Diabetes
Diabetes, as discovered by a
diabetes s c r e e n i n g program
carried on by the Multnomah
County D iv is io n of Public
Health, lias remained fairly
constant within the County over
a four year span. Figures re
leased today by Dr. Jolin 11.
D o n n e lly , Multnomah County
Health Officer, sliowed that 4.1%
of the Individuals screened at
two locations througtiout the
year were discovered to have
the disease. This compares with
4% for 1968-1969, 4.7% for
1967-1968
and
3.6%
for
1 9 6 6 - 1 9 6 7 . Total numbers
screened have declined from a
high 3,403 In 1966-1967 to 493
for 1968, 400 for 1969 and 391
for 1970. The large number
screened In 1967 was due to an
I n t e n s i v e publicity carried on
for one week’s screening and
w as sponsored Jointly by the
Multnomah C o u n ty Department
of Medical Services and the
Oregon State Health Depart
ment.
Dlalxites screening Is carried
on at the Multnomah County
Health Department's offices at
12240 N.E. GUsan, on Mondays
from 2 to 4:30 p.m.; and at the
downtown clinic, 104 S. W. 5th
from 8:30 to 4:30 on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday and
from 8:30 to 12:00 on Thurs
days. The screening service Is
available to all, free of charge.
Screening Is usually accom
plished In two short visits on
the same day, the first to drink
a solution of sugar-water fol
lo w e d by drawing a blood
sample within two hours after
d r i n k i n g the glucose. Blood
samples are sent to one of five
laloratorles who donate their
services to the program on a
rotating basis. The laboratories
are Physicians Medical Labora
tory, Emanuel Hospital Labora
tory, Physicians and Surgeons
H o s p i ta l Laboratory, St. Vin
cent Hospital Laboratory, and
Good Samaritan Laloratory. If
tlie sample Is found positive, a
patient Is referred to his physi
cian for further Investigation
and possible treatment. A month
later the Multnomah County
Health Department sends a fol
low-up letter to determine what
action was taken and whether
the Individual was found to be
positive on further testing. This
year 8.4% of those screened
were referred to their physi
cians for further testing, dis
closing that 48.5% of the re
ferrals did have diabetes. Dr.
Donnelly said that only one phy
sician Is regularly using the fa
cilities available and suggested
t h a t other physicians avail
themselves of the opportunity to
secure the free screening s e r
vices for their patients. ’’Early
detection of the disease,’’ he
s a i d , ’’is very Important.”
’’People who suspect any "ten
dency toward the disease should
visit one of the clinics," Dr.
Donnelly said, "to determine If
they do have a positive reac
tion."
Historical painting of
blacks gift of NAACP
A panoramic painting depict
ing the history of the black man
In the United States, "Our New
Day Begun" by Jam es De
Loache, has been presented to
the Amistad Research Center in
New Orleans by the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
Bishop Stephen Spottswood,
chairman of the NA AC P’s loard
of directors, made the presen
tation to Dr. Clifton H. Johnson,
director of the Amistad Re
search Center, In ceremonies
Dec. 10 in Lawless Memorial
Chapel on the Dillard University
campus. Tlie center, which is
now temporarily housed In Dil
lard’s library, plans to build a
permanent building on tlie cam
pus.
DeLoache, a black New York
artist, was commissioned in
1963 by the NAACP to do the
painting, which Is 48 feet wide
and alout nine feet high. It tells
tlie story of the Negro in
America In 12 large panels,
with the historic search by
blacks for equality being told in
a continuing flow from left to
right.
The first panel vividly de-
scrllxjs tlie brutality of the Af
rican slave system, and traces
black life from the days of slave
ships, through plantation life
and the Civil War, to the time
of the 1954 Supreme Court deci
sion which outlawed segregated
public schools.
There are panels depicting
the rise of "King Cotton," the
underground railroad, and such
alxilltionlsts as John Brown,
Harriet Tubman and Frederick
Douglass. The six central seg
ments describe the spirit of the
Negroes In tlie face of depriva
tion and suffering.
In making the presentation
Bishop Spottswood said that the
event reminded him of the sec
ond declaration of the NAACP’s
purpose; "to make the Ameri
can Negro educationally free for
quality education." The first
declaration, he reminded, was
to make him physically free
from lynching.
"Dedicated to the militant,
disciplined pursuit of the total
f u l f i l l m e n t of the American
dream for black Americans, the
NAACP has fostered through 61
years of its history the cultural
identity of the Negro in all the
areas of activity in tlie making
of the United S tates," said
B is h o p Spottswood. "We have
encouraged, fostered and sub
s i z e d black artists, scholars,
authors, poets, painters, pro
fessionals and statesmen. •
Basic History
Pointing out that the Amistad
Research Center has the basic
history of the American Negro
in some 100,000 papers.
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Corvallis NAACP
branch organized
Tom Vickers, President of
the Portland Branch, NAACP,
spoke at a meeting of Corvallis
NAACP members at the Corval
lis Unitarian Fellowship, Sun
day, January 10th. Also appear
ing on the panel were Dr. Wil
bert Gamble, Professor of Biol
ogy and Chemistry and the only
Black professor at Oregon Sate
University; Calvin O. Henry;
graduate student In Mathematics
and Chemistry at OSU; Mack
Felton, J r., graduate student In
Science at OSU; and Dr. Frank
Shaw, Professor of History at
OSU. The panel discussed the
need for an NAACP Branch In
Corvallis.
Under Mr. Vickers direction,
members in the Corvallis area
have organized and have applied
to the NAACP National Board,
which met January 11, 1971, for
a chartered branch In Corvallis.
The meeting Sunday resulted In
the e n r o l l i n g of 25 new
members, making a total of 84.
Mr. Calvin O. Henry was ap
pointed organizer by Mr. Vick
ers and through his hard work
most of the members have been
obtained. Temporary officers
for the Corvallis Branch are:
Presblent - Calvin O. Henry;
Vice-President - Mack Felton,
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Jan. 14, 1971
Jr.; Secretary - Mrs. Martha
B r o o k e s ; T reasurer - Dr.
Frank Shaw.
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