The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19


a considerable quantity of this serum
which was supplied to the doctors on
request. The Mayo Foundation is
furnishing this serum free to doctors
who use it according to directions and
report results. DR.. Pease has received
fresh supply and the State Board of
Health has limited quantity for dis
tributicn on request.
REGISTRATION LAW
TO BE ENFORCED
The State Board of Health has re-
peatedly called the attention of the
physicians of the state to the fact that
the law requires the reporting of
births and that this law was to be rig
idly enforced. L. L. Benepe, who has
recently returned from a years study
in Baltimore, is charged with the en-
fcrcement of this law. Since he re-
turned one month ago, he has filed
complaints against two doctors for
failure to report births, one local re-
gistrar for failure to- send in his re-
port as required by law, and against
two undertakers for failure to obtain
burial permits. If physicians find
themselves hailed into court for fail
ure to report births, they have no enc
to blame but themselves. 1t is very
distasteful to the State Board of
Health to prosecute physicians, but
this seems to be the only way to get
complete and full report of our
births. Mr.. Benepe has evidence
against several more physicians and
complaints will be filed in the near
future. 1t is the intention, also of this
department to publish the sames of
those physicians who may be convict
ed under the law.
NEW DIRECTOR
OF THE CHILD
WELFARE DIVISION
For the past eighteen months DR..
Hazel Dell Bonness has been director
of the Child Welfare Division. On
account of i'll health the doctor has
asked for a six months leave of alb
sence without pay. While associated
with the State Board of Health the
doctor has done some splendid work
in cooperation with Mrs. Sara E.
Morse, secretary of the tuberculosis
association, in organizing a public
health nursing service Throughout the
state. 1t is hoped that DR.. Bonness
may be able to return in six months
time with her health fully restored.
During DR. BOnnesss absence the
work of the division will be under the
charge of DR.. Frances Sage Bradley
eff DObbs Ferry, New York. DR.. Brad
ley is a graduate of the Cornell Med
zeal School and has specialized on
diseases Of women and children. She
has held the position Of State Chair
man of the Medical Association Com
mittee on Health Education of women
and Children, and Chairman of the
Health Department eff the State Fed
Grafton of WOmen'S Clubs. In 1913
she entered the service of the Child
ren's Bureau of the u. S. Department
of Labor and barring one year over
seas she held this position until 1922,
when she was assigned to organize a
Bureau of Child Hygiene in Arkansas
under Sheppard-Towner law.
DR.. Bradley comes highly recon-
mended by the Childrens Bureau and
also by DIR. BOnness, with whom she
was associated in welfare work in
France. In securing the services of
DIR. Bradley, the State Board of
Health feels that it is extremely for
tunate.
OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID
FEVER AT SIDNEY
During the past month there has
been an outbreak of typhoid fever at
Sidney, ten cases in all occurring.
| The State Beard of Health in cooper
alton with Dr. A. M. Treat, county
health officer has been conducting
an investigation in an effort to de-
termine the source of the infection
! Indications at the present time point
to a lettuce salad consumed by these
patients at church dinner or whether
or not this salad was contaminated in
being prepared by a typhoid carrier,
or wether it was contaminated on ac-
count of the lettuce being irrigated
from contaminated water, is a ques-
ton which DR.. Treat and DR.. John x.
Newman of the HYGIENE Laboratory,
are trying to determine. Repeated
analyses eff the city water supply have
shown that this supply is free from
contamination.
VITAL STATISTICS AND COM
MUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTS
RECEIVED DURING THE MONTHS
OF JUNE AND JULY.
Births. Stillbirths. Total Deaths.
j juIy. $40 Is . 5 867
Deaths Under Communicable Reported
l VI. Disease Deaths. Cases.
June. 81 "a $40
July. 81 81 353
/ CURRENT DISEASE
! STATISTICS
Reported for week ending
Aug. 16, Aug. %
tuberculosis, z II
Typhoid fever, @ 12
Smallpox, T
Diphtheria, 3 3
Scarlet fever, 8 8
Measles, 0 /
WhOoping cough, II 1
Mumps, 0 8
Pcliomeylitis, 0 Is
w. F. COGSWELL.
WFCIJB Secretary
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