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12 The PIealth Bulletin 13 of one workman's wife, more or less. Among 80,000 people, w^hat is one workman's wife? Guilford is so busy with so many thin2:s that it must necessarily overlook something? once in a while. Years a^o an effort was made to establish a county tuberculosis sanatorium, and one citizen, the late Caesar Cone, offered to pay out of his pocket $30,000 of the expense. But the county felt itself unal>le to undertake the thing then, and Mr. Cone's offer was never accepted. If the sanatorium had been built, perhaps this workman's wife might have been saved. But what of that? The county needed a new courthouse, and not even wealthy Guilford has money for everything. So the courthouse was built and the sanatorium wasn't. And the district nurse and relief committee bought the little house on Glen-wood Avenue, and began taking them out there to die. It is something—ah, the young workman with the strong cunning hands will tell you that it is much. But even so, the women on the committee don't feel right about it. It keeps ringing in their ears: '*Dead at 24; dead of a preventable disease; dead of a disease that afflicts 1,000 other citizens of Guilford, and that might be almost, if not entirely, stamped out if the county would furnish the money to fight it." And recalling that, the fine new courthouse, gleaming in the sunlight, graceful and white and spotless, seems to them less like a temple of justice than a huge cenotaph to all the workmen's wives who have died for lack of the care that could have been furnished with the money that that building cost. So their hearts turn away from this snowy building that commemorates a spirit colder than snow, a civilization harsher to the afflicted poor than the savage winds that whirl forever around the poles; and they lavish their affection on the little house prepared for death, but that has smilingly proffered life to 16. And they even dare maintain that here, and not on the new court square, is the real pride of Guilford. But they are only women, and haven't much business sense. So what could 3^ou expect? PELLAGRA CAN BE PREVENTED—CAN BE CURED In North Carolina pellagra, a disease that is preventable and curable, has been levying a heavy death toll, but one that has been considerably lessened during the past two years. In 1917 the total deaths in the State from this cause amounted to 604; in 1918 the total was 634; in 1919 the total had dropped to 381; last year, 1920, a still further reduction was shown, the total being 297. For the first six months of 1921 the total number of deaths reported from this cause is thirteen less than for the first six months of 1920. Dr. Joseph Goldl»erger, the recognized authority on pellagra in the United States, says: **Milk is the most important single food in balancing a diet and preventing or curing pellagra, and when lean meat, green vegetables, and fruits are for any cause not included in the diet, or only infrequently, or in very small quantities, it is most important that at least three glass-fuls, one and one-half pints, and preferably more, of milk, sweet or buttermilk, be taken daily. This single addition to the customary diet will in practically all instances protect the individual from an attack of pellagra."
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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 12 |
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-04-036-0114 |
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 | healthbulletinse36nort_0114.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 | 7 |
Page Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 12 The PIealth Bulletin 13 of one workman's wife, more or less. Among 80,000 people, w^hat is one workman's wife? Guilford is so busy with so many thin2:s that it must necessarily overlook something? once in a while. Years a^o an effort was made to establish a county tuberculosis sanatorium, and one citizen, the late Caesar Cone, offered to pay out of his pocket $30,000 of the expense. But the county felt itself unal>le to undertake the thing then, and Mr. Cone's offer was never accepted. If the sanatorium had been built, perhaps this workman's wife might have been saved. But what of that? The county needed a new courthouse, and not even wealthy Guilford has money for everything. So the courthouse was built and the sanatorium wasn't. And the district nurse and relief committee bought the little house on Glen-wood Avenue, and began taking them out there to die. It is something—ah, the young workman with the strong cunning hands will tell you that it is much. But even so, the women on the committee don't feel right about it. It keeps ringing in their ears: '*Dead at 24; dead of a preventable disease; dead of a disease that afflicts 1,000 other citizens of Guilford, and that might be almost, if not entirely, stamped out if the county would furnish the money to fight it." And recalling that, the fine new courthouse, gleaming in the sunlight, graceful and white and spotless, seems to them less like a temple of justice than a huge cenotaph to all the workmen's wives who have died for lack of the care that could have been furnished with the money that that building cost. So their hearts turn away from this snowy building that commemorates a spirit colder than snow, a civilization harsher to the afflicted poor than the savage winds that whirl forever around the poles; and they lavish their affection on the little house prepared for death, but that has smilingly proffered life to 16. And they even dare maintain that here, and not on the new court square, is the real pride of Guilford. But they are only women, and haven't much business sense. So what could 3^ou expect? PELLAGRA CAN BE PREVENTED—CAN BE CURED In North Carolina pellagra, a disease that is preventable and curable, has been levying a heavy death toll, but one that has been considerably lessened during the past two years. In 1917 the total deaths in the State from this cause amounted to 604; in 1918 the total was 634; in 1919 the total had dropped to 381; last year, 1920, a still further reduction was shown, the total being 297. For the first six months of 1921 the total number of deaths reported from this cause is thirteen less than for the first six months of 1920. Dr. Joseph Goldl»erger, the recognized authority on pellagra in the United States, says: **Milk is the most important single food in balancing a diet and preventing or curing pellagra, and when lean meat, green vegetables, and fruits are for any cause not included in the diet, or only infrequently, or in very small quantities, it is most important that at least three glass-fuls, one and one-half pints, and preferably more, of milk, sweet or buttermilk, be taken daily. This single addition to the customary diet will in practically all instances protect the individual from an attack of pellagra." |
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 |
Article Title | The Most Successful Failure in Greensboro |
Article Author | Johnson, Gerald W. |
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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