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textu biex^'ial ijeport. country than elsewhere on account of the hirge munher of negroes. The infectious principle being existent only in sputum and other discharges from tuberculosis cases and in the infected milk and meat of the lower animals, the thing to do, of course, is to destroy the si)utum and prevent the sale and consumption of the tuberculous milk and meat. But how to accomplish this in actual practice to m<»re than a niost superficial extent is the (luestion. The answer to this (piestion is, by the thorough education of the pul>lic mind on the subject. So the practical problem is how to reach and influence the i>eople, espe-' ially those having the disease and their immediate families who necessarily are in close and constant contact with them. The first step in the solution of this problem is to locate the tuber-'•ulcus patients. To accomplish this a few States and cities have i-esorted to legislation re(iuiring compulsory notification of tuberculosis as of other contagious diseases, so that the proper instructions may be given, inspections made and disinfection practised. This looks 'veil on paper, and in large cities with thoroughly organized health and police departments and sufficient money to support them it is nu doubt of nnich practical value. But in communities such as our State, the population of which is chiefly rural or resident in small cities, towns and villages without the full facilities for enforcement indicated, we cannot expect very much from this means. P]si)ecially is this true of the colored people. Their temperament, training and environment make the solution of the problem in their case, to all intents and purposes. hoi)eless—for many years to come, at any rate. And it is among them the disease is most prevalent, in the proportion of nearly three to one of the whites. That wo cannot expect much is the more apparent when we call to mind the fact—the most discouraging fact—^that a very large percentage of our physicians, although required to do so by law, will not report the more actiA'ely c<mtagious diseases, such as scarlet fever, diphtheria and even smallpox, although the last-named disease is, we believe, generally reported, but not so much because the law retiuires it as because the doctor \\ ants to get rid of it. In the present state of public sentiment the indisposition to report tuhercidosis will be much greater. At the same time it is desiral>le to have this done if it can l)e iu'ought about. We are glad to say that our own city of Kaleigh has enacted strin-.^ent legislation on this line, and the residts will be watched with n)uch interest, as it is the first movement in the State for compulsory notification, although anti-spitting ordinances have been in force several years, first in Asheville and later in Raleigh. The methods usually resorted to for the education of i)ublic sentiment are tuberculosis congresses, the organization of anti-tuberculosis societies, public addresses, newspaper articles, the distribution to the individual of literature bearing on the subject and the establishment of special sanatoria. And this crusade has evidently l)orne fruit, for the decrease in the death-rate from tul>erculosis has been
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
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Date | 1903-1904 |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
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Date | 1903-1904 |
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Volume Number | 10 |
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Health Discipline | Public Health |
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textu biex^'ial ijeport.
country than elsewhere on account of the hirge munher of negroes. The infectious principle being existent only in sputum and other discharges from tuberculosis cases and in the infected milk and meat of the lower animals, the thing to do, of course, is to destroy the si)utum and prevent the sale and consumption of the tuberculous milk and meat. But how to accomplish this in actual practice to m<»re than a niost superficial extent is the (luestion. The answer to this (piestion is, by the thorough education of the pul>lic mind on the subject. So the practical problem is how to reach and influence the i>eople, espe-' ially those having the disease and their immediate families who necessarily are in close and constant contact with them.
The first step in the solution of this problem is to locate the tuber-'•ulcus patients. To accomplish this a few States and cities have i-esorted to legislation re(iuiring compulsory notification of tuberculosis as of other contagious diseases, so that the proper instructions may be given, inspections made and disinfection practised. This looks 'veil on paper, and in large cities with thoroughly organized health and police departments and sufficient money to support them it is nu doubt of nnich practical value. But in communities such as our State, the population of which is chiefly rural or resident in small cities, towns and villages without the full facilities for enforcement indicated, we cannot expect very much from this means. P]si)ecially is this true of the colored people. Their temperament, training and environment make the solution of the problem in their case, to all intents and purposes. hoi)eless—for many years to come, at any rate. And it is among them the disease is most prevalent, in the proportion of nearly three to one of the whites. That wo cannot expect much is the more apparent when we call to mind the fact—the most discouraging fact—^that a very large percentage of our physicians, although required to do so by law, will not report the more actiA'ely c |
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