Morris tribune., 1922-10-06
MUST EXERCISE CARE
TO PREVENT DISEASE
Nurse in Monthly Report Says People
Should Insist on Quarantine
Being Obeyed

Miss Bertha Brubaker, county
nurse, gives her report for the month
of September. Especial attention is
called to the need of cooperation in
the matter of preventing the spread
of disease by rigid adherence to
quarantine laws and sanitary meas
-ures
The September work began with
the County Fair, The Public Health
Association was given good space in.
the Women's Building for exhibits
and demonstration work and also for
rest room. Exhibits were made OF
infant wearing apparel, of good foods.
for growing children, and of educa-
tional posters, some of which were
made by the school children of the
county and some supplied by the
State Board of Health and the Amer
lean Red Cross. One booth was fitted
up for weighing and measuring
children and over 500 children were
weighed and measured during the
fair. A fishing pond was another
feature of this booth and the big
attraction of the booth. Children
who were weighed were allowed to
fish in the pond where fish of every
description were caught. Some of.
the business men of Morris kindly
supplied the articles for the fish pond
as we'll as a number of wholesale
houses of the larger cities. Over
800 pieces of literature were given
away at the Public Health booth.
The interest in this feature of the
fair was shown by the crowd which
stood around the booth.
The rest room tent too was well
equipped with comforts for those
who wanted to rest or to clean up a
bit. Sanitary drinking cups, fans,
washing facilities, beds and chairs
were supplied. First Aid equipment
was also at hand and several dress
ings of minor injuries were done.
The success of the Public Health
exhibit and rest room was due to the
liberal and efficient assistance which
was given to the nurse by some of
Stevens county women.
Following the fair work came a
series of clinics and evening enter
tainments with but one day between
for moving equipment from the fair
grounds and making necessary pre-
paration for the clinics. Again the
ladies of the communities in which
the clinics were held assisted in get
ting things ready and aiding in the
clinic work. The clinics were very
satisfactory as to number of patients
as well as in the caring for them.
! During the three days of clinic work
IT'S children were examined by DR..
OFT, the clinician, who was sent out
by the Minnesota Public Health AS
ISOLATION to conduct the clinics. The
evening entertainments of moving
| pictures and lectures by the clinician
were poorly attended. 1t seemed the
wrong time to hold evening meetings
of that kind as parents undoubtedly
found the clinic enough for one day.
There were number of follow-up
calls to be made on some who at
tended the clinics to give further ad-
wise and assistance. .-
The school inspection work was be-
gun the last of the month. Eight
schools have been called upon and 80
children inspected. Only one school
of this number has heretofore served
hot lunch but every teacher declared
her intention of installing simple
hot lunch consisting of drink or a
soup containing milk, to be served
during the cold weather.
The principal of one village school
called the nurse to investigate an cpl
demic of sores which the children
were having. This is what we call
prevention work and undoubtedly
the early attention to this condition
in this school will prevent further
spreading. One locality has become
agitated over the Small Pox condi-
1 tion in that vicinity. Educational
work was done in regard to the
quarantine laws and vaccination re-
quirements in the State 1t Is hoped
the situation will be improved and
that the public sentiment will be
for quarantine in compliance with
the State Law and vaccination to pre-
vent more serious condition with
! the result Of disf1guring someone
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