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North Carolina Board of Health 139 tions for the control of whatever dust hazard there is. When these recommendations are put into practice they will result in the protection of many workers from the ill effects of dust and complicating tuberculosis. Division of Epidemiology Early in the period of time covered in this report the outbreak of vulvo-vaginitis in the schools of Sampson County assumed such proportions that Dr. Otis L. Anderson of the U. S. Public Health Service was assigned to make a study of the situation, assisted by a technician from Rochester University who did the culture work at the State Laboratory of Hygiene. This study, completed the latter part of July, 1936, failed to reveal the gonococcus as the etiological agent. It is felt that perhaps these negative findings were influenced by the fact that the examinations were made during the chronic phase of the vulvo-vaginitis outbreak. In 1936, two food poisoning outbreaks were investigated by this Division, in June and October respectively. Both were characterized by acute gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) within one to four hours after eating meat products. Sjonptoms subsided within six or eight hours and patients completely recovered within 48 hours. Laboratory examinations revealed no conclusive findings. Clinical and epidemiological findings suggested staphylococcus food poisoning. In July, 1936, The Russell Soundex filing system was installed in this office for the handling of tuberculosis report cards. This code system has eliminated, to a great extent, duplication and difficulties in tracing cases for follow-up work. In 1935, before this improvement, 1,996 tuberculosis cases were reported, whereas in 1936 after the system was installed, reported cases increased to 3,008. In August, 1936, the State Board of Health, in regular meeting adopted a revised form of Rules and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases in North Carolina. This bulletin includes all except rules and regulations for the control of the venereal diseases, which are under consideration separately by the Board. The hookworm survey, begun in North Carolina by the Rockefeller Foundation in cooperation with the State Board of Health and Van-derbilt University Medical School in 1935, was completed in December 1936. Examination of specimens is not complete, but tentative analysis and tabulation of reports received thus far from Vanderbilt indicate that approximately 11.9 per cent of specimens examined have been found positive for hookworm infection, as compared with 29.8 per cent positives revealed by the 1910-1914 Rockefeller Foundation survey in this State. This Division has begun querying each case of diphtheria reported in an effort to find out if the patient has been previously vaccinated against diphtheria, with the hope of securing information of value in evaluating the efficacy of diphtheria toxoid. Approximately 74 per cent of queries sent out to date have been returned with the desired
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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 | 1936-1938 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-027 |
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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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 | 1936-1938 |
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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 |
Page Number | 139 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | North Carolina Board of Health 139 tions for the control of whatever dust hazard there is. When these recommendations are put into practice they will result in the protection of many workers from the ill effects of dust and complicating tuberculosis. Division of Epidemiology Early in the period of time covered in this report the outbreak of vulvo-vaginitis in the schools of Sampson County assumed such proportions that Dr. Otis L. Anderson of the U. S. Public Health Service was assigned to make a study of the situation, assisted by a technician from Rochester University who did the culture work at the State Laboratory of Hygiene. This study, completed the latter part of July, 1936, failed to reveal the gonococcus as the etiological agent. It is felt that perhaps these negative findings were influenced by the fact that the examinations were made during the chronic phase of the vulvo-vaginitis outbreak. In 1936, two food poisoning outbreaks were investigated by this Division, in June and October respectively. Both were characterized by acute gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) within one to four hours after eating meat products. Sjonptoms subsided within six or eight hours and patients completely recovered within 48 hours. Laboratory examinations revealed no conclusive findings. Clinical and epidemiological findings suggested staphylococcus food poisoning. In July, 1936, The Russell Soundex filing system was installed in this office for the handling of tuberculosis report cards. This code system has eliminated, to a great extent, duplication and difficulties in tracing cases for follow-up work. In 1935, before this improvement, 1,996 tuberculosis cases were reported, whereas in 1936 after the system was installed, reported cases increased to 3,008. In August, 1936, the State Board of Health, in regular meeting adopted a revised form of Rules and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases in North Carolina. This bulletin includes all except rules and regulations for the control of the venereal diseases, which are under consideration separately by the Board. The hookworm survey, begun in North Carolina by the Rockefeller Foundation in cooperation with the State Board of Health and Van-derbilt University Medical School in 1935, was completed in December 1936. Examination of specimens is not complete, but tentative analysis and tabulation of reports received thus far from Vanderbilt indicate that approximately 11.9 per cent of specimens examined have been found positive for hookworm infection, as compared with 29.8 per cent positives revealed by the 1910-1914 Rockefeller Foundation survey in this State. This Division has begun querying each case of diphtheria reported in an effort to find out if the patient has been previously vaccinated against diphtheria, with the hope of securing information of value in evaluating the efficacy of diphtheria toxoid. Approximately 74 per cent of queries sent out to date have been returned with the desired |
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