Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-10-21
Health Department
Issues Narrative
Report For Sept.
Many Important Health Topics
Are Being Widely Discussed
In The County

Inc montgomery county Health De-
partment has issued its narrative re-
port for the past month Many topics
of general health, particularly with
reference to child health programs,
have been discussed widely during
I September.
The report follows:
Advisory Committee Meeting-The
Advisory Committee of the Health
Department held its first meeting on
September 80. The question of the al
lotment of funds raised by the sale of
Christmas seals last year was brought
up by Miss Lavinia Engle, Vice-chair-
man of the Committee, and a COM
mittee consisting of Miss Engle, DR..
]. W. Bird and DR.. Ellicott was form
ed and asked to confer with the State
tuberculosis Association regarding
the formation of permanent tubercu-
losis committee in the county.
TYPHOID Fever-Five new cases of
typhoid fever were reported during
the month of September. Two of these
were in the GAINESVILLE section. On
account of these two cases and prev
ious cases in the locality people were
advised to go to their physicians for
anti-typhoid NEGOTIATIONS.
Ophthalmia Casa colored child,
two weeks of age, was sent to Sydne-
ham Hospital in Baltimore for treat
ment of ophthalmia neonatorum
(acute inflammation of eyes) due to
infection of the eyes at the time of
birth. On account of the use of silver
nitrate in babies eyes at time of birth
very few cases of this disease occur
at present. AS the disease is very apt
to result in permanent blindness, par
ents should call their physicians
promptly whenever the eyes of the
new born baby become inflamed.
Poolesville School Work-MeetingsJ
of citizens and teachers were held in
the latter part of September to ar
range for cooperation in connection
with medical inspection of school chill
dren. The school work in Poolesville
will be conducted on the complete
service" basis in a SIMILAR way to the
work recently done in Damascus.
Both physicians and parents are being
asked to be present when examina-
tions are made. r.
School Sanitation-At the requestI
of the County Commissioners, Mr..
Ofutt, the sanitary inspector, is max
ing inspections of water supplies and
sewage disposal in schools in coopera-
ton with the Departments of Educa-
ton.
Milk Regulations-The Sub-commit-
tee of three dairymen is still working
on the new set of milk regulations. At
the present time, prosposal is being
considered of providing for special
permits issued to dairymen now in
business exempting them from most
OF the requirements which call for ex-
penditures, provided that they keep
their bacterial counts down to 50. 600.
Such permits would expire at the end
OF five years and would exempt re-
quirements for concrete floors, Sepa-
rate milk rooms, tight ceiling in barns.
cooling system, so degree temperature
and pOuapaJ uab;olo.
Hog Farm Ordinance-On account
of an ordinance passed in Fairfax
County, Virginia and effective October
concerning hog farms, the Health
Department is comforting with the
County Commissioners concerning a
similar ordinance for the Metropoli-
tan District of Montgomery county.
Complaints against hog farms fire.
quently arise because of the main
tainance of such farms near the Dis
trict of Columbia, the hogs being fed
on garbage hauled out of the District
of Columbia.
Red Cross Nurse-On September
Miss Edith Crumbaker began her
work as visiting nurse under the
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross. Her headquarters are in the
Rockville High School in the rooms
formerly occupied by the Health De-
partment nurses. The nurses of the
Health Department are cooperating
with Miss Crumbaker as her work is
closely associated with that of the
visiting nurse.