The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
Health
Continued from Page One)


The report, obtained through
DR.. DeKleine by the Board OF
Directors of the Mount Clemens
Board of Commerce, was for
warded to the city commission
Wednesday for action inasmuch
as it had not previously been
made available TO that body.
In addition the Board of Com
merce directors passed resolu-
ton requiring that copy of DR..
DeKleine's letter, covering the
highlights of the u. S. survey,
should be placed in the hands of
the city's new charter commits
sion for consideration in the for
nation Of new charter pro-
visions.
Following is the text Of the
letter sent by DR.. DeKleine to
the Board Of Commerce:
This will acknowledge re-
ceipt of your letter of September
%. l am very happy to tell you
that just recently we have re-
ceived permission from the
Public Health Service to use
portions Of their report on Ma
comb County and | am therefore
transmitting TO you at this time
such portions of that report as
applied TO health conditions and
sanitation in Mount Clemens.
General Description of Area:
Macomb County includes two
specific areas of significance in
evaluating the public health sit
uation and the essential organi-
zation of health and sanitation
facilities. The southern tier of
townships are included in the
! Detroit industrial area. The sec
ond area includes, Mount Glenn
ems, the county seat, and nearby
Selfridge Field. The remainder
of the county is essentially rural
in character with smaller in
duStries, fruit and general farm
ing and vacation trade sharing
interest.
THE sanitary and public
health situation is affected by
the fact that the topography Of
the entire county is flat and only
slightly higher than the level of
Lake st. Clair which bounds it
on the southeast.
Description of Health Organ
ization: This city has a part-time
health officer, DR.. w. J. Kane.
He is a general practitioner and
is not qualified public health
administrator. The only other
employee of the City Health De-
partment is the sanitarian.
THE activities of this Depart
ment consist Of the following:
% Compilation Of NOR
bidity and mortality stats
tics and quarantine of con-
tagious diseases.
CD Venereal disease &C
tivity confined to examining
and reporting Of all cases
referred to the City Health
Officer.
CD Annually the health
officer immunizes h o
children Of the parochial
schools for small poX and
diphtheria. A physician en-
ployed by the Board of Ed
ucation cares for the public
school children similarly
Prior to the war this was a
countrywide project but due
to scarcity OF physicians II
has been discontinued.
~ Food handlers physi-
cal examination.
60 S a n tary eXamina.
tionS of restaurants.
ut is reported by the city
health officer that no additional
personnel or quarters for d
health unit are needed or de-
sired.
Under the item Description
of Community Health Organiza-
ton Services the following com
ments are made relative tC
Mount Clemens:
Food sanitation: The in.
spection Of restaurants and
food handling is nominally
a local responsibility. The
Bureau Of Foods and Stand.
ards Of the Safe Department
of Agriculture makes an
nual inspections in which
food sanitation is inciden-
tally considered. There is
need for an ordinance prop
erly enforced, examination
Of food handlers, and sterI.
lization of dishes are major
deficiencies which should
be corrected.
Milk Sanitation: Because
Of lack of standards ano
adequate inspection anc
proper enforcement there j.
large quantity of sub
standard and low grade
milk being used. Adequate
regulations are needed.