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supervision of public water supply, sewage and sanitation, and the 

 making of water analyses and many other laboratory tests. 



(3) Directly Remedial. Free clinics for the treatment of venereal 

 diseases; Medical inspection of the public school children followed 

 by free dental clinics and the removal of diseased tonsils and adenoids. 



The Public Health Work is under the direction of a general staff, 

 the State Laboratory of Hygiene and eight special bureaus. 



1. Laboratory of Hygiene: 



Supplies Vaccines, Antitoxins and Pasteur treatments; makes 

 water analyses and Wasserman and other tests. 



2. Bureau of Vital Statistics: 



Collects information which insures the efficient direction of the 

 work. 



3. Bureau of Tuberculosis: 



The State Sanatorium treats an average of 135 cases each year, 

 examines and advises over 1000 others, and conducts intensive 

 County Campaigns. 



4. Bureau of Medical Inspection of Schools: 



In the past two years 150,000 public school children have been 

 examined; 25,587 have been given free dental treatment and 2500 

 have had diseased tonsils or adenoids removed. 



5. Bureau of County Health Work; 



Forty counties have full time health officers and 22 have full 

 time public health nurses. Within the past two years 40,000 insani- 

 tary privies have been eliminated, principally in rural communities 

 and in small towns. 



6. Bureau of Engineering and Inspection : 



For supervision of public water supply and sewage disposal. 



7. Bureau of Venereal Diseases: 



Sixty thousand persons have received treatment in the last 2 

 years at the free clinics. 



Educational campaigns are being conducted in the comities by: 

 (1) A physician who goes into the coimty to arrange dates and arouse 

 interest. He is followed by: (2) The "educational truck" carrying 

 a physician to lecture to the men, a woman to lecture to the women, 

 a moving picture machine and a negro physician to lecture to the 

 negroes. 



8. Bureau of Epidemiology: 



Conducts the fight against infectious diseases. In the last 2 

 years 165,000 people have been given the free protective treatment 

 against typhoid fever. 



