Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-01-02
Health Report Submitted
For Month OF November

DR.. V. L. Ellicott, county health
officer, has submitted the following
health report for the month of No
vember:
The Board of Health of Montgomery
County,
Rockville, Maryland.
Gentlemen:
/ beg to submit to you the fol
lowing report of the Health Depart
ment for the month of November
1895.
tuberculosis Seal Sale Campaign
The annual campaign for the sale
of tuberculosis Christmas seals
opened on Thanksgiving Day at which
time approximately eight thousand
envelopes of seals were mailed to
residents of the County. A few
days before, meeting of the Seal
Sale Committee of which Mrs. Frank
Zundel is chairman, had luncheon
meeting to discuss plans of the cam
paign. The luncheon was followed
by form letter to the members of
the committee sent by the Health
Department outlining suggested
activities of the campaign.
tuberculosis Story of case
Attached to this report is a story
4 illustrating the county's tuberculosis
program as it affected a case re-
ported last year.
Placard Law-At the request of
the health officer the County Com
missioners, acting as the Board of
Health, passed an ordinance on No
vember IL making it unlawful to
remove or deface a contagious dis
ease placard or warning sign and
providing for penalty of five to
one hundred dollars or thirty days
in jail. This law was found neces-
sary because the attorney for the
State Department of Health stated
that no existing law covered this
point.
Dental Clinic-Plans for the es-
Establishment of dental clinic in
Rockville are progressing satisfac-
torily. The clinic will probably be
operated one day a week beginning
January 1. Parent Teacher Associa-
tons have already offered to con-
tribute approximately one hundred
dollars. The clinic will be available
for the younger elementary school
children in all parts of Montgomery
County but on account of it's small
size will be able to treat only a
small percentage of those in need.
. School Examinations 697 children
were examined in 10 different schools
of the County during the month.
Test of Septic Tank Law "A
property owner and developer con-
tested the County's law which re-
quires permit for the construction
of a septic tank or other private
disposal plant and the case was
tried before the Circuit Court on
November 81. The Jury decided in
the absence of a contract that the
owner of the property should be con-
sidered as the person who constructs
the plant and therefore held respon-
sible for obtaining the permit.
New Milk Regulations-A new set
of milk regulations was passed by
the Board of Health on November
12, 1885 and the existing regulations
were repealed. The principal change
is that of providing for a numerical
score sheet for the inspection of
dairy farms.
Fees for Dairy Inspections-There
has been consideration discussion as
to how far the inspectors of the
Montgomery County Health Depart
ment should go outside Montgomery
County to make dairy farm inspec-
tions of milk to be sold in the Coun-
ty. At the present time this dis
tance is limited to forty miles from
Rockville by road, but fee of two
dollars ($2.00) per month must be
paid by dairymen outside of Mont
gomery County in order to obtain
county insnection
Statistical Report-The following
is statistical summary for the
month of November including the
principal activities of the Health
Department:
Reported Cases of Communicable
Diseases-Measles, 2; Scarlet Fever,
IL; Pertussis, 2; Diphtheria, g.;
Chickenpox, 3; tuberculosis, 9;
Meningitis, 2; Pneumonia, Ii; Sep
tic Sore Throat, 1.
Clinics-Visits to Maternity elm
les, 16; Visits to syphilis and gon-
orrhea clinics, SO.
School Medical examinations of
school children, 7O2; School children