Dr. E.R. Hardin, Robeson health officer, states that he has
received reports from the blood specimens of Lumberton high school students
taken about two weeks ago and sent to the state laboratory of hygiene in
Raleigh.
Students numbering 423 in grades 8-12, inclusive, went to
the health department office in groups over a period of several days after a
case of venereal disease was discovered in the school. In addition to these,
several other students had blood specimens taken by private physicians.
On the basis of reports from the state laboratory, Dr.
Harden makes the following statement: “I thought it best to wait until reports
had all been received on the blood specimens from students in Lumberton high
school before a statement was made to their parents. The reports are all in,
and I am glad to say that I think they are a credit to the children of our high
school. Parents may be assured that the report on the blood specimen of their
son or daughter was all right unless they have received a letter from me.”
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