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76 ' NOKTH CAROLINA BOAlil) OF HEALTH. of the College would meet on Monday, and knowing that the committee of the Board of Health which made an investigation early in the week would not be able to get in their formal report in time, I felt it to be my duty, as the executive member of the Board of Health, to make a personal investigation and be prepared, as far as possible, to enlighten and advise the Directors if desired by them. Accordingly, I repaired to Greensboro early Saturday morning, and remained there until Tuesdaj' morning, spending the whole time from breakfast to bed-time, except Sunday morning, at the College. After talking over the whole matter with President Mclver, my first inquiry was "the nature of the fever." Requesting an interview with the physicians in charge, it was pr.'mptly accorded, and I had a verv full and satisfactorv conference with Dr. Gove, the resident physician, and Dr. \V. P. Beall, the chief consultant, which convinced me bej*ond doubt that the first cases, about sixty of the total number of one hundred cases, beginning about October 25th, were malarial in character. For the benefit of the medical reader, I will state that this conclusion was based upon the description of the attack given by the doctors, the presence of the plasmodium malari^e in the blood of six of the eight cases whose blood was examined microscopically (I verified this by a personal exexamination of two specimens that had been kept), and recovery in from four to ten days under quinine. The remaining forty cases in round numbers were clearly typhoid fever. Of this number about ten seemed to have been the subjects of a double infection, with both malarial and typhoid, and the remainder uncomplicated typhoid, typical in character. I was also informed that the sickness was strictly limited to students who ate and slept in the College. Having satisfied myself as to the nature of the sickness, my next step was to ascertain, if possible, the cause or causes of both. We will first consider the malarial fever. The only thing about the premises I could find at all likely to produce malaria was a narrow marshy valley, carrying a very small stream—so small as to be scarcely perceptible in places—immediately in the rear of the row of buildings composed of the President's house, the wooden dormitory, the Infirmary and the horse-stable. Upon inquiry, I also learned that mosquitoes had been very abundant. But in this connection it should be said that malarial diseases have been unusually prevalent this season in the hill country of the State. The reports from the county superintendents of health for September, published in the monthly Bulletin' of the State Board of Health for October, showed malarial fever present'*in all parts'* of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Davidson, Gidlfordy Mecklenburg and Rowan. It is
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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 | 1899-1900 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-008 |
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 | 8 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Article Title | The State'S Health Laws; Vaccination As An Economic Measure.; Old Age And How To Attain It.; Drinking Water.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Article Author | Lewis, Henry W.; Henry H. Dodson; Nicholson, J. L.; Pate, W. T.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
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Fixed Title * | Page 76 |
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 | 1899-1900 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-008-0084 |
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 | biennialreportof08nort_0084.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 | 8 |
Page Number | 76 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 76 ' NOKTH CAROLINA BOAlil) OF HEALTH. of the College would meet on Monday, and knowing that the committee of the Board of Health which made an investigation early in the week would not be able to get in their formal report in time, I felt it to be my duty, as the executive member of the Board of Health, to make a personal investigation and be prepared, as far as possible, to enlighten and advise the Directors if desired by them. Accordingly, I repaired to Greensboro early Saturday morning, and remained there until Tuesdaj' morning, spending the whole time from breakfast to bed-time, except Sunday morning, at the College. After talking over the whole matter with President Mclver, my first inquiry was "the nature of the fever." Requesting an interview with the physicians in charge, it was pr.'mptly accorded, and I had a verv full and satisfactorv conference with Dr. Gove, the resident physician, and Dr. \V. P. Beall, the chief consultant, which convinced me bej*ond doubt that the first cases, about sixty of the total number of one hundred cases, beginning about October 25th, were malarial in character. For the benefit of the medical reader, I will state that this conclusion was based upon the description of the attack given by the doctors, the presence of the plasmodium malari^e in the blood of six of the eight cases whose blood was examined microscopically (I verified this by a personal exexamination of two specimens that had been kept), and recovery in from four to ten days under quinine. The remaining forty cases in round numbers were clearly typhoid fever. Of this number about ten seemed to have been the subjects of a double infection, with both malarial and typhoid, and the remainder uncomplicated typhoid, typical in character. I was also informed that the sickness was strictly limited to students who ate and slept in the College. Having satisfied myself as to the nature of the sickness, my next step was to ascertain, if possible, the cause or causes of both. We will first consider the malarial fever. The only thing about the premises I could find at all likely to produce malaria was a narrow marshy valley, carrying a very small stream—so small as to be scarcely perceptible in places—immediately in the rear of the row of buildings composed of the President's house, the wooden dormitory, the Infirmary and the horse-stable. Upon inquiry, I also learned that mosquitoes had been very abundant. But in this connection it should be said that malarial diseases have been unusually prevalent this season in the hill country of the State. The reports from the county superintendents of health for September, published in the monthly Bulletin' of the State Board of Health for October, showed malarial fever present'*in all parts'* of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Davidson, Gidlfordy Mecklenburg and Rowan. It is |
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