The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-06-30
tuberculosis Death
Rate In County Is
Lower for This Year
Disease Still Greet Menace
To People Of Colurnbi-
ana County

A report on tuberculosis in Column
biana County has been submitted re-
Gently by the Columbiana County Pub
lie Health League. Highlights from
the report are as follows: tuberculosis
cost the people Of Columbiana County
100000 last year. Last year was not
an unusual year. 1t was typical of
many previous years.
The 100000 cost to the county was
made up of the following sums: $780,
600 cost for capitalization from pub
lie funds, $1,000 cost for medical and
disqualification charges from private
funds, $4,000 cost to the Bureau of
Aid to Dependent Children, $4,000
cost to Veterans Rect agency, $4,000
cost to other relief agencies, and
$4,000 loss in wages. The $4,000
specialization costs was largely made
up of daily disqualification cost of
$500 per patient. Other counties which
maintain their own sanatoriums report
that the daily cost is from $500 to
$3.50 per patient.
Thirty-four persons died with tuber-
culosis last year according to the
death records kept by the local reg
istrars. There were nine deaths in
East Liverpool, fifteen deaths in the
County Health district, two deaths in
Wellsville, and eight deaths in Salem.
For the last fifteen years the average
number of recorded deaths from tu-
berculosis in Columbiana County were
forty-two deaths per year.
The persons suffering from tuber-
culosis who are in Sanatoriums serving
Columbiana County residents are con-
stantly changing, but the numbers re-
main about as follows: Salem City
Hospital II, County Home Hospital 4,
Rocky Glen Sanatorium at McConnels-
vile 8, and Ohio State Sanatorium at
Mt. Vernon 6.
There are one hundred known per-
sons in our County who have some de-
gree of tuberculosis and who might
profit by sanatorium care. 1t might
be said that three hundred people
actually need sanatorium treatment.
However, it must be stated that some
of them (possibly 2OR) have been Of
fered sanatorium care and have re-
fused it. The persons needing this
care change somewhat, but the num-
bers remain about as follows: East
Liverpool SO, County Health district
26, Salem 10, and Wellsville II. APP
proXimately twenty per cent Of the
above figures represent children under
eighteen years Of age. Besides these
one hundred known cases there are at
least eight hundred others who thus
have had direct exposure to tuber-
culosis and are now classed as con-
facts.
The tuberculin test has been used
in Columbiana County more widely
during the past year than at any other
time. 1850 persons were tested in
the county in the last nine months.
370 or "a of the total number tested
had a positive reaction. There were
S25 tested in East Liverpool with 20 60
positive. 500 tested in Salem with
1l% positive. 95 tested in Wellsville
with 500 positive. 80 tested in Co.
lumbiana with 14f6 positive. 80 test
ed in Fairfield Centralized school with
none positive. 80 tested in the County
, Health district with 400 positive. 40
tested in the Offices of the family doc
tors with about 500 positive. Almost
all the above persons tested were high
school students or known contacts.
The testing revealed fifteen previously
unknown cases of tuberculosis.
The report showed that tuberculosis
is still a menace to the people of Co.
lumbia County, and that many people
who need care are not receiving it.
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