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Twenty-third Biennial Report 109 During the course of the biennium, the following morbidity reports have been received and tabulated, according to the county in which they occurred, by the Bureau: Whooping Cough . . 21,802 Measles . ^ _________________________________2,857 German Measles -___________________________________ 2,035 Diphtheria ______________________________________________________ 8,027 Scarlet Few ________________ - 6,086 Septic Sore Throat _ .................... . 238 Smallpox _ _ _______________________________________ - 1,276 Chicken Pox __________________________________________ 11,586 Typhoid Fever . __________________________________ . 2,001 Para-typhoid ______________________________________21 Epidemic Meningitis ____________ ______________________ 208 Infantile Paralysis _ ________________- 203 Ophthalmia Neonatorum ____________________ 22 Trachoma ___________________________________________________ 4 In order to determine the efficiency of reporting, a morbidity survey was conducted jointly between the State Board of Health and the United States Public Health Service for the year 1929. The object of the survey was to obtain a fair sample of the prevalence of diphtheria, infantile paralysis, scarlet fever, smallpox, tuberculosis and typhoid fever during the year, and to compare the information obtained during the survey with reports actually recorded by the State Board of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology. A careful canvass of a sufficient number of population groups so distributed throughout the State that in the aggregate they constituted a fair sample of the total population. For each individual included in the survey, it was necessary to obtain the name, address, and the disease from which he suffered during 1929. The results of the survey are herewith given: (See Table No. 1.) State Unit; Bureau of Epidemiology, In order for the reader to more easily comprehend the duties performed by this Bureau, consideration is given to the work under the following heads: 1. General Office Routine; 2. Special Immunization Campaigns for the Prevention of Typhoid Fever and Diphtheria. Office Routine The daily reports of communicable diseases are recorded by the Bureau of Epidemiology according to the county in which they occur. These are permanent records of the Bureau and they show the number, location, age, distribution, increase or decrease in the number of cases of each disease from month to month and from year to year. Spot maps are kept showing the daily occurrence of cases and monthly occurrence of death of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, pellagra and cerebro-spinal meningitis, according to the sections of the State in which they occur, by counties, townships, and whether the cases are urban or rural. An additional spot map is kept showing by counties the number and location of deaths from Malarial Fever for the years 1921 to 1930, inclusive. Charts have been prepared showing the number of cases and deaths for typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever and smallpox for the years 1918 to 1929, inclusive. An additior^al chart has also been prepared showing the trend of death rates from Pellagra from 1922 to 1928, inclusive.
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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 | 1928-1930 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-023 |
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 | 23 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 109 |
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 | 1928-1930 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-023-0113 |
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. |
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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 | 23 |
Page Number | 109 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Twenty-third Biennial Report 109 During the course of the biennium, the following morbidity reports have been received and tabulated, according to the county in which they occurred, by the Bureau: Whooping Cough . . 21,802 Measles . ^ _________________________________2,857 German Measles -___________________________________ 2,035 Diphtheria ______________________________________________________ 8,027 Scarlet Few ________________ - 6,086 Septic Sore Throat _ .................... . 238 Smallpox _ _ _______________________________________ - 1,276 Chicken Pox __________________________________________ 11,586 Typhoid Fever . __________________________________ . 2,001 Para-typhoid ______________________________________21 Epidemic Meningitis ____________ ______________________ 208 Infantile Paralysis _ ________________- 203 Ophthalmia Neonatorum ____________________ 22 Trachoma ___________________________________________________ 4 In order to determine the efficiency of reporting, a morbidity survey was conducted jointly between the State Board of Health and the United States Public Health Service for the year 1929. The object of the survey was to obtain a fair sample of the prevalence of diphtheria, infantile paralysis, scarlet fever, smallpox, tuberculosis and typhoid fever during the year, and to compare the information obtained during the survey with reports actually recorded by the State Board of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology. A careful canvass of a sufficient number of population groups so distributed throughout the State that in the aggregate they constituted a fair sample of the total population. For each individual included in the survey, it was necessary to obtain the name, address, and the disease from which he suffered during 1929. The results of the survey are herewith given: (See Table No. 1.) State Unit; Bureau of Epidemiology, In order for the reader to more easily comprehend the duties performed by this Bureau, consideration is given to the work under the following heads: 1. General Office Routine; 2. Special Immunization Campaigns for the Prevention of Typhoid Fever and Diphtheria. Office Routine The daily reports of communicable diseases are recorded by the Bureau of Epidemiology according to the county in which they occur. These are permanent records of the Bureau and they show the number, location, age, distribution, increase or decrease in the number of cases of each disease from month to month and from year to year. Spot maps are kept showing the daily occurrence of cases and monthly occurrence of death of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, pellagra and cerebro-spinal meningitis, according to the sections of the State in which they occur, by counties, townships, and whether the cases are urban or rural. An additional spot map is kept showing by counties the number and location of deaths from Malarial Fever for the years 1921 to 1930, inclusive. Charts have been prepared showing the number of cases and deaths for typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever and smallpox for the years 1918 to 1929, inclusive. An additior^al chart has also been prepared showing the trend of death rates from Pellagra from 1922 to 1928, inclusive. |
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