Hookworm Diary of Dr. C. T. Young.
Date: February 7, 1910
Series: S 915 - Florida State Board of Health.
C. T. Young Diary on Hookworm Eradication Campaign, 1910.
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teacher and the parent in their
endeavor for the mental
betterment of the child.
and furthermore since
medical science assures that of
all diseases it is the easiest of
detection, treatment and eradication
that its effectual extermination
depends simply <stricken; b> upon the treatment
of <stricken; it> existing cases and the
prevention of soil pollution
therefore be it.
Resolved: that we the
county school board of Polk Co.
do herby urgently insist that
our teachers shall co-operate
with physicians, patrons and friends,
using every tactful measures to
bring their infected children to
treatment - which is furnished without
cost by the State Board of Health and
administered by the family physician
Be it further -
Resolved - that we require
the trustees of all public schools