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94 Thirty-Seventh Biennial Report Health Section is operating with a medical director as chief, two engineers, an associate industrial hygienist, and occupational health nurse, and two mobile x-ray unit technicians. This increase in personnel has enabled the Occupational Health Section to greatly broaden the scope of its activities during the past year. Other professional personnel recruited during the biennium include a medical officer who is a specialist in diseases of the chest, recently promoted to Assistant Director of the Division of Epidemiology and placed in charge of the newly created Chronic Disease-Radiation Section, and also includes a trained biostatistician. The several Sections of the Division of Epidemiology have the following activities to report for the biennial period: Communicable Disease Control Section The North Carolina communicable disease mortality and morbidity experience of the past two years shows favorable progress in reduction of deaths and cases reported; however, the huge epidemic of Asian influenza occurring in the autumn of 1957 and the increasing prominence of the aseptic meningitis group of diseases indicates the continuing importance of communicable disease control in the public health program. In each of the past two years approximately 600 deaths were attributed to the communicable diseases. While no communicable disease is listed among the ten leading causes of death in North Carolina, the toll annually exacted is still a significant one. In July 1956 the Section was strengthened by the appointment of a Section Chief trained in the clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological aspects of communicable disease control. The newly appointed Chief, while a U. S. Public Health Service officer, had previously served in North Carolina as Field Epidemiologist and as Acting Chief of the Section. Also, for the past several years expansion of activities of the Section have been made possible by assignment of a U. S. Public Health Service officer to the Section. It should be pointed out that dependence on Federal funds and personnel, while adding greatly, temporarily, to the strength of the Section, is hazardous since loss of such personnel and financial support may suddenly terminate the control activities of the Section. Of special interest during the biennium was the use of Salk poliomyelitis vaccine obtained under the Federal poliomyelitis vaccination program. Such vaccine was made available, without cost, through local health departments to individuals aged 0-19 years and to pregnant women. Poliomyelitis cases fell from 315 in 1956 to 233 in 1957. Of even greater significance is the fact that only 50 of the 233 cases recorded in 1957 were of the paralytic type, while 179 of the 315 reported in 1956 were paralytic. The experience of the first six months of 1958 further indicates the effectiveness of the vaccine in the reduction of cases. In the summer of 1957, Durham County suffered a large outbreak of aseptic meningitis attributed to Coxsackie B-5 virus. Cases hospitalized totaled 109. An extensive community study revealed that approximately 10,000 persons in Durham County suffered minor to major illnesses from infection by the Coxsackie B-5 virus. Although morbidity from Asian influenza was high, an estimated 550,000
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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) and 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 | 1956-1958 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-037 |
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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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 | 37 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 96 |
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) and 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 | 1956-1958 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-037-0100 |
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 | 37 |
Page Number | 96 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 94 Thirty-Seventh Biennial Report Health Section is operating with a medical director as chief, two engineers, an associate industrial hygienist, and occupational health nurse, and two mobile x-ray unit technicians. This increase in personnel has enabled the Occupational Health Section to greatly broaden the scope of its activities during the past year. Other professional personnel recruited during the biennium include a medical officer who is a specialist in diseases of the chest, recently promoted to Assistant Director of the Division of Epidemiology and placed in charge of the newly created Chronic Disease-Radiation Section, and also includes a trained biostatistician. The several Sections of the Division of Epidemiology have the following activities to report for the biennial period: Communicable Disease Control Section The North Carolina communicable disease mortality and morbidity experience of the past two years shows favorable progress in reduction of deaths and cases reported; however, the huge epidemic of Asian influenza occurring in the autumn of 1957 and the increasing prominence of the aseptic meningitis group of diseases indicates the continuing importance of communicable disease control in the public health program. In each of the past two years approximately 600 deaths were attributed to the communicable diseases. While no communicable disease is listed among the ten leading causes of death in North Carolina, the toll annually exacted is still a significant one. In July 1956 the Section was strengthened by the appointment of a Section Chief trained in the clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological aspects of communicable disease control. The newly appointed Chief, while a U. S. Public Health Service officer, had previously served in North Carolina as Field Epidemiologist and as Acting Chief of the Section. Also, for the past several years expansion of activities of the Section have been made possible by assignment of a U. S. Public Health Service officer to the Section. It should be pointed out that dependence on Federal funds and personnel, while adding greatly, temporarily, to the strength of the Section, is hazardous since loss of such personnel and financial support may suddenly terminate the control activities of the Section. Of special interest during the biennium was the use of Salk poliomyelitis vaccine obtained under the Federal poliomyelitis vaccination program. Such vaccine was made available, without cost, through local health departments to individuals aged 0-19 years and to pregnant women. Poliomyelitis cases fell from 315 in 1956 to 233 in 1957. Of even greater significance is the fact that only 50 of the 233 cases recorded in 1957 were of the paralytic type, while 179 of the 315 reported in 1956 were paralytic. The experience of the first six months of 1958 further indicates the effectiveness of the vaccine in the reduction of cases. In the summer of 1957, Durham County suffered a large outbreak of aseptic meningitis attributed to Coxsackie B-5 virus. Cases hospitalized totaled 109. An extensive community study revealed that approximately 10,000 persons in Durham County suffered minor to major illnesses from infection by the Coxsackie B-5 virus. Although morbidity from Asian influenza was high, an estimated 550,000 |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-037.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-037 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
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