Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-05
NEW STATE HEALTH
CAMP IS OPENED
Good Air and Food Danish
Disease From 225 Wan
City Children
USE PREVENTIVE PRINCIPLE

At the base of the Blue Ridge Noun
tains. near Hamburg. Pa. a State
fealth camp, the first ever established
has just been opened for the benefit Of
20 undernOurishcd children who will
spend the month of August there.
These children, between the years of
six and twelve. are selected from the
fourth-c class school districts, which in.
clude the small cities and towns in the
State.
Six specialists. eight nurses, nineteen
cOunselorS. equipment including a play
ground and forty-onc tents and the
leadership Of DR.. John ID. Mclean.
State Deputy Commissioner of Health,
and DR.. ii. A. German. head of the
Hamburg Sanatorium, are some of the
features of the camp which augur sue
cess for the new undertaking.
Thin little arms and legs flying. eyes
bright in their pale. pointed faces. the
children came running down from the
dining room, their canteens under their
arms.
They were all children who had been
shown in school examinations to be un-
dcrnourishcd or to have some physical
defect possible of correction. They had
been selected from the 1000 applica-
tionS received.
Year after year the medical school
inspectors report the same child with
the same defect" said DIR. German.
"NOw we are going to take a certain
number of children and observe them
for thirty days. making n medical "x
animation and applying corrective
methods. all the while using our own
organization.
Aim Is Disease Prevention
1.-THE real purpose after all of the
State health camp which we have
established this year is preventive med
icine. These children are all under par
and, therefore, predisposed to tuber-
culosis. BY building them UP we can
increase their resistance to the dis
ease"
Every minute or every day is occu-
pied This not only prevents the chill
dren from becoming homesick, but it is
one of the most important features OF
the camp. according to Miss Agnes
O'IIallOran, chief of the nursing di-
vision of the State Health Department,
who is at the camp.
Minute Attention to Diet
Particular attention is given TO the
diet of the children. Every child must
have fresh fruit for brcakfast.' said
DR.. Mclean. 1--WE pastcurize the milk
In our own plant and it is under daily
laboratory inspection. 1t contains !
per cent butter fat. which is p per cent
greater than that demanded.
During rest hours some of the chill
dren remained quietly on their cots,
Others tossed about. and one energetic
under her breath, Cant ! get up now?
Can't | get up now!' But when she
was reassured by the monitor and the
nurse in the tent that she couldn't. she
settled down quietly until the period
was up.
. AS she lay there her hand stole out
from under the cover and stroked the
side of the tent. II knew there were
camps she said but | didn't know
they had big tents like this one-unI
too. like camps" she said
very positively.
DR.. John Donnelly. of Philadelphia,
!s the enid expert at the camp; DR..
Joseph Stochler, of Reading, the nose
and throat specialist; Dr, Walter Ion
or ihiladelphiu, the bone and Joint spe.
cialist DR.. Clarke Iiolister, the den
tist; Miss Vera Mitchell the dental
hyglenist; Miss Agnes Iollister, head of
the state nursing division, is In charge
OF the children. and Miss Leona Mitchell
is the oral hygicnist.
Danny Coogan is the physical di-
rector and Miss Il. Marie Cnntcrt thc
rccr"ational director. Folk dancing,
volley ball. baseball, story telling and
games of all sorts are included in rho
recreation. us well as exercises on the
apparatus.
Watch Children for Year
At the end of the month n final OK
animation will be made of each child
and II report of his condition sent TO
the medical examiner in his district
with further recommendations, If npres-
Fnr", for corrective exercises. A report
also will be- sent to the parents. OF ,
ticinls of the State Health Department
will make investigations to SEE whether
the recommendations are being followed |
with success throughout the year.
Wills Probated Today
The wills probated today were those
Of Harry A. Fisher, 4022 Pulaski ave-
nue.. which disposed of $500 estate
in private bequests and OF Albert
2363 North Third street, who J