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Project Title: Sampson Migrant Health Service Project (MG 122).

Sponsor: Community Action Council, Inc., Sampson County Health Department, Clinton, N.C. 28328; Telephone 919-592-6177.

Director: Caroline H. Callison, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: June-August.
Estimated number of migrants: 685.

County served by project: Sampson.

Health services provided: Medical care, dental care, nursing care, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Clinton.

OHIO

Project Title: Migrant Health Clinics, Nursing and Sanitation Services Program (MG 21).

Sponsor: Sandusky County-Fremont City, General Health District, Fremont, Ohio 43420; Telephone 419–332–6411.

Director: William J. Boswell, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: April-November.

Estimated number of migrants: 3,000.

County served by project: Sandusky.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, health education, and nutrition counseling.

Location of family health service centers: Fremont.

Project Title: Environmental Health Project (Migrants) (MG 24).

Sponsor: Ohio Department of Health, 450 East Town Street, Post Office Box 118, Columbus, Ohio 43216; Telephone 614-469–3543.

Director: Ray B. Watts.

Duration of migrant season: April-November,
Estimated number of migrants: 14,730.

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Counties served by project: Darke, Fulton, Henry, Mercer, Putnam, Seneca, Stark, and Wood.

Health services provided: Sanitation services.

Project Title: Family Health Education Project for Migrants (MG 35).

Sponsor: Lucas County Health Department, 416 North Erie Street, Toledo, Ohio 43624; Telephone 419-248-5911.

Director: Dorothy M. Van Ausdal, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: February-November.

Estimated number of migrants: 1,200.

County served by project: Lucas.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, nursing care, sanitation services, health education, and nutrition counseling.

Location of family health service centers: East side of county, West side of county, and Toledo.

Project Title: Health Aide, Nursing, and Nutrition Consultation Project (MG 36).

Sponsor: Ohio Department of Health, 450 East Town Street, Post Office Box 118, Columbus, Ohio 43216; Telephone 614-469–3543.

Director: Miss Helen Massengale.

Duration of migrant season: June-October.

Counties served by project: Darke, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Mercer, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, and Wood.

Health services provided: Consultation in health education, nursing, and nutrition; coordination of training and work of health aides in various local migrant health projects.

Project Title: Migrant Labor Family Care Program (MG 61).

Sponsor: Putnam County General Health District, Court House, Ottawa, Ohio 45875; Telephone: 419-527-1616.

Director: Milo B. Rice, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: April-October.

Estimated number of migrants: 3,260.

County served by project: Putnam.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, health education, and nutrition counseling.

Location of family health service centers: Ottawa.

Project Title: Migrant Health Clinic and Nursing Services Project (MG 78). Sponsor: Darke County General Health District, Courthouse, Greenville, Ohio 45331; Telephone: 513-548-4196.

Director: Giles Wolverton, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: June-October.
Estimated number of migrants: 1,400.

County served by project: Darke.

Health services provided: Medical care, dental care, nursing care, health education, and sanitation services.

Location of family health service centers: Union City.

Project Title: Ottawa County Migrant Family Health Service Clinic (MG 126).

Sponsor: Ottawa County Ministry to Migrants, 159 North Church Street, Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449; Telephone 419-898-8486.

Director: Rev. Robert Lamantia.

Duration of migrant season: June-October.
Estimated number of migrants: 1,400.

County served by project: Ottawa.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, health education, sanitation services, and nutrition counseling.

Location of family health service centers: Oak Harbor.

Project Title: Migrant Health Study Project and Dental Care Program (MG 136).

Sponsor: Hartville Migrant Council, Inc., Box 682, Hartville, Ohio 44632; Telephone 216-454-4719.

Director: Mrs. Ralph McFadden.

Duration of migrant season: April-October.

Estimated number of migrants: 680.

County served by projects: Stark.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, health education, and nutrition counseling.

Location of family health service centers: Hartville.

OKLAHOMA

Project Title: Project To Furnish and Supplement Existing Public Health and Medical Care Service to Migrant Labor Families (MG 59).

Sponsor: State Department of Health, 3400 North Eastern, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Telephone 405-427-6561. Project Office: Jackson County Health Department, 201 South Lee, Altus, Okla.; Telephone 405-482-7308.

Director: J. K. Leavitt, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: May-December.

Estimated number of migrants: 6,100.

Counties served by project: Greer, Harmon, and Jackson.

Health services provided: Nursing care, dental care, sanitation services, and health education.

OREGON

Project Title: Clinic Care, Public Health Nursing, and Sanitation Services to Migrant Farm Labor (MG 05).

Sponsor: Orgeon State Board of Health, 1400 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oreg. 97201 ; Telephone 503–226–2161.

Director: Ralph R. Sullivan, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: March-September.

Estimated number of migrants: 28,900.

Counties served by project: Clackamas, Hood River, Jackson, Klamath, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Polk, and Washington.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education through county migrant health projects; consultation to projects from State level includes nursing, sanitation, and health education.

NOTE. See following table for county detail.

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COUNTY COMPONENTS OF OREGON MIGRANT HEALTH PROJECT (MG 05)

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Project Title: Yamhill County Migrant Health Project (MG 63).

Oreg. 97128; Telephone 503-472-5161.

Sponsor: Yamhill County Health Department, Courthouse, McMinnville, Oreg. 97128; Telephone 503-472-5161.

Director: H. Grant Skinner, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: May-October.

Estimated number of migrants: 6,000.

County served by project: Yamhill.

Health services provided: Medical care, nursing care, sanitation services, mental health services, and health education.

Location of family health services centers: Eola Village.

PENNSYLVANIA

Project Title: Health and Medical Services for Migrants (MG 33).

Sponsor: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Post Office Box 90, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120; Telephone 717-787-6967.

Director: A. L. Chapman, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: June -November.

Estimated number of migrants: 6,300.

Counties served by project: Adams, Berks, Chester, Columbia, Franklin, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union, Wyoming, and York.

Health services provided: Medical care, dental care, nursing care, and sanitation services. Sanitation services only are provided in four additional counties. Location of family health service centers: Coatesville, Danville, Gettysburg, Lancaster, and Scranton.

PUERTO RICO

Project Title: Health Needs for Migrant Workers Project (MG 58).

Sponsor: University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, P.R. 00905; Telephone 723-0410.

Office: Migrant Health Regional Office, Puerto Rican Medical Center, Barrio Monacillo, Rio Piedras, P.R.; Telephone 765-0038.

Director: Ruben Nazario, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: October-December.

Estimated number of migrants: 2,178.

County served by project: Northeast Health Region.

Health services provided: Medical care nursing care, sanitation services, health education, and social services.

Location of family health service centers: Puerto Rican Medical Center.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Project Title: Health Services for Migratory Agricultural Workers and Their Families Charleston County (MG 26).

Sponsor: South Carolina State Board of Health, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201; Telephone 803-723-9251.

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Director: L. P. Varn, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: April-October.
Estimated number of migrants: 2,130.

County served by project: Charleston.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, nursing care, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Edisto, Johns Island, Medical College Clinic, and Mount Pleasant.

Project Title: Comprehensive Health Program for Agricultural MigrantsBeaufort County, S.C. (MG 121).

Sponsor: South Carolina State Board of Health, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201; Telephone 803-524-3446.

Director: H. Parker Jones, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: May-September.

Estimated number of migrants: 2,255.,

County served by project: Beaufort.

Health services provided: Medical care, dental care, nursing care, and sanitation services.

Location of family health service centers: Beaufort, Frogmore, and Sheldon.

TEXAS

Project Title: Technical Assistance in Approaches to Health Problems Associated with Migratory Labor (MG 03).

Sponsor: Texas State Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Tex. 78756; Telephone 512-453-6631.

Director: Robert L. Cherry, M.D., Medical Director.
Duration of migrant season: Year round.

Estimated number of migrants: 129,000.

Health services provided: State level consultation to counties with local migrant health projects in nursing, sanitation, health education; assistance to communities without local projects in arranging for provision of health services to migrants, including nursing, sanitation, health education, and other technical and consultation services; also limited direct sérvices in communities without local projects.

Project Title: Hale County Migrant Health Service (MG 37).

Sponsor: Plainview-Hale County Health Department, 10th and Ash Street, Post Office Box 1776, Plainview, Tex. 79072; Telephone 806-224-4359. Acting Director: Carl P. Weidenbach, M.D.:

'Duration of migrant season: July-November. Estimated number of migrants: 9,300.

County served by project: Halé.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Mobile unit.

Project Title: Laredo-Webb County Family Health Service Clinic (MG 42).

Sponsor: Laredo-Webb County Health Department, 400 Arkansas Avenue, Laredo, Tex. 78040; Telephone 512-722-2481.

Director: Jose L. Gonzales.

Duration of migrant season: November-March,

Estimated number of migrants: 13,000.

County served by project: Webb.

Health services provided: Medical care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health service center: Laredo-Webb County Health Depart

ment.

Project Title: Southwestern Texas Health Department Migrant Project (MG 44).

Sponsor: Southwestern Texas Health Department, Post Office Box K, Eagle Pass, Tex. 78852; Telephone 512-773-2718.

Director: B. Oliver Lewis, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: September-May.

Estimated number of migrants: 10,000.

Counties served by project: Dimmitt, Kinney, Maverick, and Zavala. Health services provided: Medical care, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health centers: One each in counties listed above.

Project Title: Technical Assistance in Developing Techniques and Approaches to Health Problems Associated with Seasonal Farm Labor in Public Health Education, Sanitation, and Public Health Nursing-Countywide (MG 46). Sponsor: Lubbock City-County Health Department, 1202 Jarvis, Lubbock, Tex. 79408; Telephone 806-762-6411.

Director: David M. Cowgill, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: April-January.
Estimated number of migrants: 9,500.

County served by project: Lubbock.

Health services provided: Medical care, dental care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Services provided at or coordinated by City-County Health Department.

Project Title: Calhoun County Migrant Health Services Program-Port Lavaca-Calhoun County Health Unit (MG 96).

Sponsor: Port Lavaca-Calhoun County Health Department, 111 West Ash Street, Port Lavaca, Tex. 77979; Telephone 512-524-4341.

Director: L. E. Silverthorn, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: January-September.

Estimated number of migrants: 4,000.

County served by project: Calhoun.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, dental care, nursing care, and sanitation services.

Location of family health service centers: County Hospital.

Project Title: Cameron County Migrant Health Project (MG 97).

Sponsor: Cameron County Health Department, 186 North Sam Houston Boulevard, San Benito, Tex. 78586; Telephone 512-399-2781.

Director: John R. Copenhaver, M.D.

Duration of migrant season: November-May.

Estimated number of migrants: 25,000.

County served by project: Cameron.

Health services provided: Medical care, hospitalization, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Brownsville.

Project Title: Jim Wells County Migrant Health Project (MG 99).

Sponsor: Jim Wells Commissioners' Court, Jim Wells County Courthouse, 200 North Almond Street, Alice, Tex. 78332; Telephone 512-664-5582.

Director: Gonzalo V. Trevino.

Duration of migrant season: October-April.

Estimated number of migrants: 10,500.

County served by projects: Jim Wells.

Health services provided: Medical care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Alice.

Project Title: Zapata County Migrant Health Project (MG 100).

Sponsor: Zapata County Commissioners' Court, Post Office Box 272, Zapata, Tex. 78076; Telephone 512-765-4342.

Director: Pedro Ramirez, Jr.

Duration of migrant season: April-November.

Estimated number of migrants: 2,000.

County served by project: Zapata.

Health services provided: Medical care, nursing care, sanitation services, and health education.

Location of family health service centers: Zapata.

·Project Title: Crosby County Migrant Health Service Project (MG 108). Sponsor: Crosby County Commissioners' Court, Crosbyton, Tex.; Telephone 806-675-2924.

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