Hookworm Diary of Dr. C. T. Young.

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Feb. 7th
Went before the county school
board which met in Prof. Kirks
office this - carried microscopes and
specimens - made talk on the
situation going especially into
the prophylaxis at the conclusion
I handed them a copy of the
following - which they discussed
and passed
Where as an inspection of the
public schools of Polk Co. by the
state Board of Health was revealed
the fact that about 3000 pupils
are infected with hookworms.
And since the pernicious
<stricken; and p> influence of this blood-
sucking and poisoning parasite
upon the training of the mind,
development of the body and
cultivation of the morals is no
where so evident as in the
school room; often rendering
futile the combined kindly
efforts of the board, the

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