Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-11-03
COMMISSIONERS HOLD
THEIR MONTHLY MEET
incumbent.

incumbent.
The commissioners, after some dis |
cussion, came to the conclusion that !
a county demonstration was not es-- !
sential to the county next year. 1t |
was stated by one of the commits
sioners, who said he had discussed |
the matter with number of farmers,
that the farmers were not now de-
manding the services of the dem
onstrator.
"Our hog sales are about the most
important thing we have the dem
onstrator for now" one of the COM
missioners stated, land we can ar
range to handle that through some ,
one else and save the money the
county is appropriating for his sal
airy.
The commissioners heard Miss
Gallagher, superintendent of public
health nurses in Georgia, who frank
ly told the commissioners that in
filling the pace made vacant by the
resignation of Miss Holly, they
should employ the most competent
trained and experienced nurse avail
able. The commissioners agreed
with her, and Miss Gallagher was
asked to locate such a nurse and rec
ommend her to the health board.
Miss Gallagher stated that in her
opinion, the nurses should be kept
out in the county, visiting schools
and neighborhood meetings and
homes and not be confined to the
office doing clerical work. She said
that half a day week was suffic-
lent to keep up the office records.
Miss Gallagher suggested that to do
this commissioners must furnish the
nurse with funds to maintain an au-
tomobile, that her salary was not
large enough for her to maintain a
car. To this commissioners agreed.
The full text of the report Of DR..
J. w. Chambhss, commissioner of
health, Sumter county is as follows:
I'VE have examined all rural con-
solidated white schools of the coun-
ty with total enrolment of 1014.
of these, 573 little more than half,
were found with some defects.
"547 persons were given three
doses each of typhoid serum, making
a total of GA doses and "a children
were given doses each of toxin
anti-toXin which ilnmunizes them for
life.
There were 1921 people treated
or examined from the Health De-
partment, and 2757 examinations for
separate treatment. Most every
physician of the county has called
upon and been served in some way
by the Public Health Department.
1--WE find, upon examining the
schools, while ventilation and light
are reasonably sufficient, the school
buildings are we'll kept, but we do
find insufficient sanitation and in al
most every instance real bad, OBJ
jectionable disposal of human
excreta, this we are working upon
daily. but in dealing with the pub
lie, with the different trustees, who
all have to have meetings and con-
suit about causes US to be unusually
slow in obtaining results, which we
feel in the end will be obtained.
your board of health went rec
ord at it's last meeting as favoring
the installation of sanitary toilets IN
every rural school. And each mem
Der of the Board is cooperating in
an effort to have these installed for
the protection of the children of the
county
"We find school children generally
taking advantage of typhoid vaccina-
ton in the school and with. the inn
munity already given this and last
year from typhoid vaccination, we
find nearly every school child in the
rural district now protected against
typhoid fever, which within itself is
wonderful. Too, we can't help but
notice that at Leslie, especially, with
other schools not mentioned, what
bright, rosy, fat children, attend
these schools which three or four
years ago, presented quite differ
emit picture Some of these schools
show great improvement in health
and the teachers tell us that they
are making much more rapid pro-
gress in their studies.
Doctor w. Fl Houstnr has assist
sed me IN the public health work the
greater part of this month Doctor
Houston was related to me and l
could not vote upon HE accordance
at a meeting of the board of Health
but agreed to abide nv tNe decision
of the other two members Of the
Board. and agreed to ren"vt after
th;r+v davs trial upon him. For