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XrBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis, usually appearing in the pulmonary form and then popularly known as consumption, is the most fatal disease in Xorth Carolina as it is in other parts of the civilized Avorld. Since its organization the Board of Healtli has been "working in a general way to prevent its spread, but no special concentrated effort to secure its prevention has been made until the present year. The Secretary of the Board, in his annual report made to the conjoint session of the Board with the State ^Medical Societv at its meetino- in Ealeio;h in ^Mav » C? C? t last, called particular attention to the importance of the subject and the difficulties appertaining to the solution of the problem, and earnestly requested of the physicians suggestions as to the best methods of procedure. The interested reader is referred to this report and the suggestions made in its discussions, which will be found on preceding pages. The execution of the campaign was delegated to the Secretary, who gave it most careful consideration before taking action. The fundamental object to be obtained was the education of the people. The most effective way of reaching the people he believed to be through the family physician, whose immediate personal advice and influence would be wortli all other agencies combined. For the purpose of this educational Avork a six-page ])amphlet on ''The Causes and Prevention of Consumption" was carefully prepared, special pains being taken to make it concise, yet essentially complete; positive and definite, yet plain and simple, and, notwithstan<l-ing the handicap, to make it, if possible, interesting. The pamphlet will be found below. But the mere distribution of literature is not enough. A most important part of the ]"»roljlem is to secure the reading of it. To secure tluit end as far as possible by interesting the
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
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. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1903-1904 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-010 |
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 | 10 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375274 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 57 |
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. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1903-1904 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-010-0067 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news; report/review |
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. |
Filename | biennialreportof10nort_0067.jp2 |
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 | 10 |
Page Number | 57 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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XrBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis, usually appearing in the pulmonary form and then popularly known as consumption, is the most fatal disease in Xorth Carolina as it is in other parts of the civilized Avorld. Since its organization the Board of Healtli has been "working in a general way to prevent its spread, but no special concentrated effort to secure its prevention has been made until the present year. The Secretary of the Board, in his annual report made to the conjoint session of the Board with the State ^Medical Societv at its meetino- in Ealeio;h in ^Mav
» C? C? t
last, called particular attention to the importance of the subject and the difficulties appertaining to the solution of the problem, and earnestly requested of the physicians suggestions as to the best methods of procedure. The interested reader is referred to this report and the suggestions made in its discussions, which will be found on preceding pages.
The execution of the campaign was delegated to the Secretary, who gave it most careful consideration before taking action. The fundamental object to be obtained was the education of the people. The most effective way of reaching the people he believed to be through the family physician, whose immediate personal advice and influence would be wortli all other agencies combined. For the purpose of this educational Avork a six-page ])amphlet on ''The Causes and Prevention of Consumption" was carefully prepared, special pains being taken to make it concise, yet essentially complete; positive and definite, yet plain and simple, and, notwithstan |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-01/nchh-01-010.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-01 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-01-010 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-01 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375274 |
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