of the coun- Mics were visited in 1920 for the pur- pose of controlling outbreaks of the most contagious diseases, and In tnaking surveys looking to the pre- svention of disease. It Is with the sko-operation of the medical profess sion, in making prompt reports, that fhis phase of work is most effective, Nf ,cf the doctors reporting last year lover the year previous, the bureau Twas able to avert many epidemics, ihnd. assist in the control of out breaks i'm fhe various. sections Of the etate. on contagious diseases is recognized by all who have public health prob lems to solve. and on information obtained from this source public health systems are built ana pre- Ncntative measures applied.
 The report became current in the north and east last year, that pei lagra was on the increase In Ine
 A careful survey was made in this etate covering the period from Jan nary to September 20- 1921, and the evidence was conclusive. that pellegra
 
 This department instituted an edu- National campaign in 1920. Rules TOT the prevention of courageous diseases were sent to avery school teacher In the State.
 Public gzea1tIs Nursing
 ' The bureau of public health nurs- Ing was instituted by the state board of health on April l, 1919, with dt- rector as the entire personnel. Three months later an utilization was af- 9ected with the American Red Cross, through which state bureau became the directing agency for the Red Cross Nursing service in the state. At the end of the first year, it was decided to unite under one head the bureau of public health nursing and the bureau of child hygiene. The status of this bureau is that Of an agency for the promotion of activi- kies in maternal, infant and child ny eiene and public health nursing.
 The great need for this work Is shown in the summary of the record of physical examinations in 14 coun- ty schools. which shows 94 per cent of the children with defects 66 per cent unvaccinated, 42 per cent with hypertrophied tonsils, 50 per cent with defective teeth and 30 per cent with enlarger cervical glands,
 In November, 1921, the Sheppard Eowner Act became & law by which pur state will have about s50,0Q0, when the federal appropriation is matched, to carry on work in the hygiene of maternity and infancy: so the activities of this department will be considerably enlarged. The im- portance of this work can hardly be estimated inasmuch as the future eff