Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-11-29
NEWSGRAMS

II you were born in South Amer
lea but your parents were both West
virginians, would you be an Amer
lean or foreigner,
Such was the plight Of the newborn
son Of Honorable William ]. o. Toole
of West Virginia, who Is at present
American Minister to Paraguay, S.
A. until his father solved the problem
The father desiring that his son be
on record as citizen Of West Virgin
ia, wrote the state department Of
health asking them If it were possi-
BILE to register his son with the dis
vision Of vital statistics, where all
babies born within the state are re-
quired by law to be ON record. The
minister was informed that his child
could be put on record as West vir-
gilman provided the birth certificates
were filled in with the explanation
"child born in Paraguay while on Of
ficial duty Off the United States"
This is the first time q child Of one
Of the ministers has been register.
Apparently persons from the U. 8.
travelling in foreign countries APP
preciate what it means to be regis
tered West virginian more than those
who sit serenely at home, for the d.
vision Of vital statistics states that
only about three-fourths Of the babies
born within the state are put on re-
cord, thus establishing their citizen
ship and parentage.
West Virginia was recently honor
er by a visit from DIR. w. p. Jococks,
assistant to the director Of the Inter
national Health Board, known as the
Rockefeller Foundation Health pro-
lection for the people in rural COM
munities is one Of the interests Of
the Foundation. They are giving
about $4,000 a year to West Virginia
which is divided among vanious
countries to demonstrate to the people
of the state now disease can be reduc
ed and health safeguard when a
county supports full-time health
department; that is, employs full
time county health officer and one
or more public health nurses who de-
vote their entire time to desease pre-
vention and health promotion. Four
Of the eight counties in the state
having these departments are now
receiving some aid from the Found
alton. State health Commissioners
Henshaw and DR.. Jacocks have been
visiting different counties ami OBJ
serving conditions in sections pro-
tected by county health depart
ment and comparing them with con-
ditions in sections where no health
projects are being carried out.
Wastes from manufacturing plants
dumped into streams have long been
known to be menace to health as
we'll as killing the fish in the streams
and making the water unfit for use
by animals or birds. Sanitary en-
gineers of the state health depart
ment and officials of the game and
fish commission are carefully watch
ing the experiments Of plant at Buck
harmon which will dispose Of the
trade wastes of the Flaccus Tannery.
If this plant is successful, the heal
tn anr game and fish authorities will
push the plan of compelling all plants
having Objectionable wastes, to safe
ly dispose of them instead Of pollut-
ing the streams.
Fairmont passed a $4,000 bond
issue November for the purpose
of financing the building of modern
water liberation plant. State heal
tn officials declare that this will SOL
We serious health problem that has
confronted Fairmon for several
years, and that the TYPHOID fever rate
of Fairmont should be materially re-
duced after this plant begins to OPP
crate.
A DEAD JACKSON BETTER