Show RuYal leai h Work Reviewed Federal Service Operates Co-Operates in Protective Measures in 16 States Washington rho ton Tho tremendous good I accomplished he by the United States I health service In public operation co with county and amI state agencies in fu protecting rural United States against ng disease Is shown b by a n review of the work Just Issued by L. L L. L Lumsden surgeon ot of the health service The Then Thea a n review view covers the fiscal year ear ended Tune 30 H 1921 HJ J and applies to work in rural sanitation which is conducted In support of and as n a part of whole whole- time lime local health service It does not include all nil operative co activities of the thc service In rural communities It ItIs ItIs Itis Is Is- shown that the federal service cooperated cooperated cooperated co co- operated In demonstration projects In rural ruml health work worl In 72 counties in 16 states The appropriation for the rural health work of the public health service service sen ice In the fiscal year eur 1924 was At the thc termination of the fiscal year ear 1923 remained unexpended Thus was available for the support of activities In the fiscal Oscal year ear 1921 Of this sum 2 was expended expended expended ex ex- In allotments for fOl operative co projects in counties and was expended for administration supervision supervision super super- vision Islon of ot local projects and special studies of ot the problem of rural san san- The une unexpended balance of ot the total sum available was Included in allotments to some of the cooperative cooperative oper co projects which because of local circumstances could not be completed by the end of the fiscal year The reviewer cites the following accomplishments accomplishments in the year ear Some Accomplishments Public lectures presenting the principles and details of sanitation to more than 2 OOOO persons More than 15 sanitary Inspections of premIses premises premises prem prem- with explanation of findings to occupants or owners O of the properties Ph Physical examination of over OO school children of whom over O were found to have Incapacitating ph physical defects with notification of parents or guardians of ot defects found thousand hundred Thirty seven seven three t and sixty-four sixty recorded treatments effecting effecting effecting ef ef- correction of incapacitating ph physical defects among school d children children chil chil- ill ill- dren brought about b by written notificatIon notification notification noti noti- to parents or guardians maRIng making maR mak ing available proper clinical facilities facUlties and other activities of the count county or district health departments Treatments Treatments Treatments Treat Treat- ments to correct iodine deficiency ad nd- ministered to GH persons In epidemic goiter districts Fort seven Forty seven thousand two hundred and two visits to homes of cases of ot communicable disease to advise and show the afflicted households how to prevent spread of the Infections Five Fly thousand nine hundred and eight visIts visits visits vis vis- its by br health nurses to prenatal cases to advise with and assist expectant mothers In carrying ing out hygienic and ph physiological measures making making- for healthy health mothers and healthy babies bohles Twenty-one Twenty thousand and two hundred and thirty one one Infants and children of school pro age examined and over 30 home visits h by health nurses or health officers to demonstrate hn hygienic measures for the promotion of ot the I health and the protection of the lives lI I thousand eight I of Infants Thirty one hundred and thirty six persons Inoculated Inoculated Inoculated for protection against typhoid fever feer One thousand three hundred and twenty persons treated effectively for relief from hool hookworm worm disease and for forthe forthe forthe of th the the prevention of the spread Infection Marked reduction In the lee spread of malaria In hundreds of lo ho- with an aggregate population of several hundred tho thousand Four thousand eight hundred anti and sixty nine homes connected for the first time with sanitary sewers Four thousand nine hundred and two fifty homes provided safe water supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies in place of contaminated water supplies Radical Improvement of public milk supplies Such results indicate that the plan of ot the work Is both hoth comprehensive and effective continues Doctor Lumsden The They mean prevention of human Illness illness Ill ill- ness promotion of human health conservation con con- of at economic resources They stand In importance to our national welfare second to no other results oh oh- tamable from equivalent Investment of ot public funds The liThe total expenditure for the support support sup sup- port of ot the thc 72 local projects was in the fl fiscal year ear 19 10 1924 4 Of this sum sum suman an nn a aggregate of or was provided from state county and municipal mu inn- governmental Jo sO sources 73 75 came from civic sources such as local health associations local Hed Cross chapters and the tho International Health board and came camo from Crom the rural sanitation funds of the public health service Thus rims this Investment of federal funds was met with odds of ot over o 12 to 1 1 The proportion of the ex expenses covered erell with funds from local sources Is sl significant it gives gl some Idea Iden of t the stimulating effect of ot the the- operation co of the federal government government gov gov- In this vitally Important nationwide na nn- field |