The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-16
rO 7. B. LEAGUE
MAKES REPORT
Good Showing Made by
League in Past Years
Work Benton County

rho anual meeting of the Benton
c..,tv tuberculosis League was held
the Carnegie Library at Prosser.
T,asday 2 I April IA, Mrs. B. B. Bu-
1snon executive secretary of the
lexington tuberculosis association,
~ Gage, county club leader and
~ [ Monica Weber, county tubercu-
Iosis Isis nurse, being the principal speak
ers.
Tho main subjects discussed were
.,,hl;c;ty for the work, Bovine Tub
pprcnlosis and plans for the next year.
Tho = fact was brought out that since
.hs Ia founding of the National Tuber-
.uIosis association in 1904 deaths
from tuberculosis in the United
c..,as have decreased from 200
S.sths per 100000 persons to "a per
100000. thus saving more than 49,
oa1 lives annually. tuberculosis now
occupies third place in the death rate
there formerly it was first; heart
disease and cancer heading the list at
present.
The following officers were re-
elected; president, Mrs. o. X. Will
hanson, Prosser; vice-president, DIR.
= s. Hedger, Kiona; secretary, Mrs.
B. E. McGregor, Prosser; treasurer,
Mrs A. C. Crawford, Prosser. Mrs.
r H. Briggs, Kennewick was elected
president, taking the place of
Mrs. A. R. Gardner who is not now a
resident of the county.
The annual report of the Benton
County tuberculosis Nursing Service
was given, as the executive board of
the tuberculosis League acts in an
advisory capacity for this depart
ment. County nursing work In Ben
ton county consists of tuberculosis
nursing primarily, covering the pre-
ventative as we'll as curative phase.
Through health examinations, health
training in schools, attention to the
nutrition of infants and children,
many tuberculosis infections do not
develop into tuberculosis disease. The
correction of physical defects such as
corrective dentistry, removal of in
fected tonsils, correction of vision
thru properly fitted glasses, all help
in building up the resistance to tub
erculosis. Accbrding to the report
given by Miss Weber, school nurs-
ing in this county included physical
examination, weighing and measuring
the children, survey to determine
the prevalence of simple goiter and
the introduction of preventative goi-
tre treatment; in one school the child
rem were given the Shick test, which
Is skin test to find those susceptible
to diphtheria. Those who showed a
positive reaction were given toxin
antitoxin. In another school, those
who so wished, were immunized
against whooping cough. Work of
this nature was undertaken when the
particular disease threatened to be-
come epidemic.
In order to control tuberculosis ev-
cry case must be found. To cure tub
erculosis the case must be found in
the early stages. In Benton county
seven clinics, conducted by a chest
specialist sent out by the Washington
tuberculosis association, contributed
towards controlling tuberculosis. At
these clinics so patients were exam
med. In some instances it was inn
possible to complete the diagnosis,
IN every case the standards of dag
nosis We're discussed and the patient
referred for further examination. A
report of the findings sent to their
family physician.
Seven child health conferences were
neid during the year. This is new
pnase OF county nursing in the state
u Washington, and is made possible
through the Child Hygiene division
OF the State Board of Health. Five
hundred thirty-three children under
SIX years of age were examined. At
'Iese conferences the parents are told
wnat the general condition of the
eniid's health is, what habits might
improve it, what defects, if any, are
present, and are referred to their
FAMILY physician for treatment and
correction.
rive children were taken to the Or
.nopedic hospital in Seattle for treat
ment. Everyone in the Pacific North
west Knows what wonderful work this
hospital does and we consider our
serves privileged to be able to get
pital. ~ w
y. investigating cases for county re-
,eI and mothers pensions has been
aone thru the nursing department. 1t
= :, well known that many times peo-
t0 p.s are forced to ask for financial
Ws us,p because of illness in the family.
"uere medical problem exists eff
WIS .0s.s TO relieve or correct these were
81 .au and In many cases that solved
'ne financial one.
!, Inc number of calls made during
na.; ~. year We're as follows: Calls on
SSH;1lents, 375; home calls on school
saidren, 1858; visits to schools, 80;
5O0nty 5O0 relief calls, %; other calls
s,ss salss Weber further reported that
saturday of eyerv u,aaJ, ha, hoor -,