Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
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FIFTEENTH TYPHOID FEVER
CASL IN ANCHORAGE
An eight-year-old boy from
Spenard Wednesday became the
fifteenth confirmed case of ty
phoid fever in th9 Anchorage
outbreak, according to reports
from the Alaska Department of
Health.
Health officials said that
Wednesday's case is probably
another secondary typhoid case
as he was a playmate of an early
case. Nine suspected cases are
still undergoing laboratory tests.
but no additional suspects have
been reported during the past
week.
The third typhoid immuniza
tion clinic for all Spenard resi
dents was held Wednesday at the
Spenard school. The clinic was
made possible by the co-opera
tion of local physicians, military
medical personnel, Department
of Health staff and volunteers
from the Spenard P.-T.A., Red
Cross, Anchorage G r a d u a t e
N u r s e s Association and the
Spenard Homemakers Club.
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
The idea that Seward needs
a new hospital seems to have
sprung out of the air over night,
and to many it is so new
that they haven’t given it any
thought. It has been my exper
ience that when first mentioned,
nine people out of ten will say,
"What's the matter with the
one we have?” or "Who says
we need another hospital?”
The recent fire has concen
trated the attention of the Ter
ritorial offices and even the Gen
eral Services Administration of
fice in Washington upon the
fact that there is a potential
emergency for hospitalization
upon the Kenai Peninsula. Whal
is more logical than that it
should be in Seward?
Within the next two years,
the 400 bed ANA hospital now
under construction in Anchorage
will be completed. We have the
word of the Health Department
officers that the Territorial pa
tients and, of course, the Native
Service patients, will be placed
there. That being the case, the!
S e w a r d Sanatorium will be
abandoned (if it holds together
that long.)
At the present rate of use,
the Seward General Hospital
will not be adequate in size by
the end of this year. Always
remembering that the highway
now brings Kenai, Kasilof. Ninil
chik and Homer within a few
hours of Seward, at much less
expense than air transportation
to Anchorage, this is, and is
going to remain the health cen
ter for the Peninsula.
The Territorial Department of
Health recognizes that fact when
they place a full time sanitarian
in Seward. They are looking to
the future.
During the time that the San
atorium .remains in operation, j
there must be a place for the
nurses to live. Now,- they are
crowded together because of the
fire. They have no place in
which to relax, to get away
from the job. There is nothing
more boring or that makes any
work more difficult than to be
forced to be with the same few
people on the job and off. A
nurses home is acknowledged
to be an absolute necessity if we
are to keep nurses here. Some
money is available for a home,j
but where to put it is the ques- j
tion.
One single appropriation will
provide for the home and a new,
modern hospital to be used as
a general hospital with a unit
for TB patients. Local patients
would not be forced to leave
their home town for TB treat
ment. There are any number
more arguments in favor of a
hospital in Seward, and they
will be brought forward in the
future. Now is the time to get
acquainted with the idea. If
we are going to have a bigger i
Seward, let's have a better one
as well.
The American Red Cross last1
year spent more than $35 mil
lion on its multiple service to t
the armed forces and veterans.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
Well Baby Conference
Thursdays — 2 to 4 p.m. in
City Council Chambers.
Saturday, April 29
BAKE SALE, Lutheran Ladies’
Aid, Watsjold’s Grocery, 1
p.m.
“COUNTRY FAIR,” Cub Scouts,
Civic Center, 7:30 p.m. Open
to public.
Monday, May 1
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"OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG
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