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Four~h Annual
Report Q..1.
U I! I V B R SIT Y Q.1: ILL I II Q I S
HEALT. SERVICE
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1 9 a 0
f Report of
HEA LT H SERV I CE
19~O
Urbana , I llinoi G
J uly 7 , 1920
To the Pr eilident of the University
Sir :
I have the honor to a~bmit f or your consideration the f ollowing
r 0port of tho activities of t ht3 "ealth Serv i ce tor the academic year 1919-
1920.
The work of t Health Service bas extended rapidly during tbe
year on account c~ a l a rger per cent ot each c l ass ~ing use ot its
facilities ~~d as resul t o~ the increase in registra t ion. This ye
!:J3.rked the bsg:ln."ling of cOIIIpulzory phyolco.l examination of all new student s
~trlculatlns ~t the University. A to t a l of 3214 ot udent s were cx~in~d, ot
whi ch, 2364 were men. The par capi ta cost for the ox~natlon8 o! the
men woo. . 43 ; o! the won:;.en , $0. BO. 'nle expense in the C:lse of the WOlI2n
was consi derably bigher than ~he ~~ I due ~ the t ac t t t they cannot be
handled i n ~uch la~ge numbe ~ 8 ut one tine nn~ u~st be treate~ with greater
delic~y . The physici ans e~arrin ing the men ~ve had conoider~ble ~xrer ience
i n rr.oJc1n .:!; eXc.!nin..1.tiono 'or tho a I'l'!'W e nd could , there ( nr e , examine mor e r api d.-
ly EIlld eot:ld \"I' O~l: bethr i n teams. However, with the e:xpe:- ienee ob t ined,
we should be able to exc.mi ne the "': c!"'en more r a:!'l1d Y i n t il:! "'uture and at £I.
le88 tar' c t'p1 ta. e ou t .
ur:DI CAl< A=lTI OII OF STUDEiITS.
It 10 e '11l' soon by r eferrir. to Chart , toot the \,ork done tor
student a urin t 8 lus t four years has ate l y i nc:-ea.sed.
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TA»LE I shows, in .J. goneral. wcJ.y, t~ kind of perscnal a ttention
given :0 stl!der.ta &r'.' e~l oyB98 c.:.u-in "" the ~ader.J.c year lQ19-1920.
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.. lonthly 1 ~ trl uti on
- -1919 1"20
I Com;.lete Excuse r.e!'erred Physical
~ent to Recom- to Urir.- Pres:crip- trB69 - ~w:.d.n .. 'o."'1 th ::oopi tul mer-.ded Srecialists ;.:lys i s tiona i:ngs at!.ms
July 2 1 57 57 2
Aug. 3 3 12 "6 4
Se~t . 4 19 2350 Gl 34 l}.!': = • . . C~t . :8 2C4 57 17 '1'19 15C
.'. ; , .. }l"7 . :v ~43 109 £1 '5 lac "' " :Dec . 11 354 52 3 25~ 87 15
J~.::l. . - :01 103 30 :!C: 199 10
Feb . 5 162 50 18 ';'21 178 3
~.:.:...rcb. 42 406 83 :; 5 :1-1. 4 . A. rl1 31 "':5 67 3 385 61B 10
tI" '0 151 40 ~ ,- 4 :65 299 4
J .... "l9 3 30 :8 3 43 66 8
~"":AL 315 1937 593 ~45"~ 3~79 '849 3381 -
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TAEr.'? II shows by cO:'l!pB.rioon , the number o! v1sito to the Health
Service office, by m~nth8, for the laet four ye~8.
T.ft .. DI.I: II
S'Jl~JhRY or VISIT
1916-19Z0
Llonth 1916-1917 1917-1918
July 2 12 109
August 47
SeptGmber 212 551
October 705 992
Hove:::.ber 940 991
December 555 827
JanU!l.ry 902 920
Februar:,' 795 528
' i.:trch 1289 1647
April 818 13m
Lby 786 787
June 261 355
TOTAL 7:C2 9357
*T~s includes entrance exau~nations . ··Rec~s~ 9cember 5, 1920.
1918-1919
438
398
1781
1768
583
696
723
580
840
8'5
909
391
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1919-1£20
208
99
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1361
~419
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1148
444
1729
1452
1186
272
12335
lWU'LQYEES
The Health Service has continued tho physlc~l exaudnatlons
of prospective applicant s for civi l service posi ti on. at the University ,
has render~d fir t t aid t o tho workmen injured in per~ c~ce o! their
duty, and has given medical advice to ezeployeos. whenever conslstan t with
its policy ot not a ssu:n1ng the func tion of family physician. We have hAd.
numcroua c oniercmce8 w1 t h l aborers concerning CC'OllllUlicable diseases in
their flUllil10s and t he r e quirements of tho s t a.tel:l.w r e lative to isolati on
and Q.ua.rantine . This is a phase of our work that 1 s of bonefit to the
entire c o~~ity a s well as to the Univer sity and the empl oyees.
Vlalts from empl oyees ~erod 922 for the ye~r. whi ch 1s an
increaae over tM three previous years. (Sea C rt II) Fifty- three were
exan:1ned phy31ca lly. their medica.l historiel written and thB results of
the exuminatio!'l. s gra.r! ed a E> fo11o."$ :
Tlu3LE III.
Re sult of Phy~1cal Examinations Civil Service Employeea •
. Good.. . . .• . • • • • . • • • • •• 38 Fai r , ... .... .. . ... . ... 13 Dis~ual1f18d •... • •... ~
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'!ABLES IV and V shew , i :l brie! , the location and t:.-pe cf In-
Jury r~celvod by the civil service err.ployee, luring tha l"st threo years .
TABLF IV
lS17-18-19-0 0 "
Locsticn 1917-18 191 6-19 1919-20
~ .. 8 7 9
Head. 4 2 :l
Shoulders 1
lIoJ,y 1 4 8
C~nl t3ls 1
Arms " 2 4 "
U.::nda 6 7 7
Fingers 1 . , 17 14
LeGs 6 7 3
Fa~t 12 6 4
~oo. 4 3 1
TC1.rALS 63 56 53
TABU: v.
Foreign bod.y i n eye 4 5 8
Laceration., puncturo. , ... brasi ons I ,_"11. 1nc1 "liens 16 17 ~O
S rains, atra1na 4 6 5
Bruises , contusions 14 13 9
:Fr£.Ctureo 4 4- 3
!' ecticna 9 6 7
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Il The lie th e~vice hac continued tt3 eyate= ot cU~3rvicl~g ,
t'"edlc;.11:,", un!.ver"l":.y 8;..!-101888 who co:::e in ccnt.1Ct '::lth ood in the
d:.tiry deF rtt:.Ont, l.h1vllrsi:y ca!eteri.::o. :.Ill!. tho! Wor::en ' c Dl:l1ng !:all .
~~e 6~~lcye 8 in tnasG food dlztrlbutlng l~eg ~re l~lzed ~ln t
botb typhoid _n:\ small-pox. V;o do not feel that \'19 CJ..n over cz:.ph.aalze
tho lmpcrto.r.ce of this roceiura beth ..... £1 a 1-llbl1c hea.lth .... ~d. (18 an
educational t...a..tcuro .
TABLE' VI s.o· ... ·o . in brief I t'le work th:J.t roe boen done in t;".ic
CCl"'.r.ection.
TABtE VI
1919 19'0 - -r.:edlcal Hht- !-fo . lSi.in;: Tyl'hoid Sruallpox Dlo ed Fecal
Plneo of criee Hlctory of Inco\.:.- V...ccin - ExdUiin- ExauJ.n-fu.J:10 ant Vlr1 ~ten Typheid lo.tions tiona ations .J.t!ons
t:nl vorsi ty Hos;i tal 3 2 1 1
WO:::"J3n I G Residence R ..... n 17 11 4
Home Eccnomic8 C.;.!'~terla 15 1 11 5 1
rltl.1I7 :e~ rt:::!!!I!'.t 3 1 1 1 2 2
I Uin1 C-t'eteria 10 5 7 7 5 3
TOTALS 48 e 32 16 14 G
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CctJt11NICABL DISEASES.
As i n previous years, ccmzunlcahl e disease was the ~lo! cause at
11lnS GS ~ona the etudent s. I t sent 480 students to the oopltal for
a total of 2717 9 a."ld cauGed the ea th of threo men a."l1 t·{ .. o women
1n the p r l lll8 of 11te . THo women and two tWn died of pnoumonia ccmplica ted
fraD influenza; one man of typhoid f ever.
Table VII snows the monthly d1etr l bution and total hospital days
resulting from cQmmunicable disease , non- contagi ous , and o~ observation
cases. Chart II I portrays di agrammat ically the compara tive dist ributi on
or the sick days eJDlong the student s entering the University Hospital .
Ch t IV is interesting i n that it aham. a. prosonce or influenza
in every month of thG academic year. Its ab sence in December was due
to the closing of the Univer sity for the Christmas recess in the f irst
week of the month. Jonuary I February and. ' ch were the J:lontha i n wbich
tb~ hospital W4a or greateat serv i ce to the student s . ( See Chart V) .
This increase of illness wa s tm.i nly due to i nfluenza..
TYPHOID FEVER.
There were t our cases of typhoid f ever ong the s t udents and one
death. The f a.tal case occurred in October ; the other; 1n lJarch and
~ r1l . Carotul nvest1 gat1on f a i l ed to reveal a c~on source of in-
t ection. There waG no evi~ence to 1nc.1cato thDt one caee resul t ed
from the other. No cOl""..nec ti on could be t r aced be tween ~ of these
c~.Ge 1n the student body L~ spor adic cases among t~~ c1t 1zer.s of
Ch ~a1sn and Urbana.
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SCARLET FEVER;
Scarl et !evor sent 37 s tudent s to the hospital for a total ot 581
d8¥£. All pati entc baving the disease bad mi l d attacks , no complica-
tiona, and made uneventful r ecoverie s . It s occurrence was no t surprising
BS it visita us ~~ually and it. curve of incidence tends to show quin-
quennial peaks . Cur laGt serious 'lisi t ation was in 1915.
»oth german measle. and r ed measles we re characteri~ed by their
l ow insta.."1ce among the I3tudents. There was one case of the t ormer and
four caSBS ot tho l atter, which is a marked ccntrast to its usual prav-
alence .
Due both to its frequency er.d to the length ot quar3ntine , mumps
has uzua.lly stood nea.r the t op of conounioable diseasec as a prcducer of
b08!Jitlll days . During the y e£.r 1919-1920 there was less ~ s an:.ong
t he students than a t My time since th~~-e~tablishIoont of the Health :,:;
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DIPHTHERIA.
There wore four cases of diphtheria trea t ed a t the University
Hospital . These were detected by bacteriol ogica l examinations, befor e
serious symptoms were pr esent. The prompt ~dnanist ratian of ant itoxin
was folle-.... ed by r epid reoovery. Four cases and twenty- two hospital ~s
are the laNest reoord f or this disease .
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CIT! CKEN POX AND S!.lf.LL POX.
These diaons8o a re considered together becnue8 chicken pox 1n ~
adult 19 ette confused with scall pox. It haa been the poli cy ot the
Health Service to advise vaccination whenever an unvaccinated student
has been exposed t o suspected chicken pox. Thio tends to reduce the
unvaccina ted in tho University populat i on Wld to insure a.gainst d1s-
agreeable surprises in the case of ~~ error in diagnosis.
lane casas ot chicken pox and two cases ot small pox were treated
a t the hospital tor 129 and 36 da¥s respective ly. Both of the patients
with small ox ha.d mild attack s . made r a.pid r ecoveries B..'1.d 6BCclped with-
out marked dlstlgurecent .
nITLUENZA Mm P!rr:tjMWIA
Influonza . toll~vlng ita usual course in the yoars l~dlately
aucceedins a ~dendc . r eappeared i n 1919-1920. It was resent from .7
September to JllIl8. From J>ar,,",~,:f 15 .t.o !£arch 21 it r eached the ropor-
tiona of an e ide~~c . I t,caused 410 . 6 t~ents to enter tho hoapita1 for . ~ . . a total of 1773 days .
, There is conaiderab le opportunity for er ror when attempti ng to
differentiate Go- called influenza fran "common colds" . .When occurr ing
spor adical' ~ caseG of influen:a . i n all probabi lity . appear i n
statist i CB ao coryza; when an opi demic, the reverse 16 true ,--lIfI.ny
"colds" being classified as infl1;..8nza.
Our stati stics are based on an attecpt a t differentia tion by local
:physicians durin; tl':e entire year except a t the time of the epl derdc I
when all acute r espi r a tory ai~nt8 present ing influenza- like s~toma
were called "flu".
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Of t he 410 patients having infh.enz8., 10 l'Ad pnoua:onla a..'"ld
!'lve died. The cat es of pnst:=cni" were peculiarly s var . I n
~o~ernl lr.stcncea ioath occurr ed wit on thirty- six hours after the
t'lr&t 8yr.!l tC:J8 of au; 0.."'110. ware n oticed. In this , &0 1n the ~reViOu.8
epldsQ c. t he Health Service was able to do the D:;ont tor the atudenta
by h£:.vil".g them ;preciate that the real d&'1ger 1n influenza is from
ps euccnia, and that the best reventlon 1s the early going to bed.
?ropc.Canda to t:lis etfect wa s diligently kept bofor e the ntuden t body
by word and thrQ'U€;h the "111in!" . I n certain i nstanc80 , it created
unworranted fear ; in te.ot , npneumonophob l a " . I t did , however , bring
r esults . Tho students C~Q 1n romptly for consultat ion on the appear
ance o!' the f irst Sympt07 8 of influenza. ThUB it \, a poaoible ~or us
to give them h03pltul treatoent ve r y early 1n the d1sease .
Tho nun:be;r of cases 1n the epidemic of 1920 WQ.S ab out onc ... fifth
those of 1916. This decrease ~v oe attributed to tho ac uisit1GD of
1~1lnity, and to the feet ~at tbe students were in ~ller groups
than the year before . Looked at with reference to condi tione at other
i nst itut1onc. our student bcdy weathered the epide~ic very succeSQ ...
fully . There , is, however . little coni"olaticn to be der i ved fra(j c om-
parison of cases resulting in!'a tali ties ; there is no such thing as
satisfaction which includo s t he dea th of two wooen end tbree lI'iIn in the
pri me of life ..
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PHYSICAL ElW.!INATIa'lS
For the first time in tho history o:! the University, a.ll new s t uden ts on en-
trshce y,e r e requi red to undergo physic_l examif'.atlon. The folla.v1ng t able of
abnormalitie s show the r esults of the phy31ca l eXaminat ion!) :
Eyes ••. • •••• • • ••.• •••• •• • • •.•• . • 280 Defec tive ear ••.. . •• . ..... .. .... 47 Nose ••.•.. . . " ' " .... • . ..•. ... .. 103 Tee th ••. .• .... . ...•• .••. . . . .. •.. 100 Tonsils •... .. . .........•..... •. • 62 Adenoids . • . . . . . . . . . . •.. .. . . . . . •• 7 Pha.ryngl tis ........ " .. .... . .... 53 LUI'.ga • •••.•. , ••••••• • •••• ••••. " 26 Heart Ditea.se . . .... .• 0 •••••• •••• 56 Chest •. ••.•... . .....•• . ... ... . • . 15 Pigeon- Brest ••. . '" .•.. . . . . ... .• 3 Lymph. . . • • . . . . . . . • . . • • • . . . . • . . .• 49 Spi nal co lumn • .... . • • .. . ..... ..• 52 HemorT'ho ida .• ... .. ...• .. '" . .... 28 Testes •. .... " . " .. , . . . .. ....• • • 12 Hernia •.. .. . .... ... .. . . .... .... . 30 Va ricocele •. . ...... . • . . .. .. " .. . 45 Web-Fe et •..•.... . .... ... ... ' " .• 1 H8!ll!!Ier Toes.......... . . ......... 8 F l a t Fee t • . .... " . ..... .. .. . . . .. 151
COOPEP.ATI(Jt; WITH T!iE WILY PllYSICIAl;S
Recogniz i ng th: doublEt henefit to t he studen t by our cooperat ion with the
f s.crl. ly doctor, we ha'Z8 corresponded w1th 54 fa:n1ly pbysicia.TJS relative to the
s t udents who have be~n under our care .
We have , in a number of c a ses, advised the f emily ph3sicio.ns of all our find
ings at t he tiJre of physical ex ami nations . This wri tten c onsulta ti on no t only
he l p s the 9 udent, but i t estnbli3hes a friendly s tanding betwe~ the Heal t h Se=v t ce
and the physicians of the ata ta .
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SPECIALISTS ·
During t he year we have r zfe rred studentG to 8 eciallets as
tho fol l owing table :
Eye •..• •. .. . • • . .• . ••. . .••..• 120 ose • .• .. . .• ••. .. . • .... . ..... 77
Throat •••... •. . .. .... . . . . . " .17 Ear •• • . . •• . " . . .. . • •..•. . ..•. 53 Teeth ••.•• • .•• . ••• .• •. . •. • ••• 26 Skin . •.• .•.. . • . . . .. •......• • .. 9 x- .. ... .. . ... . . . ••. .. .... . 1? Feet • .. . ... .. . . . .. . •.• . .•. . .. . 5 Heart • ••.. . . ' .. .. . . , '" .. ... . 15 Joint .. . ... . ... ....... . . ... ... 4 Influenza .. . •..•.. .•..•...•.. . 9 Appendi citis • . . .. . .. •..... .. .. 3 !Jl see lla.."18 ous • • . .• . . ••.. . . . .. 20
catsd in
Dur i ng the yB.ll" c:eTllbera of the stat!' of t h e Real th Sen i ce h&.ve accepted 10-
vltatl ens t o present Bubjects Fs r taining to pr event ive and soclaloglc medic ine t o
clubs , and to l ecture in tho short cour ee to t~rs.
On numerous occasicns , tho H8~lth Serv ice hns been asked by a c iti zen of the
state t o furnish in! orulation concern ing .the adv1aBbll1ty of Pa steur treatment ,
means to be used in co~trolling the spr ead of communicable disease, me t hods of
disinfe ction, of fly 8xteraunation, instructi on i n sex hygian~ , con$ truc tion of
sani tary oc.t -houses, atc .
Tho Soal th Service has also l oaned slide s to schools and to Y. M. C. A' s tpr
illustra ted lectc.rea on Hygiene and Sanit ation. He ueats for such slides are
steadily incroaai ng. Our collecti on served both as ~ QO~~S or ed~cation ~~d as
o.dvertiao!oont for the University.
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The Health Service has maintained fir s t aid cabinet s at readi ly accessible
pOin ts th roughout the buildi ngs on the campus. They have been much sed and have
been of service to tlla stude nts, members of the facult y and employees wh o have baen
injure • e have found it necessary to place t he c3b lneta under the care ot
various oambers ot t he facul ty whose depart~nt uses t hem molt. This a r rangement
makes i t possible t o ~lntaln them on a compara tively small cos t.
I!;STRUCTI QN
During tho year 1919- 1920 the Health Se rvice statf haa given seven lec tures \~ , ,. '-(T'
for, 14 weeks to approximo.t e l y 3500 men studentB. The 1edlcal A vieer f or WOIIl3n
ha s loctured to two aecti ons once 3. \veek f or 4 weeks. Each ot these sections , contained not leas than 350 students.
The Health Offi cer also directed a three-hour course in advanced hygiene
especially t or s t uq,nt8 in t he achool of athletic c oaching. S!f I ~
This cla ss had an en-
r ol lment of S5, 25 o~ whom were not spec ializing in coachtng. ~~ £.'0<' "",1 'I
I n conclUSion , by worki ng \L~der consi derable pr8ssur8,~the Health Service haa . ~S-o 0
been able to t ake care of a:pproximately 16 , 000 visits, gi ve aome de gree of in~u'
strllcti cn to a.ppr oxi ll"at ely 3500 new stt:.den ts ~."-' for <:ne-arly~ seme ster I conduct a. thre&-o S ) -
hour course in advanced hygiene to 65 men, C A.-
" for tho 8xundnati ona and i njuries of
vivil service e~loyeea , and attend to t he general routine of t he office .
Respectful ly submi tted
S~TISTICS OF TBE HEALTH SERVICE 1919-1920
Abrasion of skin Abaca .. Acne •• Adeni tis • • Albuminuria Appendlci t is Astigmatism Arthrl tlo •
Balanth • lHepharl t is
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Callus. . Ce.tarrh Caulifla,vered oar Cellu1tle . . Cerumen 1n the ear Chalazion Charped akin • Con.1unc t1 vi t 11 Constipation Ccntusion of the skin Corn . • • .• •.• Coryza . . • • .
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ConcuI31oh of the brain •
Deatnees . Der n-ati t1 e Devia tion ot nasal sputum Diarrhea. Diphtheria DyGopla. ., • ~181ooated shoulder Dizziness
Ee zeIrII!L • • • • • Epistaxis Enteritis Enuresis • . . Eye contueion
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15 7 3 4
25 15
10 1 7 8
60 4 1
17 70
25 2
15 4 9 1 4
22 3B 17 13
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12 14 1 6 2 2 4 8
30 1 5 1 2
Fiasure of annul • Flat foot • . • . Foreign body 1n eye· Foreign body re~oved Fracture
arm Collse Elb rJ,"
Fi ngers Foot lland Kne. Limb . Rib • • Semi-lunar Shoulder .
Furuncle •• Fecnl 8xandnatlons
Gonorrhea. Ganglion • Gaetrl tie Goi tre . .
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Gastro·inteatinal upset Granular lids
Halmaturla • Head.ache • • Hemorrhoids ernl a •.
Herpes. • Hydroce l e RYJlerop i a Hemoptosis Hypersecre t ion Hemorrhage of cornea ITordsol um
I:llPe ti go . Incision . I ndi gestion I nfection In£rown na.11 Insoml'lia • I!lfluen~a. Inte stinal obaervati ob
Jaundice • . . . . . .
1 13 26 28
3 6 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
75 1
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1 14 16 11
7 1 2 1 1 1 4
23 6
19 3
11 21
150 1
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Lacera.tion . 28 Laryng1t18 . . . . 11 Ll'll!J'hang1U. 4
!.1alaria . • 3 !:easles 5 llitral inaut!lclency 1 l.!ump. . " 10 ~velgia
Lumbago • 6 Stiff neck • 14
Uarc olepsy . 2 Ifausea • . . 3
eurastbenia 16 :~euralg1 a. 11 Nocturnal emi'siona 1 Nai 1 wound . . 1
Ob struction of the n n"
Eustachi an tube 0090.1 cc.d :.ty
3 2 1 OtalgIa . .
Otitis ::edia
Parasyp 11 is . . . . . . . . . . Perforation ot meo.brans. t ymp1m i Paronych13. . . . . Pediculosis pubio Peri oat! tis Pharyngi t 18 Pityriasi8 r Olea. ., Ple1:l' isy, acuto Pl eurodynia Pollakuti& • . •.. Prurith • Psoriasis Pyroeia
P.hi ni ti2 Rubella
Scabies Sc.::.rlct fever SeborrhAa Sinue1 tis Smal lpox Sprain
An!> f.nklo Finger !land Knee .
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StClnatiU. 2 Strain
l!uac l e 4 Arch • • • 1 Shoul~ar 1
Shot in fo ot . . . • 1 Stiff loS • 1
Tashycard i.s. 1 Tenoo ovitl0 11 Tinea c rur i a 79 Tonellitis 102 Tooth3cho . . 10 Tl'o,che i t 18 1 Tuberculoa10 11 'l'u!!1or . ' ... , ....... 3
Ulcer Cornea 1 Ca.nkersore 15
Urticaria. . 4
Va:ic ocele l ' Verruga . · 1
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T8~ students nquirec gono:rhea and one syphilis. Only two patient s attributed
the disease to expp~ure in Champaign and Urbana. The CBse of lues r esul ted f r am
cont ac t while in too !ll'lltY. I n all robabll1ty , these c ases do no t repretlont a ll thh
type of disea se ~ong students . It does, I believe , include the va st maj ority of
cases . All o! t bo local doctorc , but one , who havo. a considerable student pr ac tice,
r eport t~l$ diseass among studen ts to the Health Service.
The a~t itude of t he student a tCNard venereal d i sease 10 very wholezome . The
men appr eciate its re l ntion to t he indlvltual, i ts social and economic 8SPOC tS ,
and on ths whc~e, ac t - accor4in&ly .
I!.r:Tn!! ZATI ON
The Health Service has uade a policy o! taking advantage of every opportunity
to i mmunize any parson connected with t he Universi t y . The r e sul ts 0: this work
f or the pae t year are sho-,m by t he foll ow1n~ table:
acc1na tod for Small Pox.
Students, •. .. .• ,', • ... •.••.• , . ••. 34 Empl oyee s" •. . .. " ' " .•. " • .• ,. . 8
Vacc i nat ed f or T,yphoid.
Students •. . •.. . '" •..• . . •... . .. . 92 Empl oyees • .... , ,' •.. , . ..• • " .• ' " 4
DACTEIlIOLOGICM EXA!.II!IAT I OllS
During the year a number of occa s i ons have ar i oon for bacter101ogic~1 ex~n-
a ti ons of aputUIJl , blood , and feces; a l so tests were rr.ade for di pht heria, A table
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