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14 Thirty-Third Biennial Report observed in April. Dr. John A. Ferrell elected, February, Assistant Secretary for Hookworm Eradication; began work under State Board of Health and Rockefeller Sanitary Commission. 1911. Legislature established county boards of health to take the place of the county sanitary committees; county board of health composed of chairman board of county commissioners; county superintendent of schools, mayor of county town, and two physicians selected by the three county officials to serve with them. Legislature also abolished quarantine for smallpox and improved the quarantine laws. One thousand dollars annually appropriated to contract with antitoxin manufacturers for state supply of high-grade diphtheria antitoxin, with result that price of antitoxin was cut to one-fourth former price, saving the citizens of the state over $30,000 annually. Bulletin increased from 11,500 copies to 20,000 copies each edition; closer cooperation with press of state developed; regular weekly press articles prepared and sent to papers; increase in numbers of popular pamphlets for distribution. Hookworm this year largely educational through the school forces and investigated through county dispensaries; thousands of children found infected and treated. Strong sentiment began to make itself felt for better health work by counties, four counties employing whole-time county health officers. Guilford County—one of the four—began its work June 1 and was the first county in the United States to inaugurate full-time county health work. Maintenance appropriation for State Sanatorium increased to $12,500, with $20,000 voted for permanent improvements. Annual appropriation, $22,500. 1912. Bulletiyi increased to 40,000 edition; number of popular pamphlets dealing with different diseases increased; press work improved; educational w^ork of Board along all lines amplified. Secretary of Board of Health called attention of conjoint meeting of State Medical Society and State Board of Health to the relative importance of health problems and the bearing of this subject upon the proper apportionment of health funds; instrumental in passing a resolution to the effect that pellagra was an interstate problem, not a state problem, and requesting the Federal Government to deal with pellagra as a Federal problem; resolution responsible, to considerable extent, for successful effort on part of Hon. John M. Faison^s securing Congressional appropriation of $45,000 for the study of pellagra by the Federal Government. Hookworm work extended and county funds appropriated to supplement state and Rockefeller Foundation for this work. Annual appropriation, $22,500. 1913. General Assembly passed Model Vital Statistics Law with $10,000 appropriation for its enforcement. County superintendent of health changed to either county physician or county health officer, depending on whether part-time or full-time service. Educational efforts of Board continued and enlarged. Hookworm work along
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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 | 1948-1950 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-033 |
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 | 33 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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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 | 1948-1950 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-033-0018 |
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 | 33 |
Page Number | 14 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 14 Thirty-Third Biennial Report observed in April. Dr. John A. Ferrell elected, February, Assistant Secretary for Hookworm Eradication; began work under State Board of Health and Rockefeller Sanitary Commission. 1911. Legislature established county boards of health to take the place of the county sanitary committees; county board of health composed of chairman board of county commissioners; county superintendent of schools, mayor of county town, and two physicians selected by the three county officials to serve with them. Legislature also abolished quarantine for smallpox and improved the quarantine laws. One thousand dollars annually appropriated to contract with antitoxin manufacturers for state supply of high-grade diphtheria antitoxin, with result that price of antitoxin was cut to one-fourth former price, saving the citizens of the state over $30,000 annually. Bulletin increased from 11,500 copies to 20,000 copies each edition; closer cooperation with press of state developed; regular weekly press articles prepared and sent to papers; increase in numbers of popular pamphlets for distribution. Hookworm this year largely educational through the school forces and investigated through county dispensaries; thousands of children found infected and treated. Strong sentiment began to make itself felt for better health work by counties, four counties employing whole-time county health officers. Guilford County—one of the four—began its work June 1 and was the first county in the United States to inaugurate full-time county health work. Maintenance appropriation for State Sanatorium increased to $12,500, with $20,000 voted for permanent improvements. Annual appropriation, $22,500. 1912. Bulletiyi increased to 40,000 edition; number of popular pamphlets dealing with different diseases increased; press work improved; educational w^ork of Board along all lines amplified. Secretary of Board of Health called attention of conjoint meeting of State Medical Society and State Board of Health to the relative importance of health problems and the bearing of this subject upon the proper apportionment of health funds; instrumental in passing a resolution to the effect that pellagra was an interstate problem, not a state problem, and requesting the Federal Government to deal with pellagra as a Federal problem; resolution responsible, to considerable extent, for successful effort on part of Hon. John M. Faison^s securing Congressional appropriation of $45,000 for the study of pellagra by the Federal Government. Hookworm work extended and county funds appropriated to supplement state and Rockefeller Foundation for this work. Annual appropriation, $22,500. 1913. General Assembly passed Model Vital Statistics Law with $10,000 appropriation for its enforcement. County superintendent of health changed to either county physician or county health officer, depending on whether part-time or full-time service. Educational efforts of Board continued and enlarged. Hookworm work along |
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