“Health
Officer’s Report” from the Lumberton
Robesonian, Jan. 8, 1917
Semi-Annual Report
of County Health Officer B.W. Page
In
Thurday’s Robesonian was given a
report of the meeting Monday of last week of the county board of health. The
board meets again today to elect a health officer for the ensuing year. Dr.
B.W. Page, who no doubt will be re-elected, made the following semi-annual
report to the board last Monday:
Post-mortem
examinations 3.
Examination
for commitment to asylum 17.
Visits to
county institution 114
Visits to
county dependents 13.
Paupers and
hook work cases treated 142.
Examinations
for application for aid 27.
Diseases
investigated 32.
Diseases
quarantined 34.
Visits to
schools 67.
Physical
defects to school children reported 628.
Typhoid
vaccinations 1,683.
Doses
vaccine administered 4,689.
Visits to
17 dispensaries for vaccination 83.
Health
talks made 128.
Newspaper
articles furnished 19.
Health
bulletins distributed 8,400.
Miles
traveled 3,900.
“Results of
health work have been reported from time to time through the columns of
newspapers. Comparison of vital statistics with those of adjoining counties
indicates that Robeson has prevented more than ten deaths per month for the
past three years without considering the amount of sickness prevented.”
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