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172 BULLETIN OF THE NORTH CAROLLN'A BOARD OF HEALTIL reported. Jail in good condition. Nothing in the way of repairs done at poor-house. Northampton—Dr. H. W. Lewis, Jackson. Influenza has prevailed in all portions of the county. Hog cholera has been epidemic. Sanitary condition of county good. Onslow—Dr. J. L. Nicholson, Richlands.— No report. Orange~V>x. D. C. Parris, Hillsboro. No special diseases have prevailed. Sanitary condition of county was never better. Bronchitis and influenza have prevailed moderately. Sanitary condition of poor-house and all other public buildings, except jail, is good. That of jail is not very good and no efforts are being made to improve it. The condition of our county poor-house has been improved in many ways during the past year. The sanitary condition has been improved in the way of drainage and numerous improvements on building. The food supply is a hundred per cent, better, by being more abundant, superior in quality and varied. The milk and vegetable supply is quite sufficient. Also, the general health of inmates was never better, there being scarcely any sickness during the month. Sanitary condition of jail would be good if there could be arranged a perfect system for disposal of human excrement. Famhco—'i^o Board of Health. Pasquotank—No Board of Health. Pender—Dr. S. S. Satchwell, Burgaw. Sani^ tary condition of county is fairly good. Four cases typhoid fever reported. Perquimans—No Board of Health. Person—Dr. J. F. Fuller, Roxboro. No report. Pitt—Dx. F. W. Brown, Greenville. No report. Po/k~No Board of Health. Randolph—Dr. J. W. Long, Randleman. A limited epidemic of measles has prevailed at Central Falls, one of our manufacturing towns on the river. With this excep- tion there is very little sickness in the county. Sanitary condition of poor-house is the best I have ever seen it. Bed-bugs are a thing of the past, and there is great improvement in the rooms. However, some are too crowded; often as many as five inmates being in a room eighteen feet square. Jail is only in a fair condition. What can best done with the slops (excreta, etc.) from the cells? The buckets we use keep the cells smelling badly, although the buckets are changed every day. We would like some suggestions. Again, our prisoners are required to sleep on the floor. Is this good policy from a sanitary point of view? What is the plan of bedding prisoners in well-regulated jails? I find the water used for wash purposes by the prisoners is thrown out of a window onto a shed, thence onto the ground, forming an ugly mud-hole, dignified by the name of ditch. I brought before the county commissioners the subject of increasing our room at the poor-house by the erection of another small building, and they are disposed to favor the suggestion. [The difficulty in the disposal of excreta in the jail has been noticed in another report this month If sufficient buckets are furnished to permit of their being changed twice daily, and allowing a' bucket for each one or two prisoners, and if, when placed in the cells, these buckets contained a small quantity of lime and dry earth, and had close-fitting lids, there would be less trouble from the odor. A still further improvement would be to have the buckets not in use thorozighly cleansed and sunned, and have connected with each cell an air-shaft in which the buckets should be kept while not in immediate use. The jail in Wilmington is supplied with these. In regard to bedding the prisoners, it can be cheaply and comfortably done by means of canvass hammocks, as in the jail in this county; or any gas-fitter could rig a frame of gas pipes, in which a piece of canvass could be stretched by means of a rope passing alternately through eyelets in the edge of the canvass and over the pipes.]
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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 | 1889-1890 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-004 |
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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Fixed Title * | Page 172 |
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 | 1890 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-004-0180 |
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 | 4 |
Issue Number | 10 |
Page Number | 172 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 172 BULLETIN OF THE NORTH CAROLLN'A BOARD OF HEALTIL reported. Jail in good condition. Nothing in the way of repairs done at poor-house. Northampton—Dr. H. W. Lewis, Jackson. Influenza has prevailed in all portions of the county. Hog cholera has been epidemic. Sanitary condition of county good. Onslow—Dr. J. L. Nicholson, Richlands.— No report. Orange~V>x. D. C. Parris, Hillsboro. No special diseases have prevailed. Sanitary condition of county was never better. Bronchitis and influenza have prevailed moderately. Sanitary condition of poor-house and all other public buildings, except jail, is good. That of jail is not very good and no efforts are being made to improve it. The condition of our county poor-house has been improved in many ways during the past year. The sanitary condition has been improved in the way of drainage and numerous improvements on building. The food supply is a hundred per cent, better, by being more abundant, superior in quality and varied. The milk and vegetable supply is quite sufficient. Also, the general health of inmates was never better, there being scarcely any sickness during the month. Sanitary condition of jail would be good if there could be arranged a perfect system for disposal of human excrement. Famhco—'i^o Board of Health. Pasquotank—No Board of Health. Pender—Dr. S. S. Satchwell, Burgaw. Sani^ tary condition of county is fairly good. Four cases typhoid fever reported. Perquimans—No Board of Health. Person—Dr. J. F. Fuller, Roxboro. No report. Pitt—Dx. F. W. Brown, Greenville. No report. Po/k~No Board of Health. Randolph—Dr. J. W. Long, Randleman. A limited epidemic of measles has prevailed at Central Falls, one of our manufacturing towns on the river. With this excep- tion there is very little sickness in the county. Sanitary condition of poor-house is the best I have ever seen it. Bed-bugs are a thing of the past, and there is great improvement in the rooms. However, some are too crowded; often as many as five inmates being in a room eighteen feet square. Jail is only in a fair condition. What can best done with the slops (excreta, etc.) from the cells? The buckets we use keep the cells smelling badly, although the buckets are changed every day. We would like some suggestions. Again, our prisoners are required to sleep on the floor. Is this good policy from a sanitary point of view? What is the plan of bedding prisoners in well-regulated jails? I find the water used for wash purposes by the prisoners is thrown out of a window onto a shed, thence onto the ground, forming an ugly mud-hole, dignified by the name of ditch. I brought before the county commissioners the subject of increasing our room at the poor-house by the erection of another small building, and they are disposed to favor the suggestion. [The difficulty in the disposal of excreta in the jail has been noticed in another report this month If sufficient buckets are furnished to permit of their being changed twice daily, and allowing a' bucket for each one or two prisoners, and if, when placed in the cells, these buckets contained a small quantity of lime and dry earth, and had close-fitting lids, there would be less trouble from the odor. A still further improvement would be to have the buckets not in use thorozighly cleansed and sunned, and have connected with each cell an air-shaft in which the buckets should be kept while not in immediate use. The jail in Wilmington is supplied with these. In regard to bedding the prisoners, it can be cheaply and comfortably done by means of canvass hammocks, as in the jail in this county; or any gas-fitter could rig a frame of gas pipes, in which a piece of canvass could be stretched by means of a rope passing alternately through eyelets in the edge of the canvass and over the pipes.] |
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