Askov American., 1941-11-06
Health Ward
Information furnished by Pine County
Nursing Service.

ii nursing Service.
Miss Laura Nelson, the county pub
lie health nurse, spent two days last
week making home calls in and
around Sturgeon Lake and Winde-
mere townships. Some were child
hygiene visits where she helped moth
ers with feeding problems and in
terpreting the doctors instructions
It is necessary that children get a
sound, healthy start in life if they
are to grow into strong and healthy
men and women of tomorrow. Be-
cause the child is the father of the
man, therefore the man must have
a healthy beginning. One school
girl having large infected tonsils has
had them removed, and is back in
school ready to do better work. While
in this territory, Miss Nelson in
spected the children in District 95.
It is very evident that there is sound
health teaching here as the children
responded very well in a discussion
on nutrition. Considering the large
number of classes, the rural teachers
do excellent work in health projects
and integrating health into the vari-
Gus subjects.
Activities.
On Thursday, Mrs. Kenneth Gay
and Miss Nelson took a group of
women to the maternal health CEN
ter in Duluth.
On Thursday (today) the children
at the Bruno school will be vacci-
mated against smallpox and immun-
lied against diphtheria. Any adults
and pre-school children should be on
time as DR.. w. c. Ehmke will begin
work at one o'clock.
There will be no regular meeting
of the northeast subcommittee as
this committee is sponsoring the lee
ture by DR.. Hartley of the State
Health department. All women in
the county are invited to attend this
lecture at Askov at the Legion hall
to begin at two o'clock. The sub
ject is "The Approaching Memo
pause" r =.
Miss Nelson is in Pine City Mon
day afternoons. Anyone wishing to
contact her may find her on the
second floor of the city hall.
WPA Housekeepers.
A WPA housekeeper was assigned
to Pine county on November /. 1t is
hoped that this project will be en-
larged as there is great need for such
a project throughout the whole coun-
ty. In Duluth the WPA housekeep-
ers are doing great deal of good
work. They attend classes once a
week where they are taught new
methods of housekeeping, meal plan
ming, care and training of children
and simple home nursing. These
women have taught the families they
go to better ways of living, making
their food dollar 60 further, besides
bettering themselves and being more
able to secure private employment
after being on this project.
The 1941 Seal Sale.
Mrs. Herbert Johnson and Mrs. E.
B. Linsley will attend the 35th an
nual meeting of the Minnesota Public
Health Association to be held in the
Twin Cities November and 7.
Plans for the 1941 Christmas Seal
sale, and the health and anti-tubercu-
losis program it finances throughout
Minnesota, will be made at the meet
ing.
This state association was organized
in 1906 for the prevention of tu-
berculosis by DR.. H. Longstreet Tay-
lor, father of the sanatorium move
ment in the state. During the 81
year period just past the tubercu-
losis death rate in Minnesota has
dropped from 104.93 per 100000 of
population to 27.2. The number of
beds for tuberculosis patients has
been increased from 20 to 1850.
The Christmas Seal sale opens No
vember 20, Thanksgiving day, this
year and closes Christmas day.