The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-14
HAVE 1T DONE DURING
THE VACATION

Maryland, will reach school
age this year and will start to
school in the fall. A little over
half of the number will attend
school in the counties, and the
rest in Baltimore City. About
one fourth in each group are
colored.
The State and City Depart
ments of Education and of
Health are jointly concerned in
the arrangements for the re-
ception of this army of young
citizens. Class rooms are be-
ing put in shape, repairs are
being made and supplies order
ed, by the Departments Of Ed
ucstion. While this is being
done, the Departments OF
Health are making every pos
sible effort to get the children
themselves in the best possible
condition to stand the strain of
school life. Health confer
ences for the examination of
prospective first-graders in
preparation for their admis-
sion to school were started in
the early spring, and are under
way in every part of the State.
If conditions that need atten-
ton are observed, the parents
are advised to take the children
to their doctor or their dentist
SO that corrections can be made
before school opens, and the
children can enter school, free
from the strain that comes
from physical handicaps.
Because of the State law re-
quiring every child to be vac
cinsted against smallpox be-
fore he or she can be received
as pupil in any public school
in the State, parents whose
children have not. been vaccin-
ated, are reminded that this
must be done, and are urged to
have it done promptly. They
are also urged to have their
children protected against dip
htheris-another dread disease
that is just as preventable as
smallpox.
1.-TWO things have helped us
to shut the doors on smallpox
in Maryland" DR.. R. H. Riley,
Director of the State Depart
ment of Health, said recently.
'"The State law which requires
all children to be vaccinated
before they can be enrolled in
any public school and the CO.
operation of the parents in car
rying out the law. AS a con-
sequence, smallpox is very rare
in Maryland.
eve are hoping that event
ually diphtheria will be shut
out just as completely. We
have a preventive against the
disease, in what is known as
toXoid. Practically everybody
has heard, 1 am sure, of the
anti-toxin, that is used in the
treatment of a vaccine which
because of certain properties,
is called toxin-slntitoxin, and
which is used to immuniZe,
that is, to protect children, so
that they will not get the di-
sease if they are exposed to it.
ToXoid is an improvement on
toxin-antitoxin, and one of the
great advantages in it's use is
that only one dose-instead of
several-need be injected, to
bring about the desired pro-
lection.
practically all young child
ren-from babies six months
old to those of school age-are
very likely to catch the disease
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who are carriers of it, unless
they have been immunized
against it. 1t is especially i'm
ports,nt for children to be pro-
tected against it before they
start to school.
"The State Department of
Health furnishes toxoid to ply
sicians throughout the coun-
ties, free of charge. Parents
whose children have not been
protected against diphtheria
are urged to take their children
to their family doctor and have
them immunized. If you have
no doctor, go to your County
Health Officer for advice"
We should have very little
! pleasure if we did not some