The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on September 28, 1923:
CHILD HEALTH CLINICS TO BE HELD OCT. 6-11
Specialist to Hold Clinics at Luverne, Ashcreek, Kenneth, Kanaranzi and Hardwick
Infant and children’s clinics, under the direction of the Rock County Public Health association, will be held at five different points in the county from October 6th to 11th. The first clinic will be held in Luverne on Saturday, October 6th; at Ashcreek on Monday, the 8th; Kenneth, Tuesday, the 9th; Kanaranzi, Wednesday, the 10th, and Hardwick on Thursday, the 11th.
Clinic will begin at nine o’clock in the morning and continue until four-thirty in the afternoon each day, and will be conducted by a doctor who specializes in children’s diseases. It is free to every one—all expense in connection with it will be paid from funds derived from the sale of Christmas seals.
The clinics are scientific in nature and the doctor will be there for the purpose of discovering physical imperfections and to give advice concerning them so that they can be corrected before they become permanent defects. The doctor will tell each mother the exact condition of her child, suggest the diet, make the diagnosis and leave to the parents the choice of any physician they may desire to do any prescribing or give the treatment necessary for the child.
Children of school age, if accompanied by their parents, will also be examined. The child’s weight for his height and age is the best index of his general health. If parents have boys or girls below the standard weight for their height and age, they are urged to bring them to the clinic and have the physician explain what each particular child must do to bring up his weight and grow to be strong and healthy. It will cost you nothing to find out what is troubling the child, and an examination in time may prevent a great deal of future trouble.
Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, P.O. Box 741, Luverne, MN 56156.
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