, 1927-11-09
NOTICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE
COUNTY OF PARK
Office of County Health Officer.
Park County, Wyoming

Believing that there exists al
this time. considerable danger OF
an outbreak of diptheria within this
county. the following measures will
be placed in operation by the state
and county health officers, said
plans for the purpose of preventing
such outbreak Of this disease, at
the present time, as well as in the
next few years.
This plan can only be fully car
ried out by the cooperation and
assistance of all physicians of the
county. each of whom will receive
a written request from this office
for his services in giving the test
free to those who may apply to
him. All services, therefore, rem
dered by him shall be free of
charge to the individual who is a
resident of Park county, under this
order, which. as stipulated below,
shall apply only to the service of
applying and reading the Schick
test (Which test is for the sole
purpose of detecting those children
or adults who are non-immune,
that is. may take diptheria). This
order is subject to recall at the
discretion of the County Health
Officer, and will be recalled soon,
therefore all persons wishing to
take advantage of this free service
must visit their physician at once,
or on or before November 18th.
Material for the test will be fur
nished physicians through this Of
flee.
Those especially advised to take
this test are all children over Z
the care of children, as parents,
and teachers, all adults who come
in especial contact with the public,
as store clerks, ETC., and all other
adults who wish the service. Rural
residents are urged to make the
especial effort needed to take ad-
vantage of this test. AS the great
est danger from diptheria is among
children from six months to 7
years, and about 90 per cent of all
children from 6 months to Z years
of age will show a positive-that
is, will contract diptheria when ex-
posed, EACH AND EVERY CHILD,
between these ages should receive
the prophylactic, or preventative
treatment, and the propbylactic
should then be given only to those
who give positive reaction to the
test. This also applies to adults.
The tests non-dangerous, prac-
tically painless and consis.sAonly
nf tho iniantfnn fnfn tho GUITAR Low
ers only, of a minute droplet of
the test solution. With four daily
visits following injection to physi-
clan for reading the test. First
visit in "a hours, End visit in 4S
hours, Bird visit in ~ hours and
4th in 90 hours. unless otherwise
instructed by physician.
This completes this order, but the
following information is given that
all may be informed more fully on
the subject.
part, usually less than one-half, of
children over seven years, and
adults, will contract d~iptheria,
therefore. those who are susceptible
will be determined. Under Z years
the percentage is very high, prac-
tically all will take the disease.
Therefore, all these. and all others
who have proven to be non-im-
mum by the test, are advised and
urged to AT ONCE apply to their
family physician for the administra-
ton of the special vaccine, known
as the toxin-antitoxin mixture,
which is given in three separate
injections, at Z days intervals. This
treatment, after a short time, will
protect individuals from ~diptheria,