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102 ^^ORTII CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH. a loose yellow clay fourteen feet, and through a bluish clay and into sand agaha, which is the water-bearing point. The pumps of Meeder and Shaw are both driven immediately under the back porches, and you can understand that, if there was any infected liquid material turned out anywhere near these pumps, the drip-water would naturally sink down through this loose soil to the source of supply. Mr. McCarthy has examined the water of the two wells, and says that both of them are polluted, carrying Intestinal bacteria and rather a large amount of chlorine, both of which indicate f?ecal pollution; but the origin of the fever in Mr. Meeder's family is a matter of grave doubt. There was no one sick in it up to the time his wife was taken down, nor had there ever been a case of typhoid fever in the neighborhood since the town was started, as far as any one knew. But Mr. Meeder keeps a house in which he offers hotel accommodation to traveling men and others, and it is possible that in this way infection may have been carried into the household. The conditions existing around the town, bad drainage, stagnant water, and small puddles in the roads, would all help out, but, of course, not produce disease. I regret to say that it seems to me that it is necessary for us to come to the conclusion that the directions for the care of premises and persons sick with t5T:)hoid fever, so plainly set out in the Board's leaflet, have not been observed. I noted, with some surprise, the consolation which they gave tiiemselves in showing me little scattered heaps of slaked lime under the houses, around the mudholes, and in the privies. No doubt, this lime was thoroughly slaked before distributed, and in which case it would be very unevenly distributed at any rate. I advised them in using lime to use only the milk of lime, and to always use it freshly prepared. My advice to Mr. :\reeder, who is Mayor of the town, was to have his town drained thoroughly by sufficient ditches and to have the surface privies carefully looked after. They shi»uld have boxes in all of the privies and charcoal or lime and clay to dry the contents of the boxes, and proper provision made for their frequent emptying and cleaning. Right now a good many in the neighborhood are immune from typhoid fever. Quite a number with whom I talked had had typhoid previously, and I am disposed to think that the stress of danger is over, as there is no sickness of any consequence in the community. It is worth while to say that notwithstanding the amount of stagnant water in ditches and on the surface in and around the town, there is no malaria present, nor is there any history of outl)reaks of malaria previously. Dr. Evans assured me of this fact. It is also to be noted that there is no milk drank in the town. I believe only one person in the town owns a cow. The only other milk used is condensed milk. So that this common source of infection is cut out.
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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 | 1907-1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-012 |
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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Volume Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 102 |
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 | 1907-1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-012-0108 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news |
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 | 12 |
Page Number | 102 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 102 ^^ORTII CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH. a loose yellow clay fourteen feet, and through a bluish clay and into sand agaha, which is the water-bearing point. The pumps of Meeder and Shaw are both driven immediately under the back porches, and you can understand that, if there was any infected liquid material turned out anywhere near these pumps, the drip-water would naturally sink down through this loose soil to the source of supply. Mr. McCarthy has examined the water of the two wells, and says that both of them are polluted, carrying Intestinal bacteria and rather a large amount of chlorine, both of which indicate f?ecal pollution; but the origin of the fever in Mr. Meeder's family is a matter of grave doubt. There was no one sick in it up to the time his wife was taken down, nor had there ever been a case of typhoid fever in the neighborhood since the town was started, as far as any one knew. But Mr. Meeder keeps a house in which he offers hotel accommodation to traveling men and others, and it is possible that in this way infection may have been carried into the household. The conditions existing around the town, bad drainage, stagnant water, and small puddles in the roads, would all help out, but, of course, not produce disease. I regret to say that it seems to me that it is necessary for us to come to the conclusion that the directions for the care of premises and persons sick with t5T:)hoid fever, so plainly set out in the Board's leaflet, have not been observed. I noted, with some surprise, the consolation which they gave tiiemselves in showing me little scattered heaps of slaked lime under the houses, around the mudholes, and in the privies. No doubt, this lime was thoroughly slaked before distributed, and in which case it would be very unevenly distributed at any rate. I advised them in using lime to use only the milk of lime, and to always use it freshly prepared. My advice to Mr. :\reeder, who is Mayor of the town, was to have his town drained thoroughly by sufficient ditches and to have the surface privies carefully looked after. They shi»uld have boxes in all of the privies and charcoal or lime and clay to dry the contents of the boxes, and proper provision made for their frequent emptying and cleaning. Right now a good many in the neighborhood are immune from typhoid fever. Quite a number with whom I talked had had typhoid previously, and I am disposed to think that the stress of danger is over, as there is no sickness of any consequence in the community. It is worth while to say that notwithstanding the amount of stagnant water in ditches and on the surface in and around the town, there is no malaria present, nor is there any history of outl)reaks of malaria previously. Dr. Evans assured me of this fact. It is also to be noted that there is no milk drank in the town. I believe only one person in the town owns a cow. The only other milk used is condensed milk. So that this common source of infection is cut out. |
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