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The Heai.th Bulletin 9 viduals should at once take advantage of the safe protection that is offered through their local physicians or health officers. ALCOHOL AND HEALTH For twelve years North Carolina has been prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors within its borders. For more than a year the Nation has had a clause in the Constitution forbidding the same thing, with limited exceptions. Yet today North Carolina, as well as the remainder of the country, faces a liquor problem scarcely less serious than the one which caused the adoption of prohibition laws years ago. The records of the United States Government tend to prove that there is now more illegal manufacture of liquors in this State than in any other. The records of the various courts of the State are filled with cases, from simple drunks to foul murders, which are founded upon strong drink, either its making, selling or consumption. Probably as long as there is sufficient demand for liquors there will be found those to supply such demand. The evils that follow the filling of the human body with alcohol have been pointed out time and time again, and still there are many who will run almost any risk in order to obtain it. Alcohol and good health do not go along together. Alcohol tears down, and makes ready the way for degenerative diseases. It, like a traitor, weakens all the defenses of the body against tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Its use means an increased death rate. From a public health viewpoint the State Board of Health is deeply interested in present conditions, and commends to the readers of The Bulletin the article by Dr. Fisk on other pages. TIPS ON RAT POISONING A starved rat will eat anything from a strip of lead pipe to an old boot, but a well-fed rodent, such as we have in the United States, is often inclined to be finicky in the matter of food. Rat poisoning campaigns often fail because the house owner does not give his intended victims a sufficient variety of edibles. Specialists or the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture urge a rat control campaign in the United States, and they stress the importance of catering to the rodents' tastes. Rat baits may be divided into three classes: meat foods, vegetable foods, and cereals. In mixing his baits the successful poisoner selects a food from each of the three classes and combines it with barium carbonate in the proportion of one part poison to four parts food. Then he places a teaspoonful of each variety on a strip of paper or bit of board so that the rat, traveling along his runway, finds a three course meal all laid for him. Usually one of the three baits appeals to him, and the rat population is reduced by one. Poisoned baits should be watched carefully and uneaten baits replaced by others of the same class on the following evening. In this way a wide selection of foods may be used without departing from the basic combination. All baits must be kept fresh and tempting if the process of extermination is carried to completion. The common practice of smearing a dab of poison on a piece of stale bread which is then placed in some out of the way corner and neglected will not produce satisfactory results. Barium carbonate is the poisoning agent recommended by the specialists. It is tasteless, odorless, and can be obtained at any drug store. Full directions for its use, and a complete list of the food combinations suitable for a poison campaign can be obtained upon request to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
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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 | 1921 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-036 |
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 | 36 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 5 |
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 | 1921 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-036-0043 |
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 | healthbulletinse36nort_0043.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 | 36 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Page Number | 5 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | The Heai.th Bulletin 9 viduals should at once take advantage of the safe protection that is offered through their local physicians or health officers. ALCOHOL AND HEALTH For twelve years North Carolina has been prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors within its borders. For more than a year the Nation has had a clause in the Constitution forbidding the same thing, with limited exceptions. Yet today North Carolina, as well as the remainder of the country, faces a liquor problem scarcely less serious than the one which caused the adoption of prohibition laws years ago. The records of the United States Government tend to prove that there is now more illegal manufacture of liquors in this State than in any other. The records of the various courts of the State are filled with cases, from simple drunks to foul murders, which are founded upon strong drink, either its making, selling or consumption. Probably as long as there is sufficient demand for liquors there will be found those to supply such demand. The evils that follow the filling of the human body with alcohol have been pointed out time and time again, and still there are many who will run almost any risk in order to obtain it. Alcohol and good health do not go along together. Alcohol tears down, and makes ready the way for degenerative diseases. It, like a traitor, weakens all the defenses of the body against tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Its use means an increased death rate. From a public health viewpoint the State Board of Health is deeply interested in present conditions, and commends to the readers of The Bulletin the article by Dr. Fisk on other pages. TIPS ON RAT POISONING A starved rat will eat anything from a strip of lead pipe to an old boot, but a well-fed rodent, such as we have in the United States, is often inclined to be finicky in the matter of food. Rat poisoning campaigns often fail because the house owner does not give his intended victims a sufficient variety of edibles. Specialists or the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture urge a rat control campaign in the United States, and they stress the importance of catering to the rodents' tastes. Rat baits may be divided into three classes: meat foods, vegetable foods, and cereals. In mixing his baits the successful poisoner selects a food from each of the three classes and combines it with barium carbonate in the proportion of one part poison to four parts food. Then he places a teaspoonful of each variety on a strip of paper or bit of board so that the rat, traveling along his runway, finds a three course meal all laid for him. Usually one of the three baits appeals to him, and the rat population is reduced by one. Poisoned baits should be watched carefully and uneaten baits replaced by others of the same class on the following evening. In this way a wide selection of foods may be used without departing from the basic combination. All baits must be kept fresh and tempting if the process of extermination is carried to completion. The common practice of smearing a dab of poison on a piece of stale bread which is then placed in some out of the way corner and neglected will not produce satisfactory results. Barium carbonate is the poisoning agent recommended by the specialists. It is tasteless, odorless, and can be obtained at any drug store. Full directions for its use, and a complete list of the food combinations suitable for a poison campaign can be obtained upon request to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-036.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-036 |
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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