Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-05-28
Health Department Report
For The Month of May

Rockville, Maryland.
Gentlemen:
/ 1 beg to submit to you the follow
ing report of the Health Department
for the month of April 1886.
Crippled ChiIdren-The first clinic
for crippled children was held on
Thursday, April SOth. Thirty-five
children were examined and the elm
ic was very successful. The number
of appointments given was purposely
limited to prevent over-crowding and
children were brought in at different
times to prevent long waiting. The
American Legion provided transpor-
tation for those who needed it in a
very satisfactory way. X-rays We're
taken of seven children to aid in
diagnosis. Much time was spent by
the Health Department nurses in
preliminary work.
One of the clinic children who had
infantile paralysis at the age of four
or five has since been taken to the
Children's Hospital School, in Bal
timore, for an operation to correct
the deformity.
tuberculosis AssociGtion-The an
nual meeting of the County Tuber-
culosis Association was held at the
Manor Club on April 9th in the
form of a dinner meeting Mrs.
Frank Zundel, of Takoma Park,
under whose leadership this Associa-
ton is doing excellent work, reported
that S3,004.0O have been raised in
the Seal Sale Campaign this year.
School Examinations and Diph-
theI'iG PreVe1ution-Routine school ex-
aminations were continued as usual
by the five examining physicians and
the five Health Department nurses.
Toxoid, to prevent diphtheria, was
given to pre-school and school chill
dren in % schools in various parts
of the county.
Summer Round Up-Directions and
printed matter are being distributed
to local committees for conducting
the Summer Round Up campaign.
The object of this is to have parents
of children who will enter school next
Fall for the first time take their
children to their doctors for physical
examinations and arrange for any
needed corrective work. Children are
also given toxoid to prevent diph-
liberia and small pox vaccine, if
these have not already been given.
Annual Report-An annual health
report for 1885 is being prepared
and will be issued each year in the
future.
VeEeredl Diseases Plans are being
made for the establishment of a.
venereal disease clinic in the Sub
urban Area Health Department rec
ords show that the clinic operated in
the Rockville Court House on Mon
day nights is too far up in the
county to provide adequate service
for the Suburban Area. The county
is using information which is being
gathered by the State Department of
Health in a state wide effort to i'm
prove and extend its services for the
prevention of these serious and wide
spread diseases.
Sanitary PY-tVies-On April 10Th a.
W. P. A. Project was started for the
construction of sanitary privies. Mr..
S. s. Cornell, of Seneca, has been
made supervisor of the Project,
which includes six w. P. A. men.
Care has been taken to obtain ma
terials at the lowest possible prices.
A person installing sanitary privy
and having no lumber or other ma
terials on hand can do so for $17.75,
this being the cost of materials only,
the labor being free.
Dental CIinic-A report of the
activities of the County Dental Clinic
for the first three months was dis
tributed in the latter part of April.
The dental clinic held nine 10y ses-
sions during the month and did the
following work:
Children treated, "a; Filings, 264;
extractions, 252; prophylactic treat
ments, SO.
In addition two children were given
treatment once a week for five sue
cessive weeks for Vincent's infection
q contagion Of the mouth commonly
spoken Of as Trench Mouth. In
treating these cases, the clinic OBJ
viously served the entire school by
protecting the other children from
infection.
The children treated came from
Takoma, East Silver Spring, st.
Michaels, Alta Vista, Bethesda and
Cabin John Glen Echo Schools.
During May, children will be taken