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14 North Carolina Board of Health ' Considerable time was given to assisting Major John W. Long, Medical Aide to the Governor, in the work of organizing the Medical Advisory Boards and in interesting physicians in entering the medical service of the Army and Navy, and, later in the year, in inducing the physicians of the State to become members of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. Partly as a result of these activities, the Surgeon-General of the Army assigned Major Joseph J. Kinyoun to assist the State Board of Health in the control of communicable diseases, the Board being under no financial obligation for Major Kinyoun's assistance; and as a result of the successful termination of the activities of various interests looking to a more effective control of venereal diseases, the Kahn-Chamberlain Bill passed Congress, and made available to the State of North Carolina, and without condition $23,988.61 for venereal disease work. The Laboratory during this year began the distribution of a high grade of diphtheria anti-toxin. The Bureau of Medical Inspection of Schools developed, and with a degree of success that we may say established, free dental clinics for the public schools of the State. The Bureau also developed to a successful extent an arrangement in the form of adenoid and tonsil clubs for the practical and economic treatment of public school children suffering from these defects. The Bureau of Epidemiology employed two third-year medical students, equipped them with motorcycles, and put them into the field to investigate infringements of the quarantine law. Sufficient convictions were obtained to impress the medical profession with the determination of the State to enforce its health laws, and a fairly satisfactory compliance with the laws regarding the reporting of communicable diseases was brought about. The Bureau of Venereal Diseases, paid for by the Federal appropriation, was established in September under the directorship of Dr. James A. Keiger, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Warren H. Booker, for the last seven years the efficient director of the Bureau of Engineering and Education, left in September for Red Cross work in France, the work of his bureau being continued, with the exception of the engineering work, by Mr. Ronald B. Wilson. As a result of Mr. Booker's leaving, certain funds became available, and a Bureau of Infant Hygiene, under the directorship of Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughan, was organized late in 1918. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the health work during the year 1918 was the epidemic of influenza. The epidemic began early in October and caused in October alone 6,056 deaths; in November 2,133 deaths; and in December 1,497 deaths, a total during the last three months of 9,686 deaths. The annual appropriation for the State Board of Health for 1918 was $73,210.38. The annual appropriation for the State Laboratory of Hygiene was $12,500. The Laboratory, during this year, collected $8,532.48
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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 | 1924-1926 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-021 |
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. |
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 | 21 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375275 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 14 |
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 | 1924-1926 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-021-0018 |
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. |
Filename | biennialreportof21nort_0018.jp2 |
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 | 21 |
Page Number | 14 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 14 North Carolina Board of Health ' Considerable time was given to assisting Major John W. Long, Medical Aide to the Governor, in the work of organizing the Medical Advisory Boards and in interesting physicians in entering the medical service of the Army and Navy, and, later in the year, in inducing the physicians of the State to become members of the Volunteer Medical Service Corps. Partly as a result of these activities, the Surgeon-General of the Army assigned Major Joseph J. Kinyoun to assist the State Board of Health in the control of communicable diseases, the Board being under no financial obligation for Major Kinyoun's assistance; and as a result of the successful termination of the activities of various interests looking to a more effective control of venereal diseases, the Kahn-Chamberlain Bill passed Congress, and made available to the State of North Carolina, and without condition $23,988.61 for venereal disease work. The Laboratory during this year began the distribution of a high grade of diphtheria anti-toxin. The Bureau of Medical Inspection of Schools developed, and with a degree of success that we may say established, free dental clinics for the public schools of the State. The Bureau also developed to a successful extent an arrangement in the form of adenoid and tonsil clubs for the practical and economic treatment of public school children suffering from these defects. The Bureau of Epidemiology employed two third-year medical students, equipped them with motorcycles, and put them into the field to investigate infringements of the quarantine law. Sufficient convictions were obtained to impress the medical profession with the determination of the State to enforce its health laws, and a fairly satisfactory compliance with the laws regarding the reporting of communicable diseases was brought about. The Bureau of Venereal Diseases, paid for by the Federal appropriation, was established in September under the directorship of Dr. James A. Keiger, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Warren H. Booker, for the last seven years the efficient director of the Bureau of Engineering and Education, left in September for Red Cross work in France, the work of his bureau being continued, with the exception of the engineering work, by Mr. Ronald B. Wilson. As a result of Mr. Booker's leaving, certain funds became available, and a Bureau of Infant Hygiene, under the directorship of Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughan, was organized late in 1918. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the health work during the year 1918 was the epidemic of influenza. The epidemic began early in October and caused in October alone 6,056 deaths; in November 2,133 deaths; and in December 1,497 deaths, a total during the last three months of 9,686 deaths. The annual appropriation for the State Board of Health for 1918 was $73,210.38. The annual appropriation for the State Laboratory of Hygiene was $12,500. The Laboratory, during this year, collected $8,532.48 |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-021.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-021 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375275 |
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