TABLE II. - REPORTED CASES OF TEN NOTIFIABLE DISEASES WITH CASE RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION BY CITIES, FEBRUARY, 1918 TABLE II. REPORTED CASES OF TEN NOTIFIABLE DISEASES WITH CASE RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION BY CITIES, 1918 Concluded. FEBRUARY, *Bowling Green and Kenton reported no notifiable diseases during February. From Delaware, Gallipolis, Marion, Mt. Vernon, New Philadelphia, Newark and Portsmouth no reports had been received to date of going to press. DIVISION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING Summary for February, 1918 Representatives of the division investigated twelve existing water supplies, four proposed water supplies and additional water supplies, five existing sewage disposal systems and four proposed sewerage and sewage disposal improvements. Plans or revised plans were received for a proposed auxiliary water supply in Hamilton, for a proposed distributing reservoir in Dayton, for the existing Milton Reservoir in Youngstown, for a proposed sewage treatment works at the Shaker Farm of the Dayton State Hospital, for proposed trunk sewer extensions and sewage treatment plant at Lebanon and for proposed sewer connections at Loveland Farms, Mahoning County. Reports on revised general plans for the proposed West Fifty-eighth Street sewage treatment plant, Cleveland, and on a proposed water purification plant at Tiffin were submitted to the Commissioner of Health. Ross Township centralized school, Greene County, was granted an extension of time to January 1, 1919, for installation of sewage treatment plant. The time for awarding contract for development of Hamilton's proposed additional water supply was extended to November 1, 1918. Conferences with various city officials, engineers and other persons dealt with water supplies of Newark, Delaware, Ravenna, Salem, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and Dennison, with the Buckeye Land Company's East Youngstown development, Mahoning County; with the operation of Springfield's water disinfection plant, with school water supply in District 5, Salem Township, Columbiana County; with the B. & O. Railroad water supply at Newark, with the Akron sewage treatment plant and with contemplated storm sewers at Northfield, Summit County. Approval was granted of samples of sand and gravel to be used in sewage filters at the Norwich Township school, Hilliard, Franklin County, and at the Shaker Farm, Dayton State Hospital. Certificates of approval of railroad water supplies were granted in twelve cases and refused in five cases. DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND TUBERCULOSIS Changes in Organization February, 1918 Dr. R. G. Paterson assumed, temporarily, the position of Director of the division February 1. Educational Work Eight hundred and seven pieces of literature on twenty-six subjects were distributed. Five school lectures were delivered by Miss McNamara. The exhibit was in storage throughout the month. In the field. of publicity, fourteen newspaper stories were released through the weekly News Letter and two otherwise, the News Letter stories reaching 600 papers, being used (one or more of them) in 168 papers in 78 counties and 135 towns and attaining a total circulation estimated at 5,500,000 Work was done on pamphlets on venereal diseases, smallpox and typhoid fever. Copy was prepared for Volume IX, Number 2, of the OHIO PUBLIC HEALTH Journal. Public Health Nursing Service Two public health nurses-Miss Edith Treat, Ashland, and Miss. Alice J. Wilkinson, Fostoria — resigned to enter the Red Cross Nursing Service, and one Miss Helen T. Hayden, Mansfield-resigned to -enter the Army and Navy Corps nursing service. Instruction to health officers by telephone.... Number of cases investigated by this department. Number of cases provided with nursing care by this department.. 3 56 41 10 1 1 381 2 1 2,894 FEBRUARY 2, 1918. DEAR DR. FREEMAN: Pursuant to the conversation between yourself, Mr. Bauman, Miss Stewart and myself, of even date, concerning the practical operation of the law for the Prevention of Blindness from Inflammation of the Eyes of the New-Born, it is my understanding that in each and every case wherein there is a question of a violation of the law, that the State Department of Health will address a letter to the offending physician calling his attention to his violation and asking him for full and complete explanation of such violation; second, that in cases of flagrant violations of this law, that the State Department will proceed with the prosecution of the offending physician or other person; third, that some proper method of regular publicity will be undertaken by this department in order to spread the information as completely as possible concerning this particular law and its operation. Very truly yours, ROBERT G. PATERSON, Tuberculosis Hospitals Hospitals at Springfield, Lima and Springfield Lake were inspected by representatives of the Department. The Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Division of Public Health Education and Tuberculosis visited the last-named institution. Admissions and Discharges From February 1 to 28, inclusive, 241 notifications were received, 145 of which were admitted patients, 96 discharged patients. Of these, 177 were referred for investigation and report to local public health nurses; 3 were reported to other State Departments; I referred to local health officer; 23 were investigated by Division nurses; 15 were found whose histories were not obtainable, and 22 were pending investigation. Of the 48 cases pending investigation February 1, 12 were investigated by Division nurses, 22 new pending cases were added, making a total of 58 cases pending investigation March 1, 1918. Beginning February 18, public health nurses in the Division were sent out to visit all discharged tuberculous soldiers who resided in territory not covered by local public health nurses. |