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April, i945 The Health Bulletin 11 aimed at the ultimate eradication of the Great White Plague—and why the State Board of Health asked the Legislature for an appropriation to enable North Carolina to participate in the program. The continued downward trend of our pneumonia death rate, as reflected in the 1944 Vital Statistics report, also is very gratifying. During the year there were 1,555 pneumonia deaths reported in this state, with a rate of 41.5, as compared with 1,692 deaths and a rate of 45.7 in 1943. The lay population now has become fairly familiar with modern pneumonia control methods. It is very fortunate, however, that the drugs used can be dispensed only upon a physician's prescription, else their use might be as common and as damaging as that of some of the other forms of self-medication. There were only 37 deaths from diphtheria in North Carolina last year, as compared with 56 in 1943. In twenty years the diphtheria death rate in this state has been reduced from 11.8 to just 1.0. A strict observance of the laws now on out statute books would result in the eradication of this crippling disease. It is just as easy as that. Cancer deaths in North Carolina last year totaled 2,298, as compared with 2,317 in 1943—an actual decrease, for the first time in recent years. But the difference was so slight that it offers little, if any, encouragement, at the present time. Throughout 1944 poliomyelitis deaths in this state numbered 44. That is the (tentative) official total for the year which included the most extensive polio epidemic in North Carolina's history—an epidemic which, although it constituted a sad experience, laid the groundwork for better control of this disease in the future. These have been highlights of the 1944 Vital Statistics report for North Carolina—a report which, in the main, should give us much encouragement. April Is Cancer Control Month By Myrtle Ellen LaBarr, Publicity Director N. C. Division of the Field Army American Cancer Society Greensboro, North Carolina UARD Those You Love—Give To Con-VJ quer Cancer!" is the appealing slogan for the ninth annual observance of April as Cancer Control Month. Men and women, some of the busiest citizens to be found throughout North Carolina will join citizens of odier states in a nationwide campaign to raise $5,000,000 for the conquest of the disease which ranks second as a destroyer of human life. Eric Johnston, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, is Chairman for the national campaign, and Mrs. Harold V. Milligan, National Commander of the Field Army of the American Cancer Society, is Co-chairman. The action of Congress in 1937 and the North Carolina General Assembly in 1939 in designating April as Cancer Control Month focussed the attention of the public on this dread disease. Governor Gregg Cherry and mayors throughout the state have joined in the effort to stop the needless cancer deaths claimed by cancer by issuing proclamations calling upon all citizens to help with the fight. The qu*)ta for North Carolina is $135,628.56 —on a per capita basis, less than the price of a bottle of a popular soft drink. County quotas have been set up, and indications are that workers are determined to pursue the campaign to a successful finish. Mrs. George E. Marshall, of Mount Airy, State Commander of the North Carolina Division of the Field Army of the American Cancer
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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 | 1945 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-060 |
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 | 60 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 11 |
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 | 1945 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-060-0065 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article; article title |
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 | healthbulletinse60nort_0065.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 | 60 |
Issue Number | 4 |
Page Number | 11 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | April, i945 The Health Bulletin 11 aimed at the ultimate eradication of the Great White Plague—and why the State Board of Health asked the Legislature for an appropriation to enable North Carolina to participate in the program. The continued downward trend of our pneumonia death rate, as reflected in the 1944 Vital Statistics report, also is very gratifying. During the year there were 1,555 pneumonia deaths reported in this state, with a rate of 41.5, as compared with 1,692 deaths and a rate of 45.7 in 1943. The lay population now has become fairly familiar with modern pneumonia control methods. It is very fortunate, however, that the drugs used can be dispensed only upon a physician's prescription, else their use might be as common and as damaging as that of some of the other forms of self-medication. There were only 37 deaths from diphtheria in North Carolina last year, as compared with 56 in 1943. In twenty years the diphtheria death rate in this state has been reduced from 11.8 to just 1.0. A strict observance of the laws now on out statute books would result in the eradication of this crippling disease. It is just as easy as that. Cancer deaths in North Carolina last year totaled 2,298, as compared with 2,317 in 1943—an actual decrease, for the first time in recent years. But the difference was so slight that it offers little, if any, encouragement, at the present time. Throughout 1944 poliomyelitis deaths in this state numbered 44. That is the (tentative) official total for the year which included the most extensive polio epidemic in North Carolina's history—an epidemic which, although it constituted a sad experience, laid the groundwork for better control of this disease in the future. These have been highlights of the 1944 Vital Statistics report for North Carolina—a report which, in the main, should give us much encouragement. April Is Cancer Control Month By Myrtle Ellen LaBarr, Publicity Director N. C. Division of the Field Army American Cancer Society Greensboro, North Carolina UARD Those You Love—Give To Con-VJ quer Cancer!" is the appealing slogan for the ninth annual observance of April as Cancer Control Month. Men and women, some of the busiest citizens to be found throughout North Carolina will join citizens of odier states in a nationwide campaign to raise $5,000,000 for the conquest of the disease which ranks second as a destroyer of human life. Eric Johnston, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, is Chairman for the national campaign, and Mrs. Harold V. Milligan, National Commander of the Field Army of the American Cancer Society, is Co-chairman. The action of Congress in 1937 and the North Carolina General Assembly in 1939 in designating April as Cancer Control Month focussed the attention of the public on this dread disease. Governor Gregg Cherry and mayors throughout the state have joined in the effort to stop the needless cancer deaths claimed by cancer by issuing proclamations calling upon all citizens to help with the fight. The qu*)ta for North Carolina is $135,628.56 —on a per capita basis, less than the price of a bottle of a popular soft drink. County quotas have been set up, and indications are that workers are determined to pursue the campaign to a successful finish. Mrs. George E. Marshall, of Mount Airy, State Commander of the North Carolina Division of the Field Army of the American Cancer |
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Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-060.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | April Is Cancer Control Month |
Article Author | LaBarr, Myrtle Ellen |
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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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