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166 BULLETIIS- X. C. BOARD OF HEALTH. eiiforcible vital statistics laivs^ and it Avill probably devolve upon these states to solve one of tlie most important i)liases of the hookworm problem, namely, its effect on public life. Until this time the public mind has rated hookworm disease altogether on the frequency of infection and utterly ignored the equally important factor, the severity of the infection. In order to appreciate the importance of this disease from a public standpoint, it is not only necessary to know that 800,000 Xorth Carolinians carry the parasites in their intestines, but it is equally necessary to have some reasonable idea, based upon an ample investigation, as to the number of worms the average host contains. We must recognize the principle that parasitism is one thing; pathogenesis'" another thing. Has the average Xorth Carolinian, has the average Southerner, ten, thirty, fifty, one hundred, or two hundred hookworms? For tliirty-five college students from Avhich the worms were carefully counted by the Allen J. Smith method, there was an average of but twenty worms. A letter from Dr. Bailey Iv. Ashford of Porto Eico, in answer to an inquiry from me, states that he regards from three hundred to five hundred worms necessary to produce recognizable symptoms; that it Avould require from seven hundred to fifteen hundred to produce medium or rather severe infection, and from two thousand to three thousand to produce death. lieasoning from the facts in the case, the vital statistics from this State, a very large part of the 30 per cent infection of our people is so light as to be, comparatwely speaking, a case of parasitism more than a condition of pathogenesis,'*'' and hookAvorm disease ranks, in Xorth Carolina, among the other important causes of death as fourth or fifth in the list, somewhere near malaria, a disease which resembles it in geographic distribution, in frequency of infection, and in its anemia-producing power. It is necessary for public health administrations to recognize preventable diseases in their relative importance, for ])artly upon that should depend the distribution of their forces in the fight against the different divisions of the foe. PELLAGRA WOKTIIY SERIOUS CONSIDERATIO:^. One more disease deserving of some attention in any consideration of the health of Xorth Carolina is pellagra. In 1910 there were 115 deaths reported from the registration area of the State, a population of 371,766; in 1911, 176 deaths were reported from this same population, which means an increase of 53 per cent. The death rate in the State at the present time is 47 per 100,000, or just double the average death rate of typhoid fever in the registration area of the United States. There are several interesting points brought out in tabulating the deaths from pellagra. See map on page 2, showing tabulation^ of important data and distribution of this disease in Xorth Carolina. The first is, that the disease shows no discrimination between the races, involving the whites and the blacks in about the same proportion in respect to their relative populations. The second interesting point is, that the disease does discriminate in its relation to sex, season, and ♦Disease-producing power.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-03: Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1912-1913 |
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Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1912-1913 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-027-0174 |
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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Volume Number | 27 |
Issue Number | 5 |
Page Number | 166 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 166 BULLETIIS- X. C. BOARD OF HEALTH. eiiforcible vital statistics laivs^ and it Avill probably devolve upon these states to solve one of tlie most important i)liases of the hookworm problem, namely, its effect on public life. Until this time the public mind has rated hookworm disease altogether on the frequency of infection and utterly ignored the equally important factor, the severity of the infection. In order to appreciate the importance of this disease from a public standpoint, it is not only necessary to know that 800,000 Xorth Carolinians carry the parasites in their intestines, but it is equally necessary to have some reasonable idea, based upon an ample investigation, as to the number of worms the average host contains. We must recognize the principle that parasitism is one thing; pathogenesis'" another thing. Has the average Xorth Carolinian, has the average Southerner, ten, thirty, fifty, one hundred, or two hundred hookworms? For tliirty-five college students from Avhich the worms were carefully counted by the Allen J. Smith method, there was an average of but twenty worms. A letter from Dr. Bailey Iv. Ashford of Porto Eico, in answer to an inquiry from me, states that he regards from three hundred to five hundred worms necessary to produce recognizable symptoms; that it Avould require from seven hundred to fifteen hundred to produce medium or rather severe infection, and from two thousand to three thousand to produce death. lieasoning from the facts in the case, the vital statistics from this State, a very large part of the 30 per cent infection of our people is so light as to be, comparatwely speaking, a case of parasitism more than a condition of pathogenesis,'*'' and hookAvorm disease ranks, in Xorth Carolina, among the other important causes of death as fourth or fifth in the list, somewhere near malaria, a disease which resembles it in geographic distribution, in frequency of infection, and in its anemia-producing power. It is necessary for public health administrations to recognize preventable diseases in their relative importance, for ])artly upon that should depend the distribution of their forces in the fight against the different divisions of the foe. PELLAGRA WOKTIIY SERIOUS CONSIDERATIO:^. One more disease deserving of some attention in any consideration of the health of Xorth Carolina is pellagra. In 1910 there were 115 deaths reported from the registration area of the State, a population of 371,766; in 1911, 176 deaths were reported from this same population, which means an increase of 53 per cent. The death rate in the State at the present time is 47 per 100,000, or just double the average death rate of typhoid fever in the registration area of the United States. There are several interesting points brought out in tabulating the deaths from pellagra. See map on page 2, showing tabulation^ of important data and distribution of this disease in Xorth Carolina. The first is, that the disease shows no discrimination between the races, involving the whites and the blacks in about the same proportion in respect to their relative populations. The second interesting point is, that the disease does discriminate in its relation to sex, season, and ♦Disease-producing power. |
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