The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-11-23
CHRISTMAS SEALS
ON SALE DEC. |
GREAT - RESULTS JUSTIFY
CAMPAIGN

Mrs. Zada Butler of Three Forks,
who examined the children of Roose-
velt county in October, said before
leaving Wolf Point that she was very
much gratified to note the interest
which parents in general had display
ed in her work. While in the county
she examined 2316 children and
young people and found 1000 defects,
only few of those examined showing
none. Thirty of these cases were at
tended to Immediately and it is be-
lieved that great many others will
be in the near future.
Many Decayed Teeth
By far the greatest amount of
trouble was caused by decayed teeth.
Mrs. Butler says that decayed teeth
cause eye trouble and nervousness
and, if not attended to, tend to i'm
pair child's ability as student.
She also found great many child
ren with diseased tonsils and ade-
noids, but the number of cases Of
active tuberculosis was very small
considering the number of children
examined, there being only nine, four
of whom were adults. Two of these
cases of tuberculosis have already
gone to Galen and it is likely that
the other two cases will go there also.
There were several cases of malnu-
triton. A survey of this sort is par
ticularly valuable in that it calls at
tention of the parents to defects
which might not otherwise he .lOticed
until they had caused secioJs trouble,
bnt to he of tha greatest henes must
be followed bytmedical or surgical at
tention to these defects. Mrs. Butler
says that in most of the counties she
has visitetd there has been Red Cross
money sufficient to pay for clinic
of several days to take care of ma
jority of the cases discovered in
such a survey. 1t is understood that
there is between. $4,000 and $4,000 of
Red Cross money, raised in Roose-
velt county and never used, which
appears to be inaccessible. This
money, if it could be obtained, would
be sufficient to pay the cost of two
clinics of several days, one in the
east end Of the county and one in,
the west.
The Christmas Seal Sale
The work which Mrs. Butler did in
this county was made possible by the
sale of Christmas seals, although she
spent about three times as much
time here as the sale of seals last
year warranted, which means that
some other county, which had its own
health nurse, helped pay for the work
done in Roosevelt county.
The seal sale is probably the only
annual solicitation OF funds that is
growing stronger each year. Three
thousand dollars was the amount oe
tie first years saies while that Of
last year amounted to $3,000,0O0-
The seal sale in Wolf Point, will
this year as in previous years be in
charge of the Woman's Club, and
will start about December 1st and
will be continued until after Christ
mas. The exact method by which
the seals will be handled will be an
nounced later.
There were $40 people who died of
in this state last wear
and approximately 5000 people have
It in active form, not to mention the
much larger number which are in
'ected but have not the disease in
lctive form. tuberculosis if taken
n time is durable and it is prevent
sble, but no family or home is safe
rom the possibility of infection un-
IL the disease is entirely stamped
(COntinnpd on last naoal