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10 The Health Bulletin September, 1958 severe adult infections, it might be desirable to deliberately expose a child to the disease, thus insuring lifelong immunity, Dr. Shaw said. However, this introduces the potential risk of secondarily exposing adults who may then have the illness with greater severity and sometimes permanent damage. There is no really reliable and predictable means of artificially inducing immunity. The best means of acquiring lifelong immunity is to have mumps before puberty, Dr. Shaw said. He is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California Medical Center and chief of the communicable disease department at Children's Hospital, San Francisco. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING URGED FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED The investment of relatively small sums of money in the rehabilitation of handicapped persons for professions really pays off, a recent Oklahoma survey has shown. In fact, professional workers in their working lifetimes will return to the state and federal government 60 times the amount of money invested in their rehabilitations, Dr. Jean S. Felton said. That is his estimate of the amount to be paid in taxes alone by 190 persons now working in medicine and related fields after their rehabilitation by the Oklahoma State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Because some people think that only craft, custodial or service workers are produced by vocational rehabilitation services, Dr. Felton surveyed the Oklahoma program between 1937 and 1957. He found workers in many professions, but studied carefully only those in medicine and related fields. Dr. Felton, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, reported the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The 190 handicapped persons were placed in 16 medical or paramedical categories. Fifty-two became nurses (professional and practical); 35 laboratory technicians; 18 dental technologists; 17 physicians and 14 X-ray technicians. There were 26 different disabilities, the greatest number being stable pulmonary tuberculosis (22.1 per cent). Others were polio after effects, 13.2 per cent; bone and joint disorders, 10.5 per cent, and visual defects, 8.4 per cent. Of the former tuberculosis patients, 62 per cent became laboratory or x-ray technologists. The overall cost—paid by tax funds— for rehabilitating the patients was $95,470, which averaged $533 per person, with a range from no cost to $5,282. Expenditures were made for training, physical examinations, prosthetic fees, doctors' fees, maintenance and supplies. Not all clients represented direct costs, Dr. Felton said, since some received services, such as counseling, with no attached cost except overhead. The largest individual expenditure was for a patient who was assisted through medical school. Dr. Felton estimated that the 190 persons would earn more than 34 million dollars from the time they completed training until they retired at 65. They would pay income taxes of more than 5 million dollars to the federal government and more than $170,-000 to the state. This represents "a return on rehabilitation investment of over sixty-fold," , he noted. This return "bespeaks the wisdom of rendering aid to those persons capable of undertaking professional curriculums." In addition to producing financial gains, rehabilitation also helps fill needed occupational categories and, of course, helps restore the dignity of the individuals involved. OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES CAN BE PREVENTED Inflammation of the skin, the most common industrial disease, is largely preventable according to the American Medical Association's committee on oc-
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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 | 1958 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-073 |
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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Fixed Title * | Page 10 |
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 | 1958 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-073-0128 |
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Language | English |
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Volume Number | 73 |
Issue Number | 10 |
Page Number | 10 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 10 The Health Bulletin September, 1958 severe adult infections, it might be desirable to deliberately expose a child to the disease, thus insuring lifelong immunity, Dr. Shaw said. However, this introduces the potential risk of secondarily exposing adults who may then have the illness with greater severity and sometimes permanent damage. There is no really reliable and predictable means of artificially inducing immunity. The best means of acquiring lifelong immunity is to have mumps before puberty, Dr. Shaw said. He is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California Medical Center and chief of the communicable disease department at Children's Hospital, San Francisco. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING URGED FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED The investment of relatively small sums of money in the rehabilitation of handicapped persons for professions really pays off, a recent Oklahoma survey has shown. In fact, professional workers in their working lifetimes will return to the state and federal government 60 times the amount of money invested in their rehabilitations, Dr. Jean S. Felton said. That is his estimate of the amount to be paid in taxes alone by 190 persons now working in medicine and related fields after their rehabilitation by the Oklahoma State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Because some people think that only craft, custodial or service workers are produced by vocational rehabilitation services, Dr. Felton surveyed the Oklahoma program between 1937 and 1957. He found workers in many professions, but studied carefully only those in medicine and related fields. Dr. Felton, professor of preventive medicine at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, reported the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The 190 handicapped persons were placed in 16 medical or paramedical categories. Fifty-two became nurses (professional and practical); 35 laboratory technicians; 18 dental technologists; 17 physicians and 14 X-ray technicians. There were 26 different disabilities, the greatest number being stable pulmonary tuberculosis (22.1 per cent). Others were polio after effects, 13.2 per cent; bone and joint disorders, 10.5 per cent, and visual defects, 8.4 per cent. Of the former tuberculosis patients, 62 per cent became laboratory or x-ray technologists. The overall cost—paid by tax funds— for rehabilitating the patients was $95,470, which averaged $533 per person, with a range from no cost to $5,282. Expenditures were made for training, physical examinations, prosthetic fees, doctors' fees, maintenance and supplies. Not all clients represented direct costs, Dr. Felton said, since some received services, such as counseling, with no attached cost except overhead. The largest individual expenditure was for a patient who was assisted through medical school. Dr. Felton estimated that the 190 persons would earn more than 34 million dollars from the time they completed training until they retired at 65. They would pay income taxes of more than 5 million dollars to the federal government and more than $170,-000 to the state. This represents "a return on rehabilitation investment of over sixty-fold" , he noted. This return "bespeaks the wisdom of rendering aid to those persons capable of undertaking professional curriculums." In addition to producing financial gains, rehabilitation also helps fill needed occupational categories and, of course, helps restore the dignity of the individuals involved. OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES CAN BE PREVENTED Inflammation of the skin, the most common industrial disease, is largely preventable according to the American Medical Association's committee on oc- |
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