Show report from public health nurse population ot of county 2203 school population district health officer A A jenkins M 0 district nursing supervisor su arma ama M rawson district sana tarlan elmer B quist public health nurses lahue R ue ford and helen english D orothy dorothy buchanan resigned june 1 hospital facilities none physician K L jenkins AL M D active agencies american red cross crosa and infantile paralysis board beardi total hours of nurses time la in plute county towns carried by each nurse larue ford marysvale Marys vale angle and antimony helen E english junction kingston and circle carcle ville maternal and child health maternal health conference mothers confer conferences ancess are held monthly in marysvale Marys Mary vale lavale and circle ville the mothers in junction and kingston attend the circle ville conference these conferences are now being conducted by one nurse according to the present enrollment one nurse conference has proven very satisfactory is maternal statistics bumbel of mothers conferences 23 prenatal visits to conferences postpartum post visits to conferences 49 patients admitted to prenatal nursing services 6 64 4 prenatal nursing home visits postpartum post cases admitted to nursing service 69 postpartum post home visits cases receiving postpartum post examination at doctors office 3 deliveries attended by public health nurse 48 a average time spent on delivery by nurse Is 6 hours b average travel time to and from delivery case 37 minutes number of patients receiving medical delivery service 7 cases carried by nursa who delivered at hospital 4 average month of 0 gestation patient first sees physician 26 child health conferences number of conferences held 46 total attendance number of cases actually carried in this service infants infanta 12 1 2 years 70 2 26 6 years number of complete immunizations mm ull zat ions diphtheria 52 62 smallpox 64 number admitted to nursing nurs ln service 95 infants number of field nursing visits number of preschool pre school admitted to nursing service 51 number ot of preschool pro pre school visits consultant service conferences were observed an and d home visits were made with the maternal Mat einal and child health nursing consultant miss joy B stuart which proved very able to the nurses in as much ab a assistance and corrective ariti cisin cism was given at this time hygiene le number of 0 school children ex by ph physician high school physical education students fourth and ninth grades glades these exam examinations inactions revealed that bad posture and dental carries can lea gre are very prevalent among the school population detects defects round throat 41 thyroid 48 posture 20 anemia ia 1 positive urine mine 13 teeth 46 eyes 17 1 nutrition 8 heart 7 skin 6 5 number admitted to nursing bervice ler vice 68 number of 0 school home visits number of 0 office nursing visits 68 number of 0 children inspected by nurse number of vision tests a vision corrections 6 5 number of class room health talks 12 attendance school health education I 1 students are being weighed mo monthly athly the first grade in marsdale marysvale Mars Marys vale have a midmorning mid morning drink of either milk tomato juice or orange juice this has been done the past two years ana the teacher feels it Is very beneficial to these little children physical examinations were completed early eaily in november and all cases with physical defects mere followed up by the public nurse dental health education material was placed in the hands of all elementary school tea cheri chert and also the high school A complete course couise on this subject was given to the high school girls gills of alai in their health class other subjects they are aie studying include care caie ol of the baby cart can of the feet care caie of tile the common cold and Vener lal diseases these are aie the subjects suggested by the nurse when the teacher asked what she should teach in her health classes the teacher in circleville Cli Cir cleville however is not interested te in any help the nurse might give general health talks talka have been glen given to all schools on nutrition care caie of colds communicable disease sex educational material was given to the physical education teachers tea cheis who worked it into the health classes A class on men tural hygiene was given to all ailigh high school girls gills school lunches are being served in all schools morbidity service sen ice in III the past year the case load in morbidity service has grown abood a good deal much education has been done in behalf of the morbidity nursing services number admitted to nursing 32 number of field visits office visits 6 crippled children service the case load in plute county la is very light all cases are under treatment an effort has been made to carry out general health supervision tor for all these cases number admitted to nursing service 5 number of field visits 36 35 number of office visits 6 5 consultant service sen ice misses mccabe and truba made visits to the county and gave help to the nurses which was greatly appreciated and found very valuable alu able communicable disease there was a potential danger pt typhoid lever fever epidemic due to the contamination of the culinary water supply A typhoid immunization clinic was carried throughout the county a total ot per were immunized number admitted to nursing fer bervice vice 11 number field nursing dursin 17 dental health beginning january 1941 a corrective dental program tor for pre preschool and prenatal pre pie natal mothers was started under the supervision ot of dr R C dalgleish director ot of dental donta health since plute county had no dentist it necessitated these people traveling long distances to obtain the service of ai a dentist which proved a handicap to the program as a whole we also feel eel that the lack of proper education tion and publicity of this program was a cause of 0 its failure the program was discontinued july 18 1941 since this time a survey wab made in order to obtain information concerning the advisability of again starting this pro grant glam avery A deiy complete plan lias has been carefully caie lully outlined and it Is hoped that this program will prove satisfactory for those who are aie eligible toi for this service A class in home nursing apons sponsored ored by the american red cross was taught in antimony where seven certificates were given several mothers started this class who were unable to complete it due to illness and poor pooi means of transportation volunteer lay workers service sell ice in tb the e past year a more active volunteer workers service has been organized in the communities where in the past displayed little interest six classes were given to workers A large enough group in each community has been organized so that the service can be rotated not making it over burdensome tor for any one person with exception of 0 antimony much more cooperation has been given by the relief solety society c we deeply appreciate the tine fine help these women have given us outstanding needs need and problems to td be met in pluto county a from the public health standpoint tand point the most prevalent existing problems are 1 faulty posture 2 poor nutrition 3 dental health and education b there Is a definite need for a higher percentage ot of immunizations among tho the high school and adult population c it Is hoped that in the coming year a larger and more workable lay volunteer workers service can be established to create interest in organizing agene agencies fes that will render financial aid for corrective services larue ford 11 N helen english R N public health nurses 0 plute county |