Chilocco Indian Agricultural School - Chiloccoan Yearbook (Chilocco, OK)

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Area Director of Public Health - ' , as Dr. Joseph S. Wawro, Area Director of Dental Health Dr. Wawro is responsible for all oral health activity in the Oklahoma area, as well as being the full-time dental officer at Chil- occo. His duties include giving dental services to all students at Chilocco. Emergency treat- ment is administered at the early morning hours, with regular appointments afterwards as needed. Fillings, extractions, and some x- rays and prosthesis are done on a limited scale. Sodium fluoride treatments were given during the year to students within the age bracket. Miss Cornelia Isaac, dental health assis- tant, makes appointments and helps to admin- ister dental care at Chilocco. Raymond Ramon is having his teeth cleaned by the Fluo- ridation team, Miss Delores McLaughlin and Miss Evelyn Hollowell. Miss McLaughlin is cleaning Miss Cornelia Isaac Luke Austin's teeth. Dr. Wawro gives a shot to Judith Hale before A patient is having her teeth checked. pulling a tooth. He is assisted by Miss Isaac. .-14, 'iikam

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Members of the Navajo Tribal Council The Superintendenfs secretary handles visit Mr. Correll and Mr. Kelley. Seated are the correspondence as well as numerous other John Perry, James Becenti and Howard Mc- office details. kinley. Susan Horsechief is asking for price quo- Most of the employees know Mr. Hayman tations. as pay roll clerk. S Mr. Roberts and Mr. Huston go into con- Mrs. Hazel Joice is preparing some home sultation on one of the many government letters for the Special Navajo Department. problems that arise during the day. ,13-. j .

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Preservers of Health ea 4. ,W Mrs. Carrie Jones, Staff Nurse E i ' Mrs. Eleanor Snell, X-Ray Technician Miss Aagot M. Knudsen, Head Nurse The Chilocco School Infirmary has a con- tract with 13 doctors of The Arkansas City Medical Society, who render medical care to the studentsg also a contract with The Ark- ansas City Memorial Hospital for medical and surgical services when needed. Since July 1, 1955, the Chilocco School Infirmary has been transferred as a branch of Indian Health to the jurisdiction of United States Public Health, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. U The Chilocco School Infirmary has two daily clinics for routine treatments and minor injuries. Two graduate nurses and an assistant aid the doctors in their work. Emphasis is placed on the preventive as- pect of medicineg hence thorough physical examinations are given yearly, including a complete x-ray survey early in September with Wasserman tests and refraction for glass- es following. At regular intervals the students are vac- cinated for small-pox and inoculated against typhoid fever. First aid kits are furnished all homes and vocational departments. Dennis ames and Marshall Colbert are hav- Miss Knudsen is taking a patient's pulse. ing their temperature taken by Mrs. Jones. -15-