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» -i-ijrjrc ■ ■ _____ °3llPUBLI5MED BYTAE N^RTA CAROLINA STATE 5°ARD»* AEALTAl IB Vol. 70 MAY. 1955 No. 5 J. W. R. NORTON, M.D., M.P.H., State Health Officer JOHN H. HAMILTON, M.D., Editor MEDICINE'S GREATEST CHALLENGE— AN EFFECTIVE SAFETY VACCINE FOR CHILDREN CHARLES M. CAMERON JR., M.D, M.P.H. Chief, Accident Prevention and Communicable Disease Sections Division of Epidemiology North Carolina State Board of Health Public interest in the positive approach to good health through the prevention of sickness prior to the onset of the actual disease has been heightened by the recent announcement of a partially effective method for the control of poliomyelitis. Imagination has been captured by the idea of a "miracle vaccine" which, once injected, may ward off forever the threat to children arising from bacterial and virus diseases. Despite the limitations of the present poliomyelitis vaccine, all are encouraged that medical science has taken the inital steps in the development of an immunizing agent offering protection against poliomyelitis. To those with perspective as to the entire gamut of childhood health problems, however, the greatest need for effective control methods remains in the area of childhood accidents, since it is these needless mishaps which continue to stand unchallenged as the major detriment to health and happiness of children in the United States in 1955. The hope of those concerned with this problem is for a "wonder drug" or "magic vaccine" which will render impotent the ranking killer and crippler of children. Latest official statistics released by the National Office of Vital Statistics for the year 1952 show that 10 per cent of the 144,715 deaths in children under fifteen years of age were caused by accidents and that 15.5 per cent of America's 96,000 accident fatalities occurred among children under fifteen. (1) In comparison with all other conditions, accidents rank as the leading cause of death for persons from one through thirty-four years of age and in the age groups under ten years of age the number of accident fatalities is larger than the combined total of the next five leading causes of death. Official records show that, in comparison with the total deaths occurring at each age, accidental deaths increase in relative importance through the age groups of childhood and reach a peak for the age group fifteen to twenty-four years, wrhen this cause accounts for nearly half of all deaths. In 1952 for every child under fifteen years of age killed by polio, ten lost their lives in accidents; for every child killed by whooping cough, fifty lost their lives in accidents; for every child killed by diptheria, 100 lost their lives in accidents; and for every child killed
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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 | 1955 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-070 |
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 | 70 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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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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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 | 1955 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-070-0073 |
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 | healthbulletinse70nort_0073.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 | 70 |
Issue Number | 5 |
Page Number | 3 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | » -i-ijrjrc ■ ■ _____ °3llPUBLI5MED BYTAE N^RTA CAROLINA STATE 5°ARD»* AEALTAl IB Vol. 70 MAY. 1955 No. 5 J. W. R. NORTON, M.D., M.P.H., State Health Officer JOHN H. HAMILTON, M.D., Editor MEDICINE'S GREATEST CHALLENGE— AN EFFECTIVE SAFETY VACCINE FOR CHILDREN CHARLES M. CAMERON JR., M.D, M.P.H. Chief, Accident Prevention and Communicable Disease Sections Division of Epidemiology North Carolina State Board of Health Public interest in the positive approach to good health through the prevention of sickness prior to the onset of the actual disease has been heightened by the recent announcement of a partially effective method for the control of poliomyelitis. Imagination has been captured by the idea of a "miracle vaccine" which, once injected, may ward off forever the threat to children arising from bacterial and virus diseases. Despite the limitations of the present poliomyelitis vaccine, all are encouraged that medical science has taken the inital steps in the development of an immunizing agent offering protection against poliomyelitis. To those with perspective as to the entire gamut of childhood health problems, however, the greatest need for effective control methods remains in the area of childhood accidents, since it is these needless mishaps which continue to stand unchallenged as the major detriment to health and happiness of children in the United States in 1955. The hope of those concerned with this problem is for a "wonder drug" or "magic vaccine" which will render impotent the ranking killer and crippler of children. Latest official statistics released by the National Office of Vital Statistics for the year 1952 show that 10 per cent of the 144,715 deaths in children under fifteen years of age were caused by accidents and that 15.5 per cent of America's 96,000 accident fatalities occurred among children under fifteen. (1) In comparison with all other conditions, accidents rank as the leading cause of death for persons from one through thirty-four years of age and in the age groups under ten years of age the number of accident fatalities is larger than the combined total of the next five leading causes of death. Official records show that, in comparison with the total deaths occurring at each age, accidental deaths increase in relative importance through the age groups of childhood and reach a peak for the age group fifteen to twenty-four years, wrhen this cause accounts for nearly half of all deaths. In 1952 for every child under fifteen years of age killed by polio, ten lost their lives in accidents; for every child killed by whooping cough, fifty lost their lives in accidents; for every child killed by diptheria, 100 lost their lives in accidents; and for every child killed |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-070.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Article Title | Medicine's Greatest Challenge - An Effective Safety Vaccine for Children |
Article Author | Cameron, Charles M. |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-070 |
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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