Box 3, Folder 17, Document 26

Box 3, Folder 17, Document 26

ATLANTA DAILY WORLD THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1969

‘Free Health

Yar Ne ea

Nine different agencies are
combining their sources and
services to offer many resi-
dents of Fuiton Countya free
health check-up this summer.

The County andState Health
Department in cooperation
with the Medical Society, Red
Cross, TB Association, E. O.
A., Diabetes Association,
Model Cities, and the city of
Atlanta will offer Atlantans
tests for tuberculosis, diabe-
tes, syphilis, emphysema, and
bronchitis. :

“Health Fairs” will take
place at every E..O-A.Noich:
borhood 1 Service, Center in
"Fulton County, Officials of the
Health Department and E, O,
A, encourage all teenagers and
adults in the area to take ad-
vantage of thesefreeservices,

According to Mrs. Olivia
Pullens, chairman of the
health committee inthe Perry
Homes area, “These areas
are overcrowded and farfrom
doctors and druggists,

Some people would never
know about these diseases or
whether they have them with
out something like the Health
Fair. We need to catch these
things early. All we’re doing
is asking the people to come

ss out and get these tests right
on the spot at the EOA
Centers”

The Health Fairs will take
place from noon to nine p.m.
at these E.0,A.Centers on the
following dates: Central City-
July 1, North Fulton-July 8,
Nash-Washington-July 15,---
;Northwest Perry--July 22, oe
{South Fulton-July 29, East
}Central-August 5, Sum- Mec-
August 12, Pittsburgh-August
19, West Central-Aucust 26,
iiieet End-September 2,