Supplement to the Public Health Reports Volume 11-20 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... exercises a strong moral influence on the recalcitrant citizen. In the office, all clerical work must be done in an orderly manner. Copies must be kept of all letters sent or received, of requisitions, receipts, and reports. For this purpose, Shipman files have been found useful, carbon copies being taken of all letters and reports and simply pasted into the file. A card index of the sanitary survey should be kept up to date. The cards should be arranged according to street and number and are very valuable for reference when tracing sources of infection or spread of the fever. They are the same as those used at general headquarters. A similar card index is maintained of the positive and suspicious yellow fever cases. This is a cross index, one set being arranged according to street and number, and the other with reference to the patient's surname. Positive cases are entered on a yellow card, suspicious cases on a white card. If they are proven negative, they are allowed to remain on the white card, the proper diagnosis being written across the face of the card in red ink. If they are proven positive, they are transferred to a yellow card. In addition, it is well to maintain also a map in which different colored pins are placed each day to show the advance or recession of the epidemic in the ward. The chief clerk should keep a time book, showing the number of days, the amount of overtime served by each employee, and the wages due him therefor. This should be balanced each week when the pay rolls are made out. The usual allowance for overtime is double pay for each hour or fraction thereof after 6 p. m. The medical part of the work can be done by one officer and one or two medical assistants. For the latter, young physicians have been found best. They are br...