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September, 193^ The Health Bulletin 13 expectant mother or the mother of a young infant. Whenever scientifically determined facts are available on this subject we will surely present to our readers an unbiased opinion in the matter. While we are on the subject, we take this means of again repeating what we have said many times before, that scientific opinion has well demonstrated throughout the world in the past that the smoking of ciga- rettes or the use of tobacco in any form by children or immature adolescents before the age of maturity is harmful in the extreme. It is a habit that can do no good at that time, and may do a great deal of harm. The use of tobacco is a habit, pure and simple, and as such should not be formed until after an individual is fully grown. The last chapter on the use of tobacco has by no means been written yet. Public Health Service In the Counties of North Carolina By R. E. Fox, M.D., Directo7% Division of County Health Worh IT is one of the functions of our Government to assume the responsibility for the protection of the public health of its citizens. President Roosevelt, in ^addressing the Legislature in the State of New York while Governor of that State, stated: "The success or failure of any government in the final analysis must be measured by the well-being of its citizens. Nothing can be more important to a state than its public health. The State's paramount concern should be the health of its people." The State, by its constitutional authority, is responsible for the health of its citizens. The State in turn has delegated a part of this power to Federal and local governments. The State of North Carolina, through its Legislature, has placed much of this responsibility upon our counties and cities. Our local governing bodies have assumed this obligation in varying degrees. Some have provided generously for this protection of the health of its citizenship. Others have assumed only a small portion of their responsibility. The State Board of Health recognizes that the most important part of our public health service is that performed by the local health workers who come into daily contact with the public. This department is dependent upon the local boards of health to give application to its policies and State-wide services. The absence of local health machinery places an added responsibility on the State in its efforts to protect the public health. Modern science, through its discoveries, and the extension of our knowledge of chemistry, bacteriology, physiology, engineering, and the allied sciences, has not only transformed medicine from an art to a science, but has created the whole field of preventive medicine and the scientific attack upon disease. The various forces which have created many of our public health problems have given us the means to protect the public against the ravages of disease and inefficiency, when these forces are properly utilized. Our experience clearly demonstrates that the application of modern health practices for a rural area is best attained through a County Health Department under the direction of a full-time trained Public Health Officer, who is capable of developing a complete and well-rounded program for county-wide service. By the term, ''a full-time health unit," we mean a corps of trained public health workers who devote their entire time to the protection of the public health within a governmental unit. Such a unit consists of
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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 | 1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-049 |
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 | 49 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 13 |
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 | 1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-049-0195 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article; article title; 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 | 49 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 13 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | September, 193^ The Health Bulletin 13 expectant mother or the mother of a young infant. Whenever scientifically determined facts are available on this subject we will surely present to our readers an unbiased opinion in the matter. While we are on the subject, we take this means of again repeating what we have said many times before, that scientific opinion has well demonstrated throughout the world in the past that the smoking of ciga- rettes or the use of tobacco in any form by children or immature adolescents before the age of maturity is harmful in the extreme. It is a habit that can do no good at that time, and may do a great deal of harm. The use of tobacco is a habit, pure and simple, and as such should not be formed until after an individual is fully grown. The last chapter on the use of tobacco has by no means been written yet. Public Health Service In the Counties of North Carolina By R. E. Fox, M.D., Directo7% Division of County Health Worh IT is one of the functions of our Government to assume the responsibility for the protection of the public health of its citizens. President Roosevelt, in ^addressing the Legislature in the State of New York while Governor of that State, stated: "The success or failure of any government in the final analysis must be measured by the well-being of its citizens. Nothing can be more important to a state than its public health. The State's paramount concern should be the health of its people." The State, by its constitutional authority, is responsible for the health of its citizens. The State in turn has delegated a part of this power to Federal and local governments. The State of North Carolina, through its Legislature, has placed much of this responsibility upon our counties and cities. Our local governing bodies have assumed this obligation in varying degrees. Some have provided generously for this protection of the health of its citizenship. Others have assumed only a small portion of their responsibility. The State Board of Health recognizes that the most important part of our public health service is that performed by the local health workers who come into daily contact with the public. This department is dependent upon the local boards of health to give application to its policies and State-wide services. The absence of local health machinery places an added responsibility on the State in its efforts to protect the public health. Modern science, through its discoveries, and the extension of our knowledge of chemistry, bacteriology, physiology, engineering, and the allied sciences, has not only transformed medicine from an art to a science, but has created the whole field of preventive medicine and the scientific attack upon disease. The various forces which have created many of our public health problems have given us the means to protect the public against the ravages of disease and inefficiency, when these forces are properly utilized. Our experience clearly demonstrates that the application of modern health practices for a rural area is best attained through a County Health Department under the direction of a full-time trained Public Health Officer, who is capable of developing a complete and well-rounded program for county-wide service. By the term, ''a full-time health unit" we mean a corps of trained public health workers who devote their entire time to the protection of the public health within a governmental unit. Such a unit consists of |
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Article Title | Public Health Service In the Counties of North Carolina |
Article Author | Fox, R. E. |
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