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Eighteenth Biennial Keport ' 39 REPORT OF BUREAU OF COUNTY HEALTH WORK Character of Work Objectives,—Formerly the objectives of this Bureau have been to demonstrate to the public the benefits derived from the modern, systematic health department whose entire time is devoted to the control and eradication of unnecessary or preventable sickness, and to stimulate counties to undertake work of this kind. These objectives are now outgrow^n and out of date. The thinking public is now thoroughly aroused to the needs and benefits of full-time county health administration. Within the past year the number of counties embracing the opportunities offered by the State Board of Health has been exactly doubled, and at the present moment there are half as many more that are seeking cooperative assistance as soon as it becomes available. On October 1, 1920, this Bureau w^as forced to suspend further offer of assistance to interested counties due to exhaustion of funds for this purpose. Our present problem, therefore, is not to induce counties to invest in protective public health measures, but to meet their demands for assistance and guidance in this service. The second objective of this Bureau is to amplify and perfect the work inaugurated in each county unit. The financial assistance which w^e offer makes it possible to purchase service in greater quantity and of better quality than would otherwise be possible or practicable by the county. And the administrative supervision and counsel which the Bureau extends to all coooperating counties results in the elimination of much waste energy and lost motion, and protects the counties against incompetence and inefficiency. Methods,—In each instance a contract coextensive with the calendar year is entered into by the county and State Board of Health. The contract is based upon a certain fixed plan of work prepared by the State Board of Health. Among other things, this plan of work outlines the scope of w^ork to be accomplished. For convenience the various items of work are grouped into so-called health units as follow^s. 1. Educational Unit. Health Education, which is fundamental to all health progress, is pursued by this unit through public lectures, newspaper articles, handbills, posters, demonstrations at fairs, distribution of public health literature, and any other means contributory to the purpose in view. 2. Quarantine Unit. In accordance with the State Quarantine Regulations this unit exercises control over such diseases as the following: measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, roseola or German measles, chickenpox, cerebro-spinal meningitis, infantile paralysis. 3. County Dependents Unit. In the conduct of this unit the health officer becomes responsible for medical attention to the inmates of the county home, the jail, and the convict camp, and for the sanitary management of these institutions. 4. Dispensary Unit. Under this head is included free administration of vaccines of established value such as are employed for the prevention of typhoid fever, smallpox, whooping cough, and diphtheria, and the examination and treatment for hookworm. 5. (See note a) Soil Pollution Unit. Through the installation of sanitary privies, this unit is employed for the eradication of typhoid fever, hookworm disease, infant diarrhea and dysenteries. Other sanitary measures, such as
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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 | 1919-1920 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-018 |
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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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 | 1919-1920 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-018-0045 |
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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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 | 18 |
Page Number | 39 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Eighteenth Biennial Keport ' 39 REPORT OF BUREAU OF COUNTY HEALTH WORK Character of Work Objectives,—Formerly the objectives of this Bureau have been to demonstrate to the public the benefits derived from the modern, systematic health department whose entire time is devoted to the control and eradication of unnecessary or preventable sickness, and to stimulate counties to undertake work of this kind. These objectives are now outgrow^n and out of date. The thinking public is now thoroughly aroused to the needs and benefits of full-time county health administration. Within the past year the number of counties embracing the opportunities offered by the State Board of Health has been exactly doubled, and at the present moment there are half as many more that are seeking cooperative assistance as soon as it becomes available. On October 1, 1920, this Bureau w^as forced to suspend further offer of assistance to interested counties due to exhaustion of funds for this purpose. Our present problem, therefore, is not to induce counties to invest in protective public health measures, but to meet their demands for assistance and guidance in this service. The second objective of this Bureau is to amplify and perfect the work inaugurated in each county unit. The financial assistance which w^e offer makes it possible to purchase service in greater quantity and of better quality than would otherwise be possible or practicable by the county. And the administrative supervision and counsel which the Bureau extends to all coooperating counties results in the elimination of much waste energy and lost motion, and protects the counties against incompetence and inefficiency. Methods,—In each instance a contract coextensive with the calendar year is entered into by the county and State Board of Health. The contract is based upon a certain fixed plan of work prepared by the State Board of Health. Among other things, this plan of work outlines the scope of w^ork to be accomplished. For convenience the various items of work are grouped into so-called health units as follow^s. 1. Educational Unit. Health Education, which is fundamental to all health progress, is pursued by this unit through public lectures, newspaper articles, handbills, posters, demonstrations at fairs, distribution of public health literature, and any other means contributory to the purpose in view. 2. Quarantine Unit. In accordance with the State Quarantine Regulations this unit exercises control over such diseases as the following: measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever, septic sore throat, roseola or German measles, chickenpox, cerebro-spinal meningitis, infantile paralysis. 3. County Dependents Unit. In the conduct of this unit the health officer becomes responsible for medical attention to the inmates of the county home, the jail, and the convict camp, and for the sanitary management of these institutions. 4. Dispensary Unit. Under this head is included free administration of vaccines of established value such as are employed for the prevention of typhoid fever, smallpox, whooping cough, and diphtheria, and the examination and treatment for hookworm. 5. (See note a) Soil Pollution Unit. Through the installation of sanitary privies, this unit is employed for the eradication of typhoid fever, hookworm disease, infant diarrhea and dysenteries. Other sanitary measures, such as |
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