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20 north carolina public health association potential or actual danger involved in the use of one or the other type is also a matter of guess work. Many of the illnesses from the so called "fecal borne diseases" are undoubtedly traceable to other sources, such as nose and throat discharges or water, food or milk contaminated, otherwise, then by human excreta from unsanitary toilets. However, we have proof positive that in localities, where there is a uniform installation of sanitary toilets or privies, the intestinal diseases are very well controlled. These diseases are far less prevalent in large cities than in rural sections and recognized authorities agree that the difference is due, in a large measure, to better methods of excreta disposal in the modern cities. Visit the average small town or rural community and dine at an average home. Note the number of flies on the table and then investigate the toilet facilities. You wonder that any member of the household has escaped. A fly is an interesting creature. In order to take food into his stomach he must first spit on it, stir the mixture thoroughly and then suck it up. He makes no choice of where that food is found. He may breafast in the unsanitary privy and take lunch in the dining room. The Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health, reveals the fact that every year approximately 2,000 deaths occur in North Carolina from typhoid fever, dysentary and the diarrheal diseases of infants and that approximately 35,000 cases of sickness occur annually from these same diseases. It is very noticeable that the rate from these diseases varies directly with the negro population and the rate is much higher in rural sections. In 1920 the rural death rate for typhoid was nearly doubled the city rate. As long as the typhoid, dysentary and hookworm carriers are abroad the improper disposal of human excreta will play a leading role in the transmission of these death dealing diseases. In Wayne County in 1920, 46 babies died from entero-colitis and ten adults from typhoid fever. We were able to show a little better record last year with only 20 babies dying from enteritis and 3 deaths from typhoid. Figuring the typhoid mortality rate at 10%, there were only 30 cases in 1912, instead of 100 as was the * case 2 years prior. Vaccination, of course, played a large part in the reduction of deaths from typhoid, but it must be borne in mind that only a small per cent of the population are regularly vaccinated every 3 or 4 years. It is also significent that along with the decrease in the death rate from these particular diseases in Wayne County, the general death rate has been lowered from 17.7 in 1920 to 15.2 in 1922. More widespread sewer connections and better rural sanitation must be given due credit. The field of preventive medicine now covers the following units of work: 1. Control of contagious diseases by vaccination and quarantine. 2. Control of veneral diseases. i i
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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 | 1923 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-070 |
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. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 70 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 20 |
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 | 1923 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-070-0586 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
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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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 70 |
Page Number | 20 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 20 north carolina public health association potential or actual danger involved in the use of one or the other type is also a matter of guess work. Many of the illnesses from the so called "fecal borne diseases" are undoubtedly traceable to other sources, such as nose and throat discharges or water, food or milk contaminated, otherwise, then by human excreta from unsanitary toilets. However, we have proof positive that in localities, where there is a uniform installation of sanitary toilets or privies, the intestinal diseases are very well controlled. These diseases are far less prevalent in large cities than in rural sections and recognized authorities agree that the difference is due, in a large measure, to better methods of excreta disposal in the modern cities. Visit the average small town or rural community and dine at an average home. Note the number of flies on the table and then investigate the toilet facilities. You wonder that any member of the household has escaped. A fly is an interesting creature. In order to take food into his stomach he must first spit on it, stir the mixture thoroughly and then suck it up. He makes no choice of where that food is found. He may breafast in the unsanitary privy and take lunch in the dining room. The Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health, reveals the fact that every year approximately 2,000 deaths occur in North Carolina from typhoid fever, dysentary and the diarrheal diseases of infants and that approximately 35,000 cases of sickness occur annually from these same diseases. It is very noticeable that the rate from these diseases varies directly with the negro population and the rate is much higher in rural sections. In 1920 the rural death rate for typhoid was nearly doubled the city rate. As long as the typhoid, dysentary and hookworm carriers are abroad the improper disposal of human excreta will play a leading role in the transmission of these death dealing diseases. In Wayne County in 1920, 46 babies died from entero-colitis and ten adults from typhoid fever. We were able to show a little better record last year with only 20 babies dying from enteritis and 3 deaths from typhoid. Figuring the typhoid mortality rate at 10%, there were only 30 cases in 1912, instead of 100 as was the * case 2 years prior. Vaccination, of course, played a large part in the reduction of deaths from typhoid, but it must be borne in mind that only a small per cent of the population are regularly vaccinated every 3 or 4 years. It is also significent that along with the decrease in the death rate from these particular diseases in Wayne County, the general death rate has been lowered from 17.7 in 1920 to 15.2 in 1922. More widespread sewer connections and better rural sanitation must be given due credit. The field of preventive medicine now covers the following units of work: 1. Control of contagious diseases by vaccination and quarantine. 2. Control of veneral diseases. i i |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-16/nchh-16-070.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-d; nchh-16 |
Article Title | The Sanitary Privy In The Prevention Of Disease |
Article Author | A. J. Ellington, |
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