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THIRTEENTH BIENNIAL KEPORT. 33 As Dr. Lewis was elected secretary of the Board of Health in 1892, the beginning of his official life was coincident with the real beginning of preventive medicine. It therefore became his task to nurse this great movement in its early and tender years, in the years so important to future development, when the foundation so essential to what is to follow is being laid. How well he has performed this task is not for the writer to say, for on this question the present status of public health in North Carolina and the best public health authorities in America have handed down an opinion. As the present condition of public health in Xorth Carolina is largely the result of Dr. Lewis's labors, in conjunction with the Board of Health, it may be taken as the best evidence of his ability as a sanitarian. His best work is probably recorded in the statute books of the State. With the exception of the act establishing the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis and an act separating the tuberculous prisoners from the well, he either drew' up entirely or materially modified before introduction all the laws bearing on public health, and w^as active in securing their passage by the various Legislatures. In this connection credit is due Col. J. L. Ludlow, the able sanitary engineer of the Board, for preparing the sections in the amendment to The Revisal of 1905 adopted by the last Legislature, giving the Board more power in controlling public water supplies and in suggesting the advisability of analyzing the waters of springs at resorts while open for the entertainment of the public. As long ago as 1902 North Carolina was recognized by the American Public Health Association as one of four of the foremost States in water legislation. Dr. Lewis, with the concurrence of the Board of Health, developed the Laboratory of Hygiene upon the original plan of taxing all corporations or individuals selling water to the public for its support, supplemented by an annual appropriation of $2,000 w^hich he secured from the Legislature of 1907. Another law very much to his credit is our new vital statistics law\ Dr. Creesy L. Wilbur, Chief Statistician of the United States Bureau of the Census, has said of this law that it was "the first practical vital statistics law enacted in any of the Southern States." As correct vital statistics form the very basis of intelligent public health work, the value of this law is at once evident. As law is the result of public sentiment, and public sentiment the result of education, these laws are the result of an effectual educational campaign for the improvement of public health. To this Dr. Lewis has contributed through his editorial work in the Bulletin of the State Board of Health and through many noteworthy publications and addresses. Among these may be mentioned his "Drinking Water in Relation to Malarial Diseases," which started the change in Eastern Carolina in the domestic water supply from open wells to driven pumps; his ''Instructions for Quarantine and Disinfection*'; his leaflets on typhoid and malaria; his pamphlet on the prevention of tuberculosis, pronounced by good judges to be the best of its kind. A leading health officer of the State of New York has said that 90 per cent of the anti-tuberculosis work in that State was based upon Dr. Lewis's presidential address before the National Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America. The opinion of the great health officials of America of Dr. Lewis is shown by the recognition they have accorded him in having made him president of both the great national public health associations. In 1905 he was president of the National Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America, and in 1907 he was president of the American Public Health Association. It is therefore \ery evident that the retiring secretary is a national figure in public health work.
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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 | 1909-1910 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-013 |
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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 | 13 |
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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 | 1909-1910 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-013-0043 |
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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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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 | 13 |
Page Number | 33 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | THIRTEENTH BIENNIAL KEPORT. 33 As Dr. Lewis was elected secretary of the Board of Health in 1892, the beginning of his official life was coincident with the real beginning of preventive medicine. It therefore became his task to nurse this great movement in its early and tender years, in the years so important to future development, when the foundation so essential to what is to follow is being laid. How well he has performed this task is not for the writer to say, for on this question the present status of public health in North Carolina and the best public health authorities in America have handed down an opinion. As the present condition of public health in Xorth Carolina is largely the result of Dr. Lewis's labors, in conjunction with the Board of Health, it may be taken as the best evidence of his ability as a sanitarian. His best work is probably recorded in the statute books of the State. With the exception of the act establishing the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis and an act separating the tuberculous prisoners from the well, he either drew' up entirely or materially modified before introduction all the laws bearing on public health, and w^as active in securing their passage by the various Legislatures. In this connection credit is due Col. J. L. Ludlow, the able sanitary engineer of the Board, for preparing the sections in the amendment to The Revisal of 1905 adopted by the last Legislature, giving the Board more power in controlling public water supplies and in suggesting the advisability of analyzing the waters of springs at resorts while open for the entertainment of the public. As long ago as 1902 North Carolina was recognized by the American Public Health Association as one of four of the foremost States in water legislation. Dr. Lewis, with the concurrence of the Board of Health, developed the Laboratory of Hygiene upon the original plan of taxing all corporations or individuals selling water to the public for its support, supplemented by an annual appropriation of $2,000 w^hich he secured from the Legislature of 1907. Another law very much to his credit is our new vital statistics law\ Dr. Creesy L. Wilbur, Chief Statistician of the United States Bureau of the Census, has said of this law that it was "the first practical vital statistics law enacted in any of the Southern States." As correct vital statistics form the very basis of intelligent public health work, the value of this law is at once evident. As law is the result of public sentiment, and public sentiment the result of education, these laws are the result of an effectual educational campaign for the improvement of public health. To this Dr. Lewis has contributed through his editorial work in the Bulletin of the State Board of Health and through many noteworthy publications and addresses. Among these may be mentioned his "Drinking Water in Relation to Malarial Diseases" which started the change in Eastern Carolina in the domestic water supply from open wells to driven pumps; his ''Instructions for Quarantine and Disinfection*'; his leaflets on typhoid and malaria; his pamphlet on the prevention of tuberculosis, pronounced by good judges to be the best of its kind. A leading health officer of the State of New York has said that 90 per cent of the anti-tuberculosis work in that State was based upon Dr. Lewis's presidential address before the National Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America. The opinion of the great health officials of America of Dr. Lewis is shown by the recognition they have accorded him in having made him president of both the great national public health associations. In 1905 he was president of the National Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America, and in 1907 he was president of the American Public Health Association. It is therefore \ery evident that the retiring secretary is a national figure in public health work. |
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