Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-26
TEACHERS HEAR
Of SCH|CK TEST
DR.. Charles !. Silk Explains
Diphtheria Preventive Meth
d--HeaIth Board Meets

The public school teachers of this
city yesterday afternoon were given
an explanatory discourse on the
| Schick method OF preventing diph-
| dent of the local Board of Health, at
J a meeting held In the high school
auditorium. The teachers were fav-
orably impressed by DR.. SILKS ex-
PLANTATION of the system and they
will commence at nee to explain II
to the pupils who in turn will be
asked TO carry on this process of
education by explaining the rudi.
ments of IL to their parents.
The school board and health board
are cooperating in this matter, be-
lieving that the use of the Schick
treatment will prevent many cases of
diphtberia among the scholars. The
school board is now having printed
cards which will be distributed to
the parents of all the pupils attend
ing the public schools here. These
cards are for the purpose of deter
mining whether or not the parents
will consent to having the test given
their children. When the cards are
returned they will be filed and a rec
ord kept.
Before explaining the Schick test,
DR.. Silk gave a brief resume of diph-
iberia in order that the teachers
might gain a Clear conception OF
the disease. He told Of the cause,
the symptoms. the manner in which
It spreads the percentage of persons
who contract the disease and then
told of the Schick treatment.
Thu n-fta fsAotA- - v.n1a
to determine whether or not the
person is subject to the disease when
exposed. This is determined by ex-
aiming the area about the point
where the injection was made. II
a small circumscribed area of red
ness is found. the person is suscep-
tible. Otherwise the person is inn
mune and no further injections are
necessary. The injections, DIR. Silk
said, have no i'll effects. thus making
1t possible for the pupils to continue
classes following their receiving the
tests.
After a Schick test shows suscep-
tibility, which means that the indi-
vidual is in danger of catching diph-
iberia, the n-antitoxin injec.
lions are given. three Of them in all,
at n week intervals. Toxin-anti-
toxin is a combination of toxin with
sufficient anti-toxin to neutralize 1t.
The injections of the toxin anti.
toxin local reactions in the
form OF a swelling, redness and sore.
ness of the upper arm and also q
very slight constitutional reaction.
which subsidies within "a or z:
hours. DIR. Silk said. Adults, he said
show a greater reaction than dc
nhtI1ran TIA onfivrn I'm pafyt,tfxy Ia ets
for a life time, the doctor stated.
Following the receipt of DR.. Silks
report last night the health board
also heard from DR.. Charles Thomp-
son. the health officer. who has been
addressing parent-teachers' meetings
on the same subject.
Present at last nights health
board meeting were DIR. Charles l
Silk, Edward H. Dilts, John j. Buck
ley. Benjamin Goldberger and Frank
Lakomski. The matter of licensing
women conducting beauty parlors
and hair dressing establishments
was brought up by Commissioner
Dilts, he pointing out that such
places should be forced to secure a
permit and license the same as q
barber. The health officer was in
structed to look into the legality OF
adopting such a measure.
In order that the milk delivered
in bottles might be better protected
from dirt. Health Officer Thompson
suggested the adoption of q measure
making it mandatory for all dealers
to place a new kind of a cap on bot
ties. This additional cap would go
over the top of the bottle and fasten
down over the neck. 1t was decided
to enforce this and have
q. resolution drawn up for action at
the next meeting.
Nine ice cream and three milk IL
censes were granted and bills
amounting to s64.7S ordered paid.
A representative of George n,
Clark, who furnishes milk 10 certain
dealers in this city, was present and
told the board what was being done
in this establishment to improve the
quality of the milk.
The report of the health officer
showed a total of forty-four deaths
and ninety births during the month
Of March and fourteen deaths of in
fants under n year. The infant
mortality rate per 1000 births was
155 unusually high.
The contagious disease report for
March shows a total of seventy-nine
as compared to 100 during March OF
last year.
The dental clinic report for the
month showed 100 examinations, 41O
extractions. 80 cleanings. SO treat
ments. 100 cement filings, IA alloy
filings, 50 cement and alloy filings,
3I1 public school children. 1874 pa
rochial school children and five
Board of Health cases were treated.
A total of $40 children were treated.