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14 XOkTir CAROLIIsrA BOARD OF HEALTH The Bureau of Hookworm Eradication Xearly a year ago,"' Dr. John A. Ferrell, one of the ablest health officers in this conntrv, was called from the Bnreau of Hookworm Disease, which he had founded, to very responsible duties in the central offices of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in Washington. Dr. C. L. Pridgen succeeded Dr. Ferrell as State Director of the work for the eradication of hookworm disease. Dr. Pridgen resigned in May of this year to take up private practice, and Dr. W. P. Jacocks, utility man of the Commission, is temporarily filling the vacancy created by Dr. Pridgen's resignation. The work of the Rockefeller Commission, as shown by the official reports of the Commission, is indicated on the chart. HOOKWORM WORK. 1910 1911 1912 1913 Examined____________________________ 7,949 8,000 37,328 45,881 135.867 57,991 104,607 54,059 Treated ................. A hookworm campaign has been carried on in ninety-eight counties of the State, is being carried on in the ninety-ninth, and has been provided for in Ashe, the last county to vote funds for this work. Within a few weeks, the entire State will have been covered. Second campaigns have been held in seven counties, and the results of the second campaigns haA^e fallen short of expectations. A comparison of the results of the first and second campaigns in these seven counties shows that during the first campaign, as compared with the second campaign, the number of people examined in the average county was 3^666 as against 801, and the number treated 1,338 as against 249. The cost of treatment per case during the second campaign was something over $2. The Commission is somewhat at a loss to understand the falling off of the work in the second campaign as compared with the first. The following explanations have been suggested: (a) Indifference, due to loss of novelty. (b) Unpleasant effect of salts and thymol. (c) Persistent skepticism. The disappointing results of the second campaign, coupled with the high cost per case treatment, made it seem advisable to look for a new method of attack. The new method adopted consists in selecting a community of from twenty to thirty square miles, with a population of from twelve to fifteen hundred people, and attempting the complete eradication of hookwonn disease from such community through the administration of thymol to all infected people and the construction of 75 per cent grade privies at all homes. ♦This is copied from report made in June 1914.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-02: Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
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. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910); ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-015 |
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 | 15 |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
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. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910); ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
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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 | 15 |
Page Number | 14 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 14 XOkTir CAROLIIsrA BOARD OF HEALTH The Bureau of Hookworm Eradication Xearly a year ago"' Dr. John A. Ferrell, one of the ablest health officers in this conntrv, was called from the Bnreau of Hookworm Disease, which he had founded, to very responsible duties in the central offices of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in Washington. Dr. C. L. Pridgen succeeded Dr. Ferrell as State Director of the work for the eradication of hookworm disease. Dr. Pridgen resigned in May of this year to take up private practice, and Dr. W. P. Jacocks, utility man of the Commission, is temporarily filling the vacancy created by Dr. Pridgen's resignation. The work of the Rockefeller Commission, as shown by the official reports of the Commission, is indicated on the chart. HOOKWORM WORK. 1910 1911 1912 1913 Examined____________________________ 7,949 8,000 37,328 45,881 135.867 57,991 104,607 54,059 Treated ................. A hookworm campaign has been carried on in ninety-eight counties of the State, is being carried on in the ninety-ninth, and has been provided for in Ashe, the last county to vote funds for this work. Within a few weeks, the entire State will have been covered. Second campaigns have been held in seven counties, and the results of the second campaigns haA^e fallen short of expectations. A comparison of the results of the first and second campaigns in these seven counties shows that during the first campaign, as compared with the second campaign, the number of people examined in the average county was 3^666 as against 801, and the number treated 1,338 as against 249. The cost of treatment per case during the second campaign was something over $2. The Commission is somewhat at a loss to understand the falling off of the work in the second campaign as compared with the first. The following explanations have been suggested: (a) Indifference, due to loss of novelty. (b) Unpleasant effect of salts and thymol. (c) Persistent skepticism. The disappointing results of the second campaign, coupled with the high cost per case treatment, made it seem advisable to look for a new method of attack. The new method adopted consists in selecting a community of from twenty to thirty square miles, with a population of from twelve to fifteen hundred people, and attempting the complete eradication of hookwonn disease from such community through the administration of thymol to all infected people and the construction of 75 per cent grade privies at all homes. ♦This is copied from report made in June 1914. |
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