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Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report 45 There were 15 5 deaths from typhoid fever in 1931, three more than in 1930. The trend in typhoid fever death rates has been consistently downward since 1914. In that year the rate was 35.5 per 100,000 population. The 1931 rate was 4.9, the lowest recorded to date. Regarding pellagra, the highest death rate ever recorded from this disease in North Carolina occurred in 1930 when 1,015 deaths were reported as due to this cause. TIms is a rate of 31.8 per 100,000. In 1931 the rate was 21.6, representing 696 deaths from pellagra and this rate is materially less than that recorded in any of the past five years. The greatest improvement in the trend of mortality in the communicable diseases is shown for diphtheria. In the three years 1914, 1915, and 1916, diphtheria caused 1,314 deaths. This is compared with the 829 deaths from diphtheria reported in 1929, 1930, and 1931. Diphtheria is a disease for which we have a specific protective vaccination and is, therefore, a disease against w^hich public health activities can be very effective. It is to be noted that approximately five-sixths of the deaths from diphtheria occur in children under five years of age. This points out the group in which prophylactic measures can be applied most profitably. Infants under one year, comprising approximately 2.4 per cent of the population, suffered 16.5 per cent of the total deaths. However, the death rate per thousand reported live births was 73 in 1931, which is the lowest recorded rate in the IS years of registration. It is a matter of satisfaction that the trend in mortality in this group is downward, though it is still far above what it should be. Even with this great improvement in the infant mortality rate, it is higher than that of the United States Registration Area as a whole. The 1931 rate for the 46 registration states,, according to the provisional report of the United States Census Bureau, is 61.7. It is important, both to individuals and to health organizations, that we-have complete and acceptable records of all births and deaths which occur in the state. We can only attain that objective when physicians, undertakers, midwlves, registrars, and individuals do their part. Since birth and death certificates are important documents, it is essential that we have the legal signatures of physicians, midwives, and registrars. If everyone who has responsibility in connection with birth and death certificates will give the consideration to these documents which their importance deserves, we can have records which will fill the needs of individuals, and w^hich will make health protection more effective.
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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 Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
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 | 1930-1932 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-024 |
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. |
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 | 24 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 45 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
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 | 1930-1932 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-024-0049 |
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. |
Filename | biennialreportof24nort_0049.jp2 |
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 | 24 |
Page Number | 45 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report 45 There were 15 5 deaths from typhoid fever in 1931, three more than in 1930. The trend in typhoid fever death rates has been consistently downward since 1914. In that year the rate was 35.5 per 100,000 population. The 1931 rate was 4.9, the lowest recorded to date. Regarding pellagra, the highest death rate ever recorded from this disease in North Carolina occurred in 1930 when 1,015 deaths were reported as due to this cause. TIms is a rate of 31.8 per 100,000. In 1931 the rate was 21.6, representing 696 deaths from pellagra and this rate is materially less than that recorded in any of the past five years. The greatest improvement in the trend of mortality in the communicable diseases is shown for diphtheria. In the three years 1914, 1915, and 1916, diphtheria caused 1,314 deaths. This is compared with the 829 deaths from diphtheria reported in 1929, 1930, and 1931. Diphtheria is a disease for which we have a specific protective vaccination and is, therefore, a disease against w^hich public health activities can be very effective. It is to be noted that approximately five-sixths of the deaths from diphtheria occur in children under five years of age. This points out the group in which prophylactic measures can be applied most profitably. Infants under one year, comprising approximately 2.4 per cent of the population, suffered 16.5 per cent of the total deaths. However, the death rate per thousand reported live births was 73 in 1931, which is the lowest recorded rate in the IS years of registration. It is a matter of satisfaction that the trend in mortality in this group is downward, though it is still far above what it should be. Even with this great improvement in the infant mortality rate, it is higher than that of the United States Registration Area as a whole. The 1931 rate for the 46 registration states,, according to the provisional report of the United States Census Bureau, is 61.7. It is important, both to individuals and to health organizations, that we-have complete and acceptable records of all births and deaths which occur in the state. We can only attain that objective when physicians, undertakers, midwlves, registrars, and individuals do their part. Since birth and death certificates are important documents, it is essential that we have the legal signatures of physicians, midwives, and registrars. If everyone who has responsibility in connection with birth and death certificates will give the consideration to these documents which their importance deserves, we can have records which will fill the needs of individuals, and w^hich will make health protection more effective. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-024.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-024 |
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=UNCb1324480 |
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