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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
6
A moral on investing in health prevention citing Chinese practice and State Board of Health work. It stresses cost savings from keeping people well, supports commissions of health, lab services for malaria typhoid and other diseases, and recommends thorough exams before marriage.
Legislators urge caution on cutting public health spending amid cotton prices and economic strain. They warn that reducing health inspections and sanitation funding risks disease, urging continued support for health boards, proper water protection, and community duty.
The article argues couples should undergo thorough health checks before marriage to screen for venereal disease, noting treatment can cure the transmitter and protect offspring. It stresses free state board of health testing and urges not to transmit disease to future children.
A statewide plea presses Georgia to authorize a $500000 appropriation for a modern tuberculosis hospital. Officials argue whites and blacks need expanded care, noting neighboring states have funded larger facilities and that education funding is paralleled by health progress.
The State Board of Health through the Division of Venereal Disease Control reports distributing 28 684 15 worth Arsphenamine for syphilis cure in the past year. The remedy known as 606 requires three to five early doses to prevent transmission and curb spread with continued use. Public Health Service financed the work for three years, but state funding will bear much of the cost going forward.
Georgia Board of Health issued a chart showing malaria drop in Savannah Cairo Thomasville and Central of Georgia Railway shops. From 1919 to 1920 malaria cases fell from 2476 to 456 in Savannah and Cairo cases declined to 35, with Thomasville also reduced after two months work. The chart aims to persuade other cities to adopt control programs.
Bulloch Times reports C. H. Anderson, foreman of the late grand jury, seized a 450 gallon still driving into town in his touring car. The device, largest ever captured in Bulloch county, measured 438 gallons by formal assessment. The still, recently built, had not yet been fired and was found near the Emu Sinkhole and Bay districts.
Try an Orangeade at our fountain at Page's Drug Store. A refreshing summer beverage offered to customers visiting the shop.
A bundled cough remedy package includes Hayes Healing Honey to soothe throat irritation and Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest cold and croup relief. The combined treatment, packed in one carton, costs 35 cents and is marketed for children.
Dublin Courier Herald reports County Health Officer Dr. O. H. Cheek warns residents to watch for rabies in dogs and cats. He cites bite cases, urges confinement of suspected animals, and outlines brain testing by preserving the head on ice for laboratory diagnosis.
Vidalia wholesale grocers invited the 12th District Wholesale Grocers Association to hold its July session in Dublin. About forty wholesalers from the district will attend, with local firms planning a big reception. From Vidalia, W. T. French, T. W. Timmerman, W. A. Jones, L. M. McLemore, Tim Cockfield, Long Green attended the Dublin meeting.
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