The County Board of Health, composed of D.B. Oliver of Pine Level, Chairman, Dr. B.A. Hocutt of Clayton, Dr. J.C. Grady of Kenly and H.B. Marrow and Jno. A. Narron of this city met in this city yesterday and considered two items of business which if put into execution will have a far-reaching effect in the county.
Supt. Thos. H. Franks of the city school system went before the board and asked that steps be taken to provide physical examination of the school children, with the idea of holding clinics to remedy the defects. The Board received the suggestion favorably and the examinations will be made in all of the schools of the county provided the Johnston County Medical Society approves. This work will be done by the State Board of Health and will not call for any local appropriation.
The matter of reinstating in the county a bureau of Maternity and Infant Hygiene was also discussed and this move was also approved if it shall be endorsed by the County Medical Society. Dr. K.P.B. Bonner of the State Board of Health will address the Medical Association in Selma today upon this subject, and action will probably be taken by that body.
It will be recalled that a nurse, Miss Sarah Mulberry, did work in Johnston County some months ago, but after four months it was discontinued. The medical members of the County Board of Health commend her work very highly, and it is probable that this bureau will again function in Johnston.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, April 8, 1924
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