Public Health Report Washington County September 1924
Washington County Public Health Service reports September activity with 16 diphtheria and mumps cases, 13 contagious disease releases, no smallpox. Nurses logged 94 home visits, 26 professional calls, inspected 476 children, examined 311, and collected diphtheria cultures. Laboratory performed 503 tests, 336 cultures taken. sanitation and welfare work recorded, with 20 school wells inspected and 28 wells sampled. Diphtheria cases 5 with 3 carriers. releases include 2 diphtheria, 3 carriers, 7 mumps, 1 scarlet fever.
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Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Public Health Service
Teachers’ Institute
Washington County Hospital
Washington
Do. W. Stewart
Communicable Diseases Report for Washington County September 1924
The report covers Washington county cases of contagious disease in September 1924. Diphtheria appeared in a country school and in Washington schools, with one positive culture and an active case found at a home. Antitoxin was given to most exposed children, and no further diphtheria cases developed. Diphtheria carriers in Brighton were released, and three children in the patient’s family received antitoxin. Scarlet fever in Wellman was discharged. Smallpox was reported in Johnson and Iowa counties nearby, with local exposure investigated and vaccination or quarantine enforced. physicians and families in the county continued precautions.
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Johnson
Iowa
Washington County
Washington
Brighton
Wellman
Our
September 1924 Public Health Report by City Nurse Stewart
City Nurse Edna Lewis and County Nurse Mae Campbell report September 1924 activities. They describe numbers of schools visited, home calls, cultures taken, health talks, inspections, and excluded pupils. Corrections and defects include eyes teeth throat weights postures gums and glands. A nurse from Washington County Hospital joined for instruction and baby weighing.
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C. W. Stewart
Publi Health Service
St James
Edna Lewis
County Nurse Report Submission Clarified
Report notes the nurse’s submission of an r form and accompanying details. The fragment indicates an official submission process within county health records and references a formal documentation step.
Laboratory Report for September 1924 Findings
Laboratory report lists counts for urine and various tests including diphtheria positive and negative, tuberculosis, gonorrhea, water, milk and blood counts totaling 503. Diphtheria cultures came from Washington, Wellman, Winfield, Havre and Brighton. Thirty-two children received toxin-antitoxin treatment. A. Bolce Director.
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Washington
Wellman
Winfield
Havre
Brighton
A. Bolce
Welfare Work Report of Public Health Service Semember 1924
Welfare work by the Public Health Service records fourteen investigation visits and twenty six families receiving county aid during the month.
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Public Health Service
Welfare Aid Details From Perkins and Haskell Law Cases
Food to 15 families. Fuel to 5 families. Milk to 6 families. Rent paid for 6 families. Medical care for 4 families. Hospital care for 9 families. Two Perkins Law cases reviewed with recommendations for Iowa City university hospital treatment. One widow's pension request and one Haskell Law case reviewed with reports to the district judge. Three first aid cases handled at the office.
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University Hospital
Iowa City
Irish Welcome German Ship Hamburg at Queenstown
The Wesphalla arrived at Queenstown to land passengers and received an enthusiastic, unexpected welcome. A pier crowd cheered as a delegation led by the mayor extended best wishes and stressed friendly relations between Ireland and Germany.
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Hamburg
Theiner Wesphalla
Queenstown
Ireland
Storage Recommendation For Coal In Iowa Declared
Des Moines reports a 13 percent storage target for Iowa coal use, issued by the American Engineering Council coal storage committee after a nationwide survey with the commerce department and US coal commission. The full 100000-word report will be released at the council’s administrative board meeting in Chicago October 17-18, with Roy Crum and James Tartness affirmed as representatives.
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Des Moines
Oct
Iowa
American Engineering Council
Department of Commerce
United States Coal Commission
Western Society of Engneers
Chicago
James Tartness
Vermont
Conncil
Roy W. Crum
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Iowa Engineering Society
Cotton Production Forecast Rise in U S Output
The Department of Agriculture projects this year’s cotton production at 17,499,000 equivalent 500 pound bales, up from a forecast of 12,696,000 bales two weeks ago. The report notes strong gains in production across key growing regions.
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Department of Agriculture
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