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Vol. XXXVI AUGUST, 1921 No. 8 THE TREATMENT OF PELLAGRA There remains some difference of opinion as to the cause of pellagra, but there is now general agreement that the disease can be prevented and can be cured through the proper diet. A general warning against a heavy increase of this disease throughout the Southern States has been issued by the United States Public Health Service. Reports to the North Carolina State Board of Health do not indicate that there is an increase of the disease in this State. At the same time there are a large number of useless deaths each year from this cause. The total number last year was 297. This number can and should be materially reduced. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, Surgeon, United States Public Health Service, has devoted much time to the study of pellagra, and today is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the world on the subject. On other pages of this issue we are printing his discussion of pellagra, its nature, prevention and treatment. The article is commended to the careful attention of all our readers.—R. B. W. STATE AGENCIES THAT RANK WITH THE BEST Dr. Hart, of the Russell Sage Foundation, tells Commissioner of Public Welfare Johnson that for North Carolina to fail in her public welfare work would be a national calamity, on account of the influence we have had on the development of such work in other states. It is a tremendous compliment, an amazing compliment. The most difficult and perplexing social service work in the world has admittedly been .social service in the country; but North Carolina, 79 per cent rural, if she cannot be said to have solved the problem, has attacked it with such vigor and such initial success as to inspire and encourage all the other rural states. No wonder Mrs. Johnson treasures Dr. Hart's remark and passes it on to the State. Always bearing in mind the wide diversity that exists between the problems. as well as the resources, of rural and urban states, and the impossibility of comparing the agencies of a predominantly urban state with one predominantly rural, North Carolina may nevertheless take pride in having two agencies that are the best of their class in the Union. We refer to the State Board of Health and the Department of Public Welfare. It does not follow that North Carolinians are better served in those respects, for in such a state as New York, for example, the work done by various municipal boards quite overshadows that done by the State agencies. But down here we must necessarily depend upon the State, for we have no cities comparable with those of the urban states. And we may certainly take pride in the fact that, in our class, our agencies are unquestionably the best. Furthermore, we have another department that is rapidly fighting its way to the front. That is the State Department of Education. It still has a long way to go before it can be classed as among the best in the Union, even among the rural states, first, because other states have been engaged in the development of public education for generations, whereas both public health and public welfare are comparatively recent developments of governmental polity; and, second, because education is and always has been expensive. and North Carolina's wealth
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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. |
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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 | 36 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 3 |
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-04-036-0129 |
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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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 | 8 |
Page Number | 3 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | Vol. XXXVI AUGUST, 1921 No. 8 THE TREATMENT OF PELLAGRA There remains some difference of opinion as to the cause of pellagra, but there is now general agreement that the disease can be prevented and can be cured through the proper diet. A general warning against a heavy increase of this disease throughout the Southern States has been issued by the United States Public Health Service. Reports to the North Carolina State Board of Health do not indicate that there is an increase of the disease in this State. At the same time there are a large number of useless deaths each year from this cause. The total number last year was 297. This number can and should be materially reduced. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, Surgeon, United States Public Health Service, has devoted much time to the study of pellagra, and today is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the world on the subject. On other pages of this issue we are printing his discussion of pellagra, its nature, prevention and treatment. The article is commended to the careful attention of all our readers.—R. B. W. STATE AGENCIES THAT RANK WITH THE BEST Dr. Hart, of the Russell Sage Foundation, tells Commissioner of Public Welfare Johnson that for North Carolina to fail in her public welfare work would be a national calamity, on account of the influence we have had on the development of such work in other states. It is a tremendous compliment, an amazing compliment. The most difficult and perplexing social service work in the world has admittedly been .social service in the country; but North Carolina, 79 per cent rural, if she cannot be said to have solved the problem, has attacked it with such vigor and such initial success as to inspire and encourage all the other rural states. No wonder Mrs. Johnson treasures Dr. Hart's remark and passes it on to the State. Always bearing in mind the wide diversity that exists between the problems. as well as the resources, of rural and urban states, and the impossibility of comparing the agencies of a predominantly urban state with one predominantly rural, North Carolina may nevertheless take pride in having two agencies that are the best of their class in the Union. We refer to the State Board of Health and the Department of Public Welfare. It does not follow that North Carolinians are better served in those respects, for in such a state as New York, for example, the work done by various municipal boards quite overshadows that done by the State agencies. But down here we must necessarily depend upon the State, for we have no cities comparable with those of the urban states. And we may certainly take pride in the fact that, in our class, our agencies are unquestionably the best. Furthermore, we have another department that is rapidly fighting its way to the front. That is the State Department of Education. It still has a long way to go before it can be classed as among the best in the Union, even among the rural states, first, because other states have been engaged in the development of public education for generations, whereas both public health and public welfare are comparatively recent developments of governmental polity; and, second, because education is and always has been expensive. and North Carolina's wealth |
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 |
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