The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-01-20
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Newberry County Dental Clinic

NeWberry OoUnty Denldl SHniS
While at Red Gross meeting the
director and county nurse were asked
/ to voice their sentiments regarding
some piece of work the local Red
! Cross chapter could do to assist the
health department. After much in
terested discussion it was decided that
if the auxiliary members of the Red
Cross aided by the health department
! (director and nurse). could only see
to it that hundreds of school children
had their dental defects corrected,
lit would be we'll worth any time and
money expended. At a subsequent
meeting there was formed what is
known as the Newberry county den
tai clinic association, DR.. E. E. Stuck,
| dentist, DR.. B. E. Kneece, and Miss
Theresa Lightsey composing the ex-
ecutive committee. Through this
committee and with the gracious gen.
erosity of Newberry county dentists,
dental survey is being made of all
children of school age, and after the
survey is completed, much dental
work will be done by dentists through
out the county. The children will be
classified as to their financial status,
and those unable to pay for dental
services will be given attention free
of all costs, and the expense incurred
fer filings, ETC., will be borne by the
Newberry county chapter, Red Cross.
Medical Inspection of School Children
Since January first, thirty-fve
schools have been visited for the pur-
pose of medical inspection. BY far
the large majority of these inspections
were made among the white schools.
These children were carefully inspect
ed for any visible impairment, such as
malnutrition, evidences of tuberculo-
sis, enlarged or diseased tonsils and
the presence of adenoids, defects of
vision, and diseases of the conjuncti-
va, decayed teeth, pyorrhea or Riggs
disease, ETC. Most Of these children
were weighed and their heights tax
en-, and given cards showing what
! their normal weight should be.
With all of this school work the
county nurse assisted the director,
and much of weighing and measur-
ing was done by the Inspector. Ap-
proximately two thousand school chill
dren have been inspected to date.
Something like twelve hundred of
these children had some sort of visible
idefect. and the total number of de-
fleets amounted to more than sixteen
hundred. By far the greatest num-
ber of defects were decayed or ao-
scessed teeth.
| tuberculosis Clinic
November 18th the health depart
ment held clinic for special tuber-
culosis examination. DR.. Ernest
| Cooper of the State sanatorium and
Dr.. Paul Knots of the Orangeburg
county health department assisted the
director in the management of the
clinic, and did most of the examining.
Thirty-seven persons were examined.
During the first week of September
| the director, assisted DR.. Hamilton,
the director of the Fairfield county
health department, in clinic for
tuberculosis and assisted in the ex-
animation of approximately forty ap-
lplicants.
Infectious and Contagious Diseases
| Newberry county has been FORUM
'ate in not having very large num-
Der of contagious and infectious cas-
es this year. The county physicians
have been very cooperative and have
reported almost all cases occurring IN
the county. Those Of the town of New
berry are always managed by the city
health officer. All cases of contagious
and infectious diseases reported have
been promptly visited, quarantinec
and suggestions advanced for the i'm
mediate control of the same.
County Nurse and Inspector
During the anti-typhoid campaign
both the nurse and Inspector accom-
panied the director on his itinerary ot