Show COUNTY NURSING PROGRAM HAS J STEAD STEADILY ILY progressed SINCE BEGINNING IN 1934 morgan county s public health nursing program was started in 1934 with miss lamar griddle criddle nowa now airs irs S J olsen as nurse in ili 1935 5 three infant and preschool pre school conferences financed by the count county were held with a pediatrician in charge the following year state programs for maternal child health and crippled childrens services were started which included immunization programs against whooping cough diphtheria dip theria and smallpox the state se school hool and county financed these programs 1 from this beginning 1 eg the program has enlarged ed to twice month 1 fy ay infant 14 and 1 pre school bonfe conferences r which include cardiac an and roeurn rheumatic M fever programs grams iams tetanus go immunization dental examinations and corrections for foi pro pie school children tuberculosis dete detection eLlon and audiometer testing since since 1117 1917 the preschool pre pie school conferences have en barged to such an extent that it wa vas s necessary to cancel camel a appointments for some of we the older children tile the maternal conferences were commenced in august IMO 1910 phy I 1 examinations in in grades two hire five eight and 11 are held yearly six yearly immunizations conferences against whooping cough diphtheria dip theria i tetanus and pox are held for preschool pre school and first and I 1 second grade students students in grades from seven to 12 w e re given audiometer tests with a mai chine loaned by the state in 1949 and in ln 1919 the school board pu purchased its own machine all serious hearing defects were already kno known Arri and had been refined referred to specialists in 1041 the state division of dental health picked morgan county as one of the communities in in which to make ake dental studies since the to fall of ai aw this program has offered florine treatments for a certain age group reg registered at the well baby conferences since 1114 1914 the county nursing program became a affiliated f i filia ted with the state cardiac and an rheumatic fever pro programs granis iams which i I 1 includes clinic follow up hospital and convalescent home care caie in thi the state mobile xray X ray unit offered free chest xray X ray foz for junior and senior students cooks teachers bus driver s town food handlers contacts and suspected cases this program was repeated i in in 19 and it is is anticipated it will i be repeated every two years the county commissioners commissio neis offer yearly y immunization against typhoid ph fd fe fever vei and the lions club sponsors rocky mountain spotted fever imm immunization u niza tion in aj ami til everyone in inthe the county was given an opportunity port unity to be vaccinated vaccina ted against again st I 1 smallpox niall pox this program should be repeated since august ido 1940 when the maternal program was initiated until january IWO 1950 14 HI expectant in mothers others have registered legister cd and been cared for at a total of its s conferences six hundred and ninety four visits were made to these conferences feren ces making an attendance of 74 and averaging avei aging 4 23 1 I visits for each person of the women have been discharged with postpartum post elamin examinations at the conferences these conferences are held the first tuesday in in each month in ili the relief f society room of the stake stake tabernacle ta infant and preschool pre school confer inces are aie held on tile the fust first and thud third thursday day of each month in in the court room at the court house from january 1940 to december vms 1 W infants were registered and the total number of conferences during this period were 2 i 0 o with a total of visits to conferences feren ces making an average of 20 attendance during the ton ten year period during the same period 1780 home visits were made to infants and 2570 2 70 to pi pie e school children since october 1017 the A lorgan county nurse has assisted with conferences in in Co alville oakley and kamas the school population in in nis 1918 was as in it was S with in in the high school and wi in in the elementary school L students from the alie entire county now attend school at morgan ele teachers teich cis weigh and mea i I 1 r re students each month assist nil wi etith binl th ars visual checks and do I 1 binary checking for communicable diseases colds ch chicken chickenpox pox and measles I 1 head tb the lisi list of communicable dis eases for lott in aws there was 1 one ne severe case of polio and a lighter ligh t er one in in 11 ltd oll there are aie very few ew cases of scabies and ini impetigo in the eight year 9 that typhoid has been offered there inere have been six si clinics held and persons immunized ith 11 incomplete in in in the seven years of blotted potted fever immunizations there have rave been six six clinics persons muniz cd and none incomplete all 11 known crippled children chil dien are aio ader under service eleven were admit i td iea to service ard and 71 home calls lere were mado made one individual has been admit 1 te l d to cancer service service and eight J line ie calls hive have been mide five persons have been admitted to car diac af and an rheu hsu matic fever service service ser vici lid la 21 home calls have been made iven seven persons have ben bell admitted admitted admit tea to 10 morbidity or communicable non service arvice and 20 field bield and office nursing visits have been made |