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16 NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION DUTIES OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM A HEALTH OFFICER'S POINT OF VIEW D. E. FORD, M. D. Health Officer Craven County and City of New Bern The good that we can get from a gathering of this kind—this Convention of Health Officers of North Carolina—will come from the free exchange of ideas. We are all managers of groups working together for the same cause, whatever difference of opinion as to the methods. No two of us have to work under the same conditions. A paper description of personal experiences—of problems, of successes, of failures—might be made, by a better writer than I, highly entertaining and perhaps helpful; but I have a feeling that my experience in public health is not wholly my own. It is so interrelated with the special conditions and interests of my community that to discuss it freely and publicly would be a disloyal betrayal of faults or a biased praise of virtues that can be of interest to only those that know and admire her. It is not a subject for public discussion. Besides, we are not here to boost our own counties, but to back a common cause and to acquire more of the inspiration and enthusiasm that will help us to make our counties worthy of being boosted by others. I have chosen the subject of this paper with the hope of arousing discussion. I, out of the experience of only a few months in public health, have little to give, but if I can induce you, out of the wealth of yours, to open up, I will have served a purpose. An outline of health department duties is given us by ourselves in collaboration with the State Board—the cost equivalent sheet. There is no danger of our forgetting this with the never ceasing competition that it fosters by quarterly comparisons; and the explanations we are sometimes asked to make as to why the three little figures at the bottom don't tell the whole story of our work. It is ever with us. But we will have to admit that it is the best outline that we have been able to make and that it does keep us from letting up when the hot weather or bad roads weaken the flesh as well as the spirit. And by it we can each month see which department needs to be looked after and bolstered up. Our assistants see for themselves what kind of work they are doing. Without it we would tend to follow the ruts of least resistance specializing in the line of work most acceptable to our own community—the popular line. One town may be filthy (in back, behind the scenes) and like it that way. It would be easy and popular for us to like it, too. In another the dairies, which nobody takes the trouble to inspect, may be utterly indecent and the milkers without conscience; the markets ill-equipped and the meat fly-blown. The situation is easy to let alone. It is easier and more popular to put on a "Better Babies Campaign" or to get the co-operation of the Woman's Club to put
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1924 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-071 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1924 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 71 |
Page Number | 16 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 16 NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION DUTIES OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM A HEALTH OFFICER'S POINT OF VIEW D. E. FORD, M. D. Health Officer Craven County and City of New Bern The good that we can get from a gathering of this kind—this Convention of Health Officers of North Carolina—will come from the free exchange of ideas. We are all managers of groups working together for the same cause, whatever difference of opinion as to the methods. No two of us have to work under the same conditions. A paper description of personal experiences—of problems, of successes, of failures—might be made, by a better writer than I, highly entertaining and perhaps helpful; but I have a feeling that my experience in public health is not wholly my own. It is so interrelated with the special conditions and interests of my community that to discuss it freely and publicly would be a disloyal betrayal of faults or a biased praise of virtues that can be of interest to only those that know and admire her. It is not a subject for public discussion. Besides, we are not here to boost our own counties, but to back a common cause and to acquire more of the inspiration and enthusiasm that will help us to make our counties worthy of being boosted by others. I have chosen the subject of this paper with the hope of arousing discussion. I, out of the experience of only a few months in public health, have little to give, but if I can induce you, out of the wealth of yours, to open up, I will have served a purpose. An outline of health department duties is given us by ourselves in collaboration with the State Board—the cost equivalent sheet. There is no danger of our forgetting this with the never ceasing competition that it fosters by quarterly comparisons; and the explanations we are sometimes asked to make as to why the three little figures at the bottom don't tell the whole story of our work. It is ever with us. But we will have to admit that it is the best outline that we have been able to make and that it does keep us from letting up when the hot weather or bad roads weaken the flesh as well as the spirit. And by it we can each month see which department needs to be looked after and bolstered up. Our assistants see for themselves what kind of work they are doing. Without it we would tend to follow the ruts of least resistance specializing in the line of work most acceptable to our own community—the popular line. One town may be filthy (in back, behind the scenes) and like it that way. It would be easy and popular for us to like it, too. In another the dairies, which nobody takes the trouble to inspect, may be utterly indecent and the milkers without conscience; the markets ill-equipped and the meat fly-blown. The situation is easy to let alone. It is easier and more popular to put on a "Better Babies Campaign" or to get the co-operation of the Woman's Club to put |
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Article Title | Duties Of The Health Department From A Health Officer'S Point Of View |
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