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He said the rent figure would drop — possibly to $7.50 — if the Health Department stayed on at the Clopton House with a long term lease. But the 1,100 square feet is too little space, Mr. Full maintained, presenting the board with state assessment’s of the Department’s facility in Rappahannock and the growth in public health services.
The Department now offers four clinics: maternal and child health, family planning, general medical, and walk-in (which includes blood pressure testing, pregnancy testing, and immunizations).
In the first half of this fiscal year, 559 people were seen by the public health staff compared to 439 in all of 1983. A maternity program was added in 1987 and maternal and child health clinic activities have been increased, noted Dr. John Einarson, the Health Department’s regional director, in a letter to the board. In 1985, the Department offered 85 clinics; in 1987, that figure rose to 119. This “continual increase in the workload” has further cramped an already crowded office, he said.
In the state’s 1983 evaluation and 1984 re-evaluation of public health services and facilities, the inadequate space was noted: “The Rappahannock County facility is poorly designed for patient flow, record
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