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26 twkxty-eic.fn h bikxmai. rkpokt James M. Parrott; Director Division of Laboratories, Dr. C. A. Shore; Director Division of Preventive Medicine, Dr. G. M. Cooper; Director Division of Oral Hygiene, Dr. Ernest A. Branch. The division of County Health Work and Epidemiology was temporarily assigned to Dr. H. A, Taylor, but on August 3 Dr. Taylor resigned and Dr. John H. Hamilton, health officer of New Hanover County, was appointed director of this division. The position of director of Division of Sanitary Engineering was filled on July 14 by electing Mr. "Warren H. Booker, who had formerly headed that work, to succeed Mr. H. E. Miller. The election of Dr. Parrott was received throughout medical and public health circles of the entire state with enthusiasm. Under his able direction the work of the Board during the last half of this year moved with a precision which was gratifying to all the friends of public health w^ork in the state. 1932. The year 1932 was uneventful in public health work. The term of none of the members of the Board expired this year, but all members continued their service just as the Board was constituted at the close of 1931. The International Health Board awarded a scholarship to Dr. J. C. Knox for a year's special Public Health Work at Harvard and to Dr. R. T. Stimpson for a year's special work in the School of Hygiene at Johns Hopkins. Following the very favorable reception of Doctor Parrott's annual report at the conjoint session of the State Board of Health and the State Medical Society, w^iich was presented at Winston-Salem in April, the work of the Board w^as carried on on all fronts with satisfactory results, although on account of reduced appropriations many activities carried on in previous years had to be curtailed or definitely eliminated. The death rate in North Carolina for 1932 was 9.6 per 1,000 population. This is the lowest death rate ever before recorded in North Carolina. The trend in typhoid fever death rates has been consistently downward from 1914 to 1930. This year there were three more deaths than in 1931, there occurring a total of 158 deaths from typhoid fever. The increase in population, however, offset the slight increase in number, and the rate recorded was slightly lower than 1931. The cases and deaths from diphtheria this year were also the lowest of any previous year, although progress in the elimination of these diseases has not been so satisfactory as it should have been. Deaths from pellagra continue to show a marked decline. This year is the third year of the so-called financial depression, and it is too early to record any opinion as to what effect unemployment and decreased income and rather widespread suffering may have on the health of the people of the state. It is not too much to say, however, that the effect will be felt more severely by the children than by any other class of the population. The infant mortality this year w^as 66.4 per 1,000 live births. This is so far the best record the state has ever made. The maternal mortality remains high, and indications are that with decreased expenditures
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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 | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028 |
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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 | 28 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 26 |
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 | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028-0030 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news; 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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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 | 28 |
Page Number | 26 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 26 twkxty-eic.fn h bikxmai. rkpokt James M. Parrott; Director Division of Laboratories, Dr. C. A. Shore; Director Division of Preventive Medicine, Dr. G. M. Cooper; Director Division of Oral Hygiene, Dr. Ernest A. Branch. The division of County Health Work and Epidemiology was temporarily assigned to Dr. H. A, Taylor, but on August 3 Dr. Taylor resigned and Dr. John H. Hamilton, health officer of New Hanover County, was appointed director of this division. The position of director of Division of Sanitary Engineering was filled on July 14 by electing Mr. "Warren H. Booker, who had formerly headed that work, to succeed Mr. H. E. Miller. The election of Dr. Parrott was received throughout medical and public health circles of the entire state with enthusiasm. Under his able direction the work of the Board during the last half of this year moved with a precision which was gratifying to all the friends of public health w^ork in the state. 1932. The year 1932 was uneventful in public health work. The term of none of the members of the Board expired this year, but all members continued their service just as the Board was constituted at the close of 1931. The International Health Board awarded a scholarship to Dr. J. C. Knox for a year's special Public Health Work at Harvard and to Dr. R. T. Stimpson for a year's special work in the School of Hygiene at Johns Hopkins. Following the very favorable reception of Doctor Parrott's annual report at the conjoint session of the State Board of Health and the State Medical Society, w^iich was presented at Winston-Salem in April, the work of the Board w^as carried on on all fronts with satisfactory results, although on account of reduced appropriations many activities carried on in previous years had to be curtailed or definitely eliminated. The death rate in North Carolina for 1932 was 9.6 per 1,000 population. This is the lowest death rate ever before recorded in North Carolina. The trend in typhoid fever death rates has been consistently downward from 1914 to 1930. This year there were three more deaths than in 1931, there occurring a total of 158 deaths from typhoid fever. The increase in population, however, offset the slight increase in number, and the rate recorded was slightly lower than 1931. The cases and deaths from diphtheria this year were also the lowest of any previous year, although progress in the elimination of these diseases has not been so satisfactory as it should have been. Deaths from pellagra continue to show a marked decline. This year is the third year of the so-called financial depression, and it is too early to record any opinion as to what effect unemployment and decreased income and rather widespread suffering may have on the health of the people of the state. It is not too much to say, however, that the effect will be felt more severely by the children than by any other class of the population. The infant mortality this year w^as 66.4 per 1,000 live births. This is so far the best record the state has ever made. The maternal mortality remains high, and indications are that with decreased expenditures |
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