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46 XORTH CAROLmA BoARD of IIeALTII were given in the schoolhouses, 125 of which were illustrated, to a total audience of 40,000 people. This school work has been confined to 6 counties and 5 towns. vSOIL POLIXTIOX WORK This work has only recently started in North Carolina, and the following is a report of the first three months of the work from the Medical Director, Dr. B. E. Washburn: Preliminary Report of the Wilson County Piihlic Health Campaign, from September 1 to December 1, 191G The Wilson County Public Health Campaign is being conducted under the direction of the State Board of Health and has for its object the control of diseases spread through pollution of the soil. The method of work is to visit each and every home in, the county and demonstrate to the people the ways in which this class of diseases is spread and to interest them in providing sanitary privies as a preventive measure. Also, an important part of the campaign is to examine and give treatments for hookworm disease and vaccinations to prevent typhoid fever. From September 1 to November 15 the staff consisted of three field workers; on the latter date the work was enlarged, and the staff now consists of a medical director, an office assistant, a microscopist, and six field workers. The central office is in the town of Wilson, and it is here that the clerical and microscopical work is done. The active campaign began on September 11, 1916, and at present field work is being conducted in 5 of the 10 townships of the county, namely, Old Fields, Spring Hill, Cross Roads, Black Creek, and Stantonsburg. The campaign has just become well organized, and, since many patients are still under treatment and the building of sanitary privies is still under way in all of the above townships, it is impossible before the completion of the work in any given township to record all of the results which have been accomplished in the district. The following table, however, shows the work that had been accomplised up to December 1: Number of homes visited....................... 965 Number of homes cooperating................... 772 or 80.3% Number of people examined for hookworms......3,801 Number found infected.......................... 598 or 19.4% Number treated ................................ 333 Number cured to date.......................... 50 Number refused to take treatment............... 7 Number immunized against typhoid fever........ 119 Number of homes having completed sanitary privies ...................................... 119 or 12.1% Number of schools provided with sanitary privies. 4 The educational work, in addition to the home visits, was conducted through the medium of public lectures and school demonstrations; 25 lectures, illustrated with magic-lantern slides or moving pictures, have been given, and lectures and microscopic demonstrations have been made at 7 schools. The aggregate attendance at these 32 meetings is estimated to have been at least 2,500. Special mention should be made of the sanitary work done by the citizens of the villages of Stantonsburg and Lucama. On December 1, 65 of the 80 homes in Stantonsburg had been provided with sanitary privies and at Lucama 41 of the 58 homes were so provided. Prior to the campaign none of the homes in either village had sanitary privies. Special Work—Assistance was given to three Better Babies Contests, all of which created much interest in the communities in which they were held.
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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 | 1915-1916 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-016 |
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 | 16 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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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 | 1915-1916 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-016-0054 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; all images; chart/table; 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. |
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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 | 16 |
Page Number | 46 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 46 XORTH CAROLmA BoARD of IIeALTII were given in the schoolhouses, 125 of which were illustrated, to a total audience of 40,000 people. This school work has been confined to 6 counties and 5 towns. vSOIL POLIXTIOX WORK This work has only recently started in North Carolina, and the following is a report of the first three months of the work from the Medical Director, Dr. B. E. Washburn: Preliminary Report of the Wilson County Piihlic Health Campaign, from September 1 to December 1, 191G The Wilson County Public Health Campaign is being conducted under the direction of the State Board of Health and has for its object the control of diseases spread through pollution of the soil. The method of work is to visit each and every home in, the county and demonstrate to the people the ways in which this class of diseases is spread and to interest them in providing sanitary privies as a preventive measure. Also, an important part of the campaign is to examine and give treatments for hookworm disease and vaccinations to prevent typhoid fever. From September 1 to November 15 the staff consisted of three field workers; on the latter date the work was enlarged, and the staff now consists of a medical director, an office assistant, a microscopist, and six field workers. The central office is in the town of Wilson, and it is here that the clerical and microscopical work is done. The active campaign began on September 11, 1916, and at present field work is being conducted in 5 of the 10 townships of the county, namely, Old Fields, Spring Hill, Cross Roads, Black Creek, and Stantonsburg. The campaign has just become well organized, and, since many patients are still under treatment and the building of sanitary privies is still under way in all of the above townships, it is impossible before the completion of the work in any given township to record all of the results which have been accomplished in the district. The following table, however, shows the work that had been accomplised up to December 1: Number of homes visited....................... 965 Number of homes cooperating................... 772 or 80.3% Number of people examined for hookworms......3,801 Number found infected.......................... 598 or 19.4% Number treated ................................ 333 Number cured to date.......................... 50 Number refused to take treatment............... 7 Number immunized against typhoid fever........ 119 Number of homes having completed sanitary privies ...................................... 119 or 12.1% Number of schools provided with sanitary privies. 4 The educational work, in addition to the home visits, was conducted through the medium of public lectures and school demonstrations; 25 lectures, illustrated with magic-lantern slides or moving pictures, have been given, and lectures and microscopic demonstrations have been made at 7 schools. The aggregate attendance at these 32 meetings is estimated to have been at least 2,500. Special mention should be made of the sanitary work done by the citizens of the villages of Stantonsburg and Lucama. On December 1, 65 of the 80 homes in Stantonsburg had been provided with sanitary privies and at Lucama 41 of the 58 homes were so provided. Prior to the campaign none of the homes in either village had sanitary privies. Special Work—Assistance was given to three Better Babies Contests, all of which created much interest in the communities in which they were held. |
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Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-016.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
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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=UNCb2375275 |
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