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63 Twenty-Fiftii Biennial R'eport tially completed a State stream map upon \yhieli is spotted location of municipal water works intakes and sewer outfalls for both municipal and mill wastes. Noteworthy miscellaneous investigations conducted by the Division are listed as follows: Study of causes responsible for an epidemic of typhoid fever at Banner Elk which resulted in 45 cases of the disease and 3 deaths; studies of municipal water supply systems of Maxton, Red Springs and Selma, respectively to determine the cause or causes responsible for, and the means of remedying, taste and odor diflEiculties with which was associated the occurrence of colored water; industrial hygiene probe involving alleged poisoning through pollution of the atmosphere by fumes from a lead smelter. Much engineering-consulting work was performed for State Institutions and in several instances detail plans were drawn for contemplated improvements. The foregoing discussion of purely sanitary engineering activities has been confined largely to the unusual duties which devolved upon the Department during the biennium as a result of unprecedented State ami National legislation. In spite of the great amount of extra routine tasks imposed a creditable amount of supervision of municipal and institutional samtary facilities has been maintained and much assistance given local authorities in the solution of water purification and sewage treatment plant operating difBcul-ties. In this connection attention is directed to the number of inspections (iiK?luding conferences and investigations) recorded in the table of statistics accompanying this report. SANITARY INSPECTION ACTIVITIES The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and area contiguous thereto figured prominently in the extra routine activities of the Sanitary Department of this Division during the early part of this biennium. Anticipating the influx of visitors into the area from this and adjoining states and appreciating the health menace involved through the i>ossibilities created for widespread dissemination of indigenous infections and infestations, the State Health Officer wisely ordered a sanitary survey made. Accordingly headquarters for a field survey were established at Bryson City and a group of sanitarians deployed therefrom. The investigation involved the homes of rural residents of the area living along the main arteries of travel converging uix)n the park, and hotels and food handling esta!)lishments, both rural and urban, within that part of the State circumscribed for the survey. The investigation w^as concerned primarily with the collection of information relating to the sanitary status of water supply, sewage disposal, milk production and handling facilities, and screening. Recorded also was a history of the sickness in each family contacted with especial reference to intestinal diseases. A comprehensive picture of the sanitation of the area was thus obtairred. From this information the extent and type of activities best suited to safeguard the health of visitors in this section of our moxmtains may be determined. Far reaching in its value to the people of North Carolina was the completion of a survey of the sanitary facilities of the public schools of the State.
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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 Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1932-1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-025 |
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 | 25 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1324480 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 60 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1932-1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-025-0064 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; 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 | biennialreportof25nort_0064.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 | 25 |
Page Number | 60 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 63 Twenty-Fiftii Biennial R'eport tially completed a State stream map upon \yhieli is spotted location of municipal water works intakes and sewer outfalls for both municipal and mill wastes. Noteworthy miscellaneous investigations conducted by the Division are listed as follows: Study of causes responsible for an epidemic of typhoid fever at Banner Elk which resulted in 45 cases of the disease and 3 deaths; studies of municipal water supply systems of Maxton, Red Springs and Selma, respectively to determine the cause or causes responsible for, and the means of remedying, taste and odor diflEiculties with which was associated the occurrence of colored water; industrial hygiene probe involving alleged poisoning through pollution of the atmosphere by fumes from a lead smelter. Much engineering-consulting work was performed for State Institutions and in several instances detail plans were drawn for contemplated improvements. The foregoing discussion of purely sanitary engineering activities has been confined largely to the unusual duties which devolved upon the Department during the biennium as a result of unprecedented State ami National legislation. In spite of the great amount of extra routine tasks imposed a creditable amount of supervision of municipal and institutional samtary facilities has been maintained and much assistance given local authorities in the solution of water purification and sewage treatment plant operating difBcul-ties. In this connection attention is directed to the number of inspections (iiK?luding conferences and investigations) recorded in the table of statistics accompanying this report. SANITARY INSPECTION ACTIVITIES The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and area contiguous thereto figured prominently in the extra routine activities of the Sanitary Department of this Division during the early part of this biennium. Anticipating the influx of visitors into the area from this and adjoining states and appreciating the health menace involved through the i>ossibilities created for widespread dissemination of indigenous infections and infestations, the State Health Officer wisely ordered a sanitary survey made. Accordingly headquarters for a field survey were established at Bryson City and a group of sanitarians deployed therefrom. The investigation involved the homes of rural residents of the area living along the main arteries of travel converging uix)n the park, and hotels and food handling esta!)lishments, both rural and urban, within that part of the State circumscribed for the survey. The investigation w^as concerned primarily with the collection of information relating to the sanitary status of water supply, sewage disposal, milk production and handling facilities, and screening. Recorded also was a history of the sickness in each family contacted with especial reference to intestinal diseases. A comprehensive picture of the sanitation of the area was thus obtairred. From this information the extent and type of activities best suited to safeguard the health of visitors in this section of our moxmtains may be determined. Far reaching in its value to the people of North Carolina was the completion of a survey of the sanitary facilities of the public schools of the State. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-025.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-025 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1324480 |
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