The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-08
MONTHLY REPORT
County Health Department, Ellis
County, Kansas, for the Month
of May, 1922

10 Board of County Commissioners:
Notwithstanding the continued
rains and the bad condition OF the
roads, physical examinations of the
school children were continued during
this month. Examinations were com
pleted at the Parochial School at Vic
tOria, Walker and Antonino. With
TINS month, the physical examinations
OF the children of Ellis County will
be regarded as completed for the
term 1921-1922. A careful examina-
ton was made of the children in all
the schools except two or three. in
Guiding both county and parochial
schooE Owing to some INTERRUPTION
and the fact that we were without
County Nurse, for about one month,
IN the middle of the term, two or
three of the smaller schools had
closed before we reached them, with
out the examinations. With a little
better system, every school in the
county can easily be covered and the
advantage of free physical examina-
ton given to every child in the coun-
ty, during the school term.
Examinations were completed in
hfty-nine of the sixty-two cshools in
Ellis County, and 31O8 children were
examined by the Health Department,
of these 1910, or 81 &c, were found
TO be defective. The results of the
examinations are now being tabuIated
IN the Office and viii be published in
the local papers. Those of the larger
schools will be published separately,
and IN addition to these final report
will be published showing the results
OF the examinations in the county as
a whole. A complete record of all
the examinations made will be kept
IN the office of the Department. for
future reference. Copies of these
viii be sent to the State Board of
Health, the School Boards, and other
persons interested in the School
Health Work
ARRANGEMENTS are being made by
the Health Department to exhibit a
number of educational Health Films
at the Strand Theatre at Hays, and
also at Ellis on Tuesday, June 9Th.
1t IS expected that the State Health
Officer, DR.. S. J. Crumbine, and Lieut..
Governor c. S Huffman will be pres
ent ct this time, and a short address
will be given after the show.
The physical examinations Of the
school children having been com
pleted for this term, the activities Of
the Health Department Will be direct
ed to other fields during the summer
months. Homes of defective school
children will be visited by the nurse
and parents advised in regard to the
physical condition of their children.
Attempts VIII be made to get as
many defective children treated as
possible during the summer. in order
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next term without these handicaps.
1t IS also contemplated doing con
siderable Infant Hygiene and Child
Welfare Work, as this is the season
when most sickness and the greatest
number of death occur among chill
dren.
Preparations are now being made
to put on Sanitary Survey of the Milk
and Dairy conditions in this county.
A thorough archaeological and chem
ical examination will be made of the
milk and cream, and all diaries will
be inspected. The State Bacterial
Ogist will be in Hays and assist in this
work. Some of the examinations will
be made at the laboratory of the Fort
Hays Normal School, and Others will
be made at the Agricultural School at
Manhattan. It will also be necessary
for the Health Officer to make an in
specton of all school houses and
grounds during the summer, and to
notify the school boards of any sani-
tary improvements that may be nee
essary, before the next school term
begins.
The mOrbidity report of Ellis coun-
ty for the month of May shows that
there were three cases of Communi-
cable diseases. All of these were
cases of Diphtheria. One was re-
ported at Ellis, one in the country
northeast of Ellis. and one in the
country east of Hays. All of these
cases have been visited personally by
the Health Officer and properly quar-
antined.
Following is a detailed summary of
the work accomplished by the De
partment during the month:
I. County dependents treated, 10.
2. Treatments given, u.
3. Nuisances abated, 5.
4. Nuisances- reported, 6.
). Complaints attended to by the
Health Officer, 10.
6. Lectures given by the Health
Officer. z.
7. Attendance at these lectures,
220.
8. Lectures by the nurse, 4.
9. Attendance at these lectures,
145.
10. Total number of lectures, II.
II. Total attendance at lectures,
365.
u. Letters sent out by the Health
Officer, 60.
Is. Articles and notices in papers. 9
IA. Conference with the Health Of
ficer. A.
Is. Conference with nurse, 16.
16. Pieces of literature sent out,