Milford chronicle., 1938-01-28
Board
Makes Report
[continned from First Paakl

WelI-baby clinics we're held at the
] Masonic Temple each Thursday af-
ternoon throughout the year. These
were well attended. Clinics were
also held at the colored school each
Thursday morning. tuberculosis
clinics were held at the Masonic
Temple the third Wednesday after
noon of each month.
School Work
Each spring an effort is made to
get all children, who are to begin
school in the fall, In for a physical
examination. This is done in order
that defects may be called to the
attention of the parents in time to
have them corrected before the child
begins school, so that it may not
begin its school life with physical
handicaps. In Milford white school
in 1887, thirty-two children and
thirty-six parents were present. At
the cOlOred school, seven children
and one parent. In September, 7S
boys and girls who were to partici-
pate in interschOlastic athletics were
given physical examination. The
first, fourth and seventh grades in
the white and cOlored schools were
given a physical examination, and
all other grades were inspected by
the school nurse.
In the course Of these examina-
tions a girl in the colored school
was found to have numerous mt
throat. 1t so happened that this oe-
Cured on the same day that a ven
ereal disease clinic was being held
in Dover. This girl visited the clin-
ic and was gotten under treatment
the same day. She was, OF course
taken out of school until she became
non-infectious. The possibility OF
the spread Of syphilis from this case
was very great, and without these
routine examinations, the case
might have gone on indefinitely
without being discovered.
We wish to acknowledge the work
Of the Red Cross in helping to make
school lunches possible for INDECENT
children, and that of the Kings
Daughters in providing food and
clothing for the INDECENT.
During the past fall, additional
tests we're taken on the Mispillion
River 10 see what change, II ans,
had occurred in the quality OF the
water as result of one years 'oper-
alton Of the new sewage treatment
plant. The tests indicated some
slight change but It is probably that
additional tests should be delayed
until the fall of 1888. The results
of these last tests we're eommuni-
Gated to the U. S. Public Health
Service, but they do not feel that a
sufficient run has been taken over a
long enough period to justify any |
change In the status Of the river as
far as the ban is concerned.
During December, 1887, the State |
Board of Health has been granted
w. P. A. projects in Kent and Sus-
sex counties and 1t is to be hoped
that one may be started in Milford.
Another large problem In Milford is
10 have them connect to the exist
ng sewers. At the present time
here are 347 property owners aoJa-
cent to sewers which are not yet
to same, and in addition
% that there are 110 properties with
privies located In areas
where sewers are not yet available.
rhe extent of this problem can be
more clearly visualized when we
consider that these properties and !
heir population equivalent are
,aual to a town the size Of Harring-
on.
The milk supply of Milford taken
IS a whole is very good. The aver
ge bacteria count of the different
,roducers are all within what is
considered the liimt for safe milk. !
The record for the individual milk :
ealers supplying Milford follows:
No. Of 3
Dairvmen Grade Samples