The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-20
IEALTH IMPROVEMENT

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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:
Usual nurses fOIlow-up Of all types
reported, where indicated.
LAMENTATIONS: To be advis-
ed per usual standards, both pri-
mary and boosters, with increased
emphasis earlier in first six months
of infancy for OPT and smallpox,
plus typhoid routinely required for
food-handlers, due to our lifeline
water-line supply.
INTESTINAL PARASITES: No
serious problem, hookworm being
non-endemic.
VENEREAL DISEASE: Const.
ant vigilance demanded, being a
Navy Base, but relatively under
control through part-time services
of a U. S. p. H. S. Investigator.
also part-itme with Naval Station.
TUBERCULOSIS: With an high
er than normal incidence in Key
West, due to old, close housing,
Latin attitudes and over-crowding.
constant awareness is required and
much more field work by nurses
is needed. 14x17 chest x-rays are
taken as suggested, in foIIow-up
of known and arrested cases nom
hoSpitalized and in contacts. as
well as suspects found in our NOR
bidity clinics or referred by pri-
yate physicians!
MATERNAL HEALTH: Ante.
partum and postpartum clinics
viii continue to be held every
week on Thursday afternoons.
when NEW BORN INFANTS Gin
ic is also held. Through refer.
ence by midwives, Welfare Agency
and private M. DIS plus good ser
vice by personnel to the patients
in clinics, latter grapevine spread
ing, goodly and beneficial atten-
dance has been built up.
! WELL CHILD CLINIC: Both
for latter infancy and pre-school
age, will continue to be held every
week on Thursday morning, al
ready being well attended, with
emphasis on diet, nutrition. inn
munizati0n, and correcting physi-
cal defects found.
PRE-SCHOOL p. r. A. sum.
MER ROUNDUP CLINICS: win
continue to be held in our head
quarters on mornings of June
through August, scheduled by ap.
pointment Of four children per
hour for three hours, p. T. Al. ar
ranging same and providing cler.
ical and receptionist services.
when parent is shown defect, cor
rection advised and immuniza-
ton given, plus pertinent litera.
kture.
SCHOOL HYGIENE: Continued
win be teacher screening general
", plus vision and hearing tests.
with reference for nursing follow.
up and indicated. examination BY
our clinic or by family doctors or
and specialists. denominations in
Dictated are referred BY nurse to
our clinic. except at Upper Keys
Schools at Marathon and Tayer-
nier, which a nurse sometimes
two) and clerk visit every second
Wednesday, spending one-half day
At each school, giving immuniza.
tons and eontagion and sick child
advice. All Key West schools are
visited by nurses at least twice
and preferably and frequently
three times, weekly. Traumatic
cases on school grounds are either
sent home by principals for family
doctor, call their parents, or
known indigents are brought to our
clinic for proper care. Next year
nurses win make dental inspec.
tons on all school children, send.
ing home notes Of findings and
advising correction Of defects.
ADULT HYGIENE. AS IN the
past, food-handIers, teachers. bus
drivers and referred indigents win
be examined. Added. and new.
viii be pre-employment examina.
tons for school ianifors
M0RBIDITY: A large factor IN
consuming personnel service and
time of clerks. nurses and health
officer, in the past, due to our
peculiar situation Of no county
physician, no city physician to do
this work, and a small group Of
overworked private physicians.
with welfare workers, County and
City Commissioners, school staff.
al referring indigents GRAND med.
ical indigents to our clinic. be.
cause There Is no other place for
them TO so. needs elimination by
creation Of different nOn.health de.
partmenf set.up for these people
locally, Until this Is done, al our
staff are being constantly urged
and alerted toward cutting such
service down 10 4 minimum.
CANCER CONTROL: has been
built up 10 a big service and will
continue TO grow. our cases, most
" found in our clinic. or referred
by other physicians. being sent to
St. Franis nnmor Clinic, Miami
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