Show Public health nursing service report To county school district for Public Health Nursing Service in Duchesne County Schools is primarily one of health It is an organized service to the the family and the and includes the interpretation of sanitary and social procedures for the correction of prevention of disease and promotion of During the fiscal a total of 1206 home visits were made to people in Duchesne County by the Public Health of these were made in behalf of the students currently enrolled in the District for the purpose of urging parents to secure suggested medical attention for their Most of the defects were discovered through visual and hearing tests conducted at speech difficulties discovered by their health problems noticed by the or recommendations made by a physician when the student was given a school physical According to the 1950 Duchesne County has a population of but only people were protected against typhoid received polio and 82 received smallpox vaccinations last This lack of especially of the non-school children and in taking advantage of the several and various immunization clinics held at the schools through-out the is cause of much disappointment and alarm by the county and state health It is feared that epidemics are threatening if this situation is not It Is sincerely hoped that our parents will recognize the danger and cooperate more fully during the current year to make this county a safer one in which to |