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68 Fortieth Biennial Report that Section, resulting in a necessary reduction in personnel in that phase of the work in favor of an expansion in special research projects in tuberculosis control. Plans are already under way to change the emphasis of this program from mobile x-ray work to special research studies in determination and control of tuberculosis, continuing the excellent leadership of Dr. W. A. Smith, Section Chief. During this biennium, the Accident Prevention Section continued to function very effectively under the immediate supervision of the well qualified Section Chief, Miss Nettie Day. Among the projects given special emphasis during this biennium by this Section are the following: (1) Vigorous promotion of the widespread use of seat belts for automobiles throughout North Carolina; (2) Active promotion of the establishment of poison control centers throughout the State; (3) Participation in and promotion of the N. C. Ambulance Service Study, which is designed to reduce and eventually eliminate unnecessary accidents by ambulances due to disregard of safety precautions; (4) Establishment and promotion of a pilot study on a county-wide basis in Robeson County on the subject of fire and burn injury prevention, in cooperation with the U. S. Public Health Service and the Robeson County Health Department. The Veterinary Public Health Section of this Division continued during this biennium under the immediate supervision of the highly qualified Section Chief, Dr. Martin P. Hines, who has developed and directed this program from its beginning in July 1951. It is now recognized as an outstanding veterinary public health program in the nation. Requests for assistance from the Chief of this Section in the investigation and control of diseases of animals transmissible to man, also in the investigation and control of food poisoning outbreaks throughout the State, continue to increase from the local health departments of North Carolina as the need for his consultative services grows. No major outbreaks of communicable diseases have occurred during this biennium; however, the nation-wide prevalence of influenza in 1962-63, which resulted in widespread incidence of the disease in North Carolina, brought national publicity to the State due to the fact that Asian influenza was recognized in North Carolina before it appeared anywhere else in the country that winter. During the biennium the prevalence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever continued to increase, with North Carolina ranking second highest in the United States. The chief means of eradicating this problem seems to be through education of the public as to the danger of infected ticks. The vaccine now available is not practicable for general use but is limited to persons whose occupation subjects them to continuous exposure to ticks. The State Board of Health attempts each year a widespread educational effort to alert the public to the necessity of prompt removal of ticks from the body. Tetanus became a cause for alarm in North Carolina during this biennium, cases reported having risen from one in 1959 to 21 in 1963, three-fourths of whom died. Public health officials joined the practicing physicians of the State in urging the public to take advantage of the available vaccine. This effort should be and will be continued.
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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 | 1962-1964 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-040 |
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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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 | 40 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 68 |
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 | 1962-1964 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-040-0072 |
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 | biennialreportof40nort_0072.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 | 40 |
Page Number | 68 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 68 Fortieth Biennial Report that Section, resulting in a necessary reduction in personnel in that phase of the work in favor of an expansion in special research projects in tuberculosis control. Plans are already under way to change the emphasis of this program from mobile x-ray work to special research studies in determination and control of tuberculosis, continuing the excellent leadership of Dr. W. A. Smith, Section Chief. During this biennium, the Accident Prevention Section continued to function very effectively under the immediate supervision of the well qualified Section Chief, Miss Nettie Day. Among the projects given special emphasis during this biennium by this Section are the following: (1) Vigorous promotion of the widespread use of seat belts for automobiles throughout North Carolina; (2) Active promotion of the establishment of poison control centers throughout the State; (3) Participation in and promotion of the N. C. Ambulance Service Study, which is designed to reduce and eventually eliminate unnecessary accidents by ambulances due to disregard of safety precautions; (4) Establishment and promotion of a pilot study on a county-wide basis in Robeson County on the subject of fire and burn injury prevention, in cooperation with the U. S. Public Health Service and the Robeson County Health Department. The Veterinary Public Health Section of this Division continued during this biennium under the immediate supervision of the highly qualified Section Chief, Dr. Martin P. Hines, who has developed and directed this program from its beginning in July 1951. It is now recognized as an outstanding veterinary public health program in the nation. Requests for assistance from the Chief of this Section in the investigation and control of diseases of animals transmissible to man, also in the investigation and control of food poisoning outbreaks throughout the State, continue to increase from the local health departments of North Carolina as the need for his consultative services grows. No major outbreaks of communicable diseases have occurred during this biennium; however, the nation-wide prevalence of influenza in 1962-63, which resulted in widespread incidence of the disease in North Carolina, brought national publicity to the State due to the fact that Asian influenza was recognized in North Carolina before it appeared anywhere else in the country that winter. During the biennium the prevalence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever continued to increase, with North Carolina ranking second highest in the United States. The chief means of eradicating this problem seems to be through education of the public as to the danger of infected ticks. The vaccine now available is not practicable for general use but is limited to persons whose occupation subjects them to continuous exposure to ticks. The State Board of Health attempts each year a widespread educational effort to alert the public to the necessity of prompt removal of ticks from the body. Tetanus became a cause for alarm in North Carolina during this biennium, cases reported having risen from one in 1959 to 21 in 1963, three-fourths of whom died. Public health officials joined the practicing physicians of the State in urging the public to take advantage of the available vaccine. This effort should be and will be continued. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-040.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-040 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
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