The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-22
RAPID STRIDES MADE in
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
Miss CiawsOn Complies Stats
tics on Work Accomplished at
Newest Health Center.

Rapid strides in the advancement
of public health nursing service at
Kitzmiller, Bloomington, Kempton
and the communities surrounding
thost three towns, are shown by some
statistics compiled by Miss Yolanda
Clawson, public health nurse for that
section of Garrett county.
r1itzmiller is the latest addition to
health centers in the State and under
the leadership Of Miss Clawson and
the local health club of the town the
building was obtained and made pre-
sentable by donations from local in
dustrial concerns about six months
ago. Electric lights were installed
in the building by neighbors, parti-
tons were erected, both the inside
and outside of the structure was
painted and then the teacher in the
home economics in the KitZmiller
high school and the girls in her classes
had their turn at identifying the in
terror
A resume of the six months of pub
lie health nursing in the Kitzmiller
unit is given below:
The sum of $1O0 raised in the com
munity; interest Of the people of kitz-
miller in health activities aroused;
rent for health center paid by the
people of Kitzmiller for one year,
953 homes visited by the nurse; go
school children given personal exam
nation; health talks given in each
public school and at teachers meet
ings; hundreds of toothbrushes and
| tubes of tooth paste sold to school
children at 5 cents each; twelve chill
dren CHARITY patients) taken to Cum
berland to have their tonsils removed
by Dr.. Sharretts.
Eighteen newborn babies weighed
and instructions given to their moth
ers as to diet, bathing, fresh air, etc.;
'Talks to Mothers about their Ba-
bies," printed by the Bureau of Child
Hygiene, Maryland State Board OF
Health, given to each mother; thirty
nursing visits made in the homes;
two pre-school and school and three
tuberculosis clinics held in the health
center; literature on health topics
sent for and distributed; midwives
of the community visited and instruc-
ted; value of toxin-antitoXin for pre-
vention of diphtheria taught by mo-
ton pictures, talks and literature;
five hundred pre-school and school
children given toxin-antitoxin.
Arrangements made and seven
adult charity patients taken to hospl-
tai for examination and treatment;
contacts made with them following
health officials; cooperation received
from Drs. Strain and Crittenden, OF
Kitzmiller; Drs. McComas and Cat
tens, of Oakland; DR.. Fugat, of Kemp
ton, and Drs Hawkins, Sharretts and
Tolson, of Cumberland.
Clothing, food and medicine given
to poverty-stricken families; four so
Gals given to raise money for the
public health fund; Christmas play
"Santa's Clinic" given by the peo
pie of the community, directed by
Miss Clawson.
Plans for the Future.
Miss Clawson is planning for the
immediate future four dental clinics
which are to be held in the healtf
center this month, the necessary funds
and equipment having been secured
home care of the sick and persona
hygiene to be taught to the third ant
fourth year high school girls of Kitz
miller during the month of April
health day for adults of Kitzmillel
and vicinity April 16, with prominen
physicians as the speakers; May Day
Health Day for the children of Kitz
miller.
The general plans for the next si1
months are for more and better health
activities accordinp TO fine renort.