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8 The Health Bulletin September, 1937 fused liquor, cigarette and patent medicine advertising. It is hoped that those making and selling things tending to promote the public health will favor these brave pioneers. Selfish commercial interests have already grown rich and powerful, however, and will say that to curb them is to crush human liberty and happiness. Druggists and other merchants make a big profit on patent medicines and cigarettes and even the local and state governments are sharing the profits from liquor sales. Doctors, who should lead the crusade against the things harmful to health and for the things that promote health, have been reticent because it might seem like self-advertising. Perhaps some of them have been deterred because they accept favors of druggists and drug manufacturers or share in the sales profits. Some have felt that the health information given out by organized medical groups and health departments has been primarily to promote the welfare of doctors rather than the general public. A few backward doctors have opposed the distribution of health department literature because it would enable the public to discriminate better in the matter of adequate and competent medical care. Many of our colleges, which should have a great educational influence in health matters, are indirectly muzzled by the sources of the donations which they have accepted. Going still further toward the basic factors obstructing health education and legislation for the welfare of the general public, we find an insidiously arranged governmental system in which almost all the important offices in the executive, judicial and legislative departments, state and national, are held by men from one group comprising an infinitesimal part of our population—namely, lawyers. The legal profession is composed largely of a very high type of men or the situation would be even more precarious than it is. To have such concentrated power in the hands of just farmers, miners, doctors, teachers, or merchants would probably be worse, but to give the general population a more equitable representation would almost certainly serve to promote the general welfare and avoid some discriminatory handling of executive, judicial and legislative affairs. An intrenched oligarchy tends to cater to wealth and position and becomes oblivious to the cries of the men, women and children of this and other states, who are being cheated, at the same time, out of their money and their health. There is a crying necessity for legislative and other restrictive measures against rampant anti-health activities. BABY DEATH RATE ROSE DURING SUMMER From a health standpoint the past summer was fairly good to all North Carolinians except the babies. During the month of July, (the August rates are not yet available) the infant death rate rose to the high peak of 82.9 for 1,000 live births, with 520 deaths of babies under one year of age recorded for July alone. In June there were 491 deaths with a rate of 68.2. Just what caused the sudden rise in the infant mortality rate in July, is not easy to determine. But it is known that diarrhea and enteritis caused a large number of deaths of children under two years of age—377 deaths for June and July, and that whooping cough also took an unusually high toll in 47 deaths during these two months. The indications are that the babies did not receive all the care they were entitled to this summer.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1937 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-052 |
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 | 52 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-052.pdf |
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Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-052 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 8 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1937 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-052-0158 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
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 | healthbulletinse52nort_0158.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 | 52 |
Issue Number | 10 |
Page Number | 8 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 8 The Health Bulletin September, 1937 fused liquor, cigarette and patent medicine advertising. It is hoped that those making and selling things tending to promote the public health will favor these brave pioneers. Selfish commercial interests have already grown rich and powerful, however, and will say that to curb them is to crush human liberty and happiness. Druggists and other merchants make a big profit on patent medicines and cigarettes and even the local and state governments are sharing the profits from liquor sales. Doctors, who should lead the crusade against the things harmful to health and for the things that promote health, have been reticent because it might seem like self-advertising. Perhaps some of them have been deterred because they accept favors of druggists and drug manufacturers or share in the sales profits. Some have felt that the health information given out by organized medical groups and health departments has been primarily to promote the welfare of doctors rather than the general public. A few backward doctors have opposed the distribution of health department literature because it would enable the public to discriminate better in the matter of adequate and competent medical care. Many of our colleges, which should have a great educational influence in health matters, are indirectly muzzled by the sources of the donations which they have accepted. Going still further toward the basic factors obstructing health education and legislation for the welfare of the general public, we find an insidiously arranged governmental system in which almost all the important offices in the executive, judicial and legislative departments, state and national, are held by men from one group comprising an infinitesimal part of our population—namely, lawyers. The legal profession is composed largely of a very high type of men or the situation would be even more precarious than it is. To have such concentrated power in the hands of just farmers, miners, doctors, teachers, or merchants would probably be worse, but to give the general population a more equitable representation would almost certainly serve to promote the general welfare and avoid some discriminatory handling of executive, judicial and legislative affairs. An intrenched oligarchy tends to cater to wealth and position and becomes oblivious to the cries of the men, women and children of this and other states, who are being cheated, at the same time, out of their money and their health. There is a crying necessity for legislative and other restrictive measures against rampant anti-health activities. BABY DEATH RATE ROSE DURING SUMMER From a health standpoint the past summer was fairly good to all North Carolinians except the babies. During the month of July, (the August rates are not yet available) the infant death rate rose to the high peak of 82.9 for 1,000 live births, with 520 deaths of babies under one year of age recorded for July alone. In June there were 491 deaths with a rate of 68.2. Just what caused the sudden rise in the infant mortality rate in July, is not easy to determine. But it is known that diarrhea and enteritis caused a large number of deaths of children under two years of age—377 deaths for June and July, and that whooping cough also took an unusually high toll in 47 deaths during these two months. The indications are that the babies did not receive all the care they were entitled to this summer. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-052.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | Is Health Instruction Needed? |
Article Author | Norton, Roy |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-052 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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