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68 Twenty-Ninth Bienniai. Repoht unchanged from the year before, yet lower than any rate prior to 1939, the rate being 9.0 per 1,000 population. For several specific diseases there were significant gains, namely, smallpox, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, diarrhea, enteritis, pneumonia. pellagra, diphtheria, appendicitis and epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. Deaths from debilitating diseases as heart disease, nephritis, cancer and diabetes increased or showed no significant change. In the Division of Sanitary Engineering much excellent work in improving health conditions throughout the State has been accomplished. To enumerate a few, I will mention that this year we have caused to be constructed 18,080 privies—over 208,466 since ERA came into being. For the period of April 1, 1940, to March 31, 1941, the malaria control program has operated in 8 counties with a total of 25 projects upon which assistance from the Work Projects Administration has been available. Under this program 175.3 miles of new ditches and laterals have been constructed. 1,214 acres of ponds and sw^amps w^ere drained. For the year, 4,196 inspections of retail and wholesale establishments of bedding plants were made. It is gratifying to note that North Carolina leads the rest of the nation in having more municipalities operating under the U. S. Public Health Service Milk Ordinance than any other state in the Union. North Carolina also leads all the other states in the Union for having more towns on the Honor Roll. In the Oral Hygiene Division the primary purpose of the Division is to conduct an educational program. To do this teaching in an acceptable manner, the dentists must be especially trained, and this is done in our School of Public Health Dentistry which is held at the University of North Carolina each summer. Approximately 70,000 underprivileged children have had the necessary dental corrections made during this school year by public health dentists. An even greater number of privileged children have been referred to their own dentists for examinations and treatment. Ten thousand children w^itnessed the Puppet Show in one week's time. One of the major accomplishments of the year has been the preparation and distribution of our handbook for teachers ''Teaching Mouth Health in North Carolina." This handbook was so well thought of by the North Carolina Dental Society held in Pinehurst last week that Miss Carolyn Morton Mercer, Educational Consultant in the Division of Oral Hygiene, was elected as Honorary Member of the State Dental Society, the only lay person ever receiving such an honor. The construction of the Oral Hygiene Building in proximity to our present Health Building, the w^ork being done by the WPA, will afford the Division some much needed space to house their activities. In this building the exhibit room and museum will be of great value in the health education of the thousands of school children who visit the State Capital each year. In lOJfO the School Health Coordinating Service has continued to grow in effectiveness, and is fast finding a prominent place in its educational program throughout the State. This service worked this year in the following counties: Wayne, Halifax, Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington, and also preliminary work has been done in the Negro schools of Craven County. These counties have a combined population of 171,706, 194 schools and 1,115 teachers.
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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 | 1940-1942 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-029 |
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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Volume Number | 29 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 68 |
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 | 1940-1942 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-029-0072 |
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 | 29 |
Page Number | 68 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 68 Twenty-Ninth Bienniai. Repoht unchanged from the year before, yet lower than any rate prior to 1939, the rate being 9.0 per 1,000 population. For several specific diseases there were significant gains, namely, smallpox, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, diarrhea, enteritis, pneumonia. pellagra, diphtheria, appendicitis and epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. Deaths from debilitating diseases as heart disease, nephritis, cancer and diabetes increased or showed no significant change. In the Division of Sanitary Engineering much excellent work in improving health conditions throughout the State has been accomplished. To enumerate a few, I will mention that this year we have caused to be constructed 18,080 privies—over 208,466 since ERA came into being. For the period of April 1, 1940, to March 31, 1941, the malaria control program has operated in 8 counties with a total of 25 projects upon which assistance from the Work Projects Administration has been available. Under this program 175.3 miles of new ditches and laterals have been constructed. 1,214 acres of ponds and sw^amps w^ere drained. For the year, 4,196 inspections of retail and wholesale establishments of bedding plants were made. It is gratifying to note that North Carolina leads the rest of the nation in having more municipalities operating under the U. S. Public Health Service Milk Ordinance than any other state in the Union. North Carolina also leads all the other states in the Union for having more towns on the Honor Roll. In the Oral Hygiene Division the primary purpose of the Division is to conduct an educational program. To do this teaching in an acceptable manner, the dentists must be especially trained, and this is done in our School of Public Health Dentistry which is held at the University of North Carolina each summer. Approximately 70,000 underprivileged children have had the necessary dental corrections made during this school year by public health dentists. An even greater number of privileged children have been referred to their own dentists for examinations and treatment. Ten thousand children w^itnessed the Puppet Show in one week's time. One of the major accomplishments of the year has been the preparation and distribution of our handbook for teachers ''Teaching Mouth Health in North Carolina." This handbook was so well thought of by the North Carolina Dental Society held in Pinehurst last week that Miss Carolyn Morton Mercer, Educational Consultant in the Division of Oral Hygiene, was elected as Honorary Member of the State Dental Society, the only lay person ever receiving such an honor. The construction of the Oral Hygiene Building in proximity to our present Health Building, the w^ork being done by the WPA, will afford the Division some much needed space to house their activities. In this building the exhibit room and museum will be of great value in the health education of the thousands of school children who visit the State Capital each year. In lOJfO the School Health Coordinating Service has continued to grow in effectiveness, and is fast finding a prominent place in its educational program throughout the State. This service worked this year in the following counties: Wayne, Halifax, Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington, and also preliminary work has been done in the Negro schools of Craven County. These counties have a combined population of 171,706, 194 schools and 1,115 teachers. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-029.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-029 |
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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