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FOURTEEXTH BIEXIs'IAL REPORT 7 typhoid fever in the registration area of the United States, which comprises a population of 54,000,000. Now, if this disease existed in only one Southern State it would be a State problem. But inasmuch as what is happening in North Carolina from pellagra is taking place in every other Southern State, this problem is not an intrastate but an interstate one, and deserves the attention of our National Government. It would manifestly be economically unwise and unfair to expect one or two States in the South to appropriate a sum of money for the study of the causative factors in this disease, with the view of discovering its prevention, when such work would equally benefit the entire South. After the cause of the disease has been discovered and the means for preventing it worked out, then each State can protect its own population by seeing that the preventative measures are applied. The disease, therefore, after its means of prevention are discovered, will pass from a national to a State problem, but under the present circumstances the disease is a national problem. I feel that the responsibility rests upon me, as the State Health Officer of North Carolina, to say this to you, and that much of my responsibility for any future effect of this disease upon our people is transferred to your shoulders when I call your attention to the situation and respectfully recommend that, with the other representatives from North Carolina in the Congress and Senate of the United States, to whom I have written this same letter, you use your influence for securing an appropriation to be used by a commission of experts for the study of this disease in the South, with the view of discovering its cause and the appropriate means of prevention. This commission could be selected by a committee appointed by the Senate or Congress, or it could serve under the United States Public Health and ]\Iarine Hospital Service, or in any way that your good judgment suggests. In conclusion, I wish to assure you that while I have a personal interest in this matter as well as an official responsibility, and while I believe that having had your official attention called to this condition, future responsibility is more yours than mine, I shall rest contented with whatever disposition you may make of the matter. However, I wish to assure you that, if I can be of any assistance whatever to you in inaugurating any action looking to the suppression of this disease, my services are at your disposal. With the highest esteem, I am, Very respectfully yours, W. S. Rankin, Secretary. WORK OF THE STATE BOARD OP HEALTH FOR THE PAST YEAR- EDUCATIONAL. Public health work is still, in this State, largely educational. The executive work of the Board compared with the educational work is small. The dissemination of the knowledge of prevention of disease through all available channels places in the hands of individuals means by which, to a certain extent, they can protect themselves, even though they live in an unsanitary community, and by its general effect upon the public mind creates a sentiment which will first demand, and later enforce, sanitary legislation. The agencies through which the educational work of the Board has been
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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 | 1911-1912 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-014 |
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 | 14 |
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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 | 1911-1912 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-014-0081 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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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 | 14 |
Page Number | 77 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | FOURTEEXTH BIEXIs'IAL REPORT 7 typhoid fever in the registration area of the United States, which comprises a population of 54,000,000. Now, if this disease existed in only one Southern State it would be a State problem. But inasmuch as what is happening in North Carolina from pellagra is taking place in every other Southern State, this problem is not an intrastate but an interstate one, and deserves the attention of our National Government. It would manifestly be economically unwise and unfair to expect one or two States in the South to appropriate a sum of money for the study of the causative factors in this disease, with the view of discovering its prevention, when such work would equally benefit the entire South. After the cause of the disease has been discovered and the means for preventing it worked out, then each State can protect its own population by seeing that the preventative measures are applied. The disease, therefore, after its means of prevention are discovered, will pass from a national to a State problem, but under the present circumstances the disease is a national problem. I feel that the responsibility rests upon me, as the State Health Officer of North Carolina, to say this to you, and that much of my responsibility for any future effect of this disease upon our people is transferred to your shoulders when I call your attention to the situation and respectfully recommend that, with the other representatives from North Carolina in the Congress and Senate of the United States, to whom I have written this same letter, you use your influence for securing an appropriation to be used by a commission of experts for the study of this disease in the South, with the view of discovering its cause and the appropriate means of prevention. This commission could be selected by a committee appointed by the Senate or Congress, or it could serve under the United States Public Health and ]\Iarine Hospital Service, or in any way that your good judgment suggests. In conclusion, I wish to assure you that while I have a personal interest in this matter as well as an official responsibility, and while I believe that having had your official attention called to this condition, future responsibility is more yours than mine, I shall rest contented with whatever disposition you may make of the matter. However, I wish to assure you that, if I can be of any assistance whatever to you in inaugurating any action looking to the suppression of this disease, my services are at your disposal. With the highest esteem, I am, Very respectfully yours, W. S. Rankin, Secretary. WORK OF THE STATE BOARD OP HEALTH FOR THE PAST YEAR- EDUCATIONAL. Public health work is still, in this State, largely educational. The executive work of the Board compared with the educational work is small. The dissemination of the knowledge of prevention of disease through all available channels places in the hands of individuals means by which, to a certain extent, they can protect themselves, even though they live in an unsanitary community, and by its general effect upon the public mind creates a sentiment which will first demand, and later enforce, sanitary legislation. The agencies through which the educational work of the Board has been |
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