Evening star., 1935-04-28
ANTED|PHTHER|A
! DRIVE EXPANDED
Two Immunization Clinics
!. Will BE Placed in Opera.
tion Here.

AS pdTI VI Vic NdbAOh-NiuS Van
paign of the American Child Health
Association to stamp out diphtherla.
the Child welfare Society at Chill
drenis Hospital is greatly expanding
It's arrangements to care for diph-
iberia immunization treatments In
Washington. Beginning May two
immunization clinics will be in oper-
alton, one for white and one for COL
ored children.
The one clinic. which has been in
operation at Children's Hospital dur
ing recent years, is now handling a
far greater than normal number of
diphtheria immunization treatments
and, as a result of the local and ma
tional anti-diphtheria drives and the
opening of the new clinic, 1t Is anticl-
pated the greatest number Of treat
fnents in history will be. recorded this
year.
Free to Poor Children.
Starting May 7 the two clinics will
be held weekly on Tuesday and Sat-
urday mornings and diphtheria i'm
munization treatment will be admin
istered free to children in families
which cannot afford to pay for such
treatments. A small fee to cover the
cost of the toxoid will be asked of
those who can afford this charge. but
who cannot afford to go to a private
physician for such a treatment.
The new single dose treatment is
being used this year at the Children'S
Hospital clinic. it was explained by
Miss Caroline Sweeney. supervisor in
charge In the past. two treatments
have been necessary. This year the
single treatment method, coupled
with the separation of the clinics, is
expected to result in very great in
crease in the capacity of the eStab-
lishment at Children's Hospital for
handling immunization cases.
In view of the one-dose treatment
toxoid now being used and the exist
ing facilities now available" Miss
Sweeney said. there is no reason
why Washington can't go long way
toward the desired goal-no deaths
from diphtheria,"
Part of Health Observance.
The final official announcement of
Washington's child health services. to
be inaugurated as part of the an
nual May day health observance, was
issued yesterday by DR.. Hugh j. Davis,
chairman of the Child Health May
Day Committee, created by Health
Officer Rutland.
DR.. Davis said the committee and
the Health Department desire to make
this May day a starting point for con-
tinuous efforts for the health and well
fare of children, in accordance with
the proclamation by President Roose-
welt. The committee calls special at
tention to the need for proper care
of infants up to years of age, with
a view to prevention of diphtheria by
toxoid immunization.
Through gift of $1,000 by the
Child Welfare Board of the Children's
Hospital. supply of toxoid material
has been loaned to the child hygiene
centers of the Health Department and
from the Community Chest funds the
out-patient departments of the men,
ber hospitals have been similarly sup
piled.
Schedule of Treatments.
The complete list of hours and
places for the diphtheria immuniza-
ton treatments. beginning with May
day. is as follows:
Mondays-1:30 pm, 900 Maryland
avenue northeast; pm, Freedman's s
Hospital colored.
Tuesdays-10 am. 1904 Pennsyl-
vania avenue. colored 304 Indiana
avenue, colored; 900 Maryland avenue
northeast. white: 1927 Georgia ave-
nue., colored; 1901 Talbert street
southeast. white; 20l2 Rhode Island
avenue northeast, white; 51S M street,
colored, and 2 pm, Freedman's Hos
pital. colored.
Wednesdays-l0 am, GEORGETOWN
Hospital. white; 1904 Pennsylvania
avenue, white; 480 E street southwest,
white; 900 Maryland avenue north
east, colored; 1905 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, white; 1927 Georgia
avenue, white; 5l8 M street.. colored,
and pm, Freedman's Hospital, COL
ored.
1lluI SUdyS-lU d III, SU4 1nQldnd
avenue, white; 900 Maryland avenue
northeast, white; 1905 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, colored; 2012 Rhode
Island avenue northeast, colored; 518
M street, white
, Fridays-1o am, Georgetown Hos
pital, colored 480 E street southwest,
colored; 900 Maryland avenue north
east, white; 1905 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. white; 1927 Georgia
avenue, white: 1901 Talbert street
southeast, colored.
Alternate Mondays-l0 am, 900
Maryland avenue northeast, white;
1927 Georgia avenue, white; 1905
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. white.
Alternate Tuesdays-l0 m, George
town Hospital, white.
First and third Thursdays-10 am,
$50 E street southwest, white.
Second Thursdays-10 am, 1901
Talbert street southeast. white.
Fourth Thursdays-l0 am, 1904
Pennsylvania avenue, white.
Alternate Fridays-10 am. 3O4 In
diana avenue. white: 20l2 Rhode Is
land avenue northeast. white
Second Fridays-l0 a m, 1904 Penn
kylvania avenue. white.
The larger hospitals under the
Community Chest will offer the diph-
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