The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-09-06
COUNTY
HEALTH MATTERS
Narrative Report Of Jackson County Health Department For
Menth Of July. 1910

&ANE 8&AfaAA@ ~ 8AN AA&A@AA 49,
p4xtrnenf for the month Of July
werp marked b. new efforts IN TIRE
direction o. yenereal disease control
ard continued activity II child hY-
gtene
HookWorTn disease continues 20 b
a ma1N pubic health problem tn
Jackson County. there being twenty
new cases for July bringing the To-
tai 70 stxty-utne 50 far for the sum-
usr months II Is impossible 70
eradicate hookwoxTn unless some
sanitary means Of excrets disposal
Is installed on the premises Of the
infected lncis3cuaS At present
there Is no construction crew avAil-
able bat efforts are being made %
obtain help IN installing modern
excreta disposal methods in many
localities OF the county. E1ucaton-
Al efforts on hookworm disease con-
Einne with marked emphasis on the
installation OF sanitary excreta dis
posal mean There we're no new
ca1es Of tuberculosis reported
During the past month the infant
and presch0ol program vas carried
on. there being one hundred and
eighsy-three infant and preschool
children receiving examinations
Medical conferences were held at
Port Bayou. Krcole. Moss Point.
Pascagoula, Harleston. ocean
Springs. and St. Martin sixty
children were immunizeo against
1lphrheria and one hundred thirty
nine were immunized against small
pox. Al several Of these clinics
many resaediabie conditions Eere
found among the children from
birth 10 six years OF age. II Was
strongly advised that these condi-
tions be corrected By family ply
Sician. and It Is gratifying TO see
that many were cared for in this
manner.
The sanitation program was
marked by the installation OF mod
ern untenSti sterilization methods in
many Of our food handling estab-
iishments. there being four auto
matte Dish washing machines and
two three-compartment sink ster-
liners. There were forty-one In
spections made ON food handing
establishments and the number of
major defects reported for the
month of june we're decreased by
about seventy-five per cent.
July was notable in that two
syphilis clinics were organized in
the county. n in the Health De-
partment office In PascagoulR, and
one In the Health Department Of
flee in Ocean Springs. This work
vas made possible by g substantial
appropriation BY the jackson Coun-
~ Board Of Supervisors and the
Mississippi State Board of Health.
Most Of the efforts in this direction
we're directed toward organizing
and planning. At the present time
there are better than fifty patients
receiving weekly treatment. It Is
felt that these two clinics win con-
tluue 70 grow IN size as more IN
terest on the part Of the public is
being manifested.
Visitors 70 the Health Depart
ment for last month we're DR.. A. l.
Gray. Director Of Division OF Pre-
ventable Disease Control, and DR..
d. v. Galloway. Director of vene-
real Disease Control. of jackson,
Mississippi.
Respectfully submitted,
A. T. NADEAU, Jr..
Acting Director
jackson County Health
Department.
Detailed Report
| Educational
Newspaper articles published 9
Pamphlets distributed 420
Letters. including notices, Etc "a
Reports IT
Personal conferences - 81
Communicable Disease Control
Home visits Is
tuberculosis Control
Home visits &c