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12 The Health Bulletijst The child gave Dr. Reece the wrong postoffice address the reason I called them to this place. The postmaster sent it to the right postoffice although directed to the wrong. Before I knew of all this I asked her if they could afford to pay and she said yes, they would manage it some way. After I found out I told her we would do him free. I have shed the first tears I have shed in this county over this incident. That is saying a lot. Sincerely, Cleone E. Hobbs, State School Nurse. We suppose an investigation would be in order in this case, or at least a committee appointed to place a value on the forty acres and to inquire about the whereabouts of the mule before arranging for a life-saving operation for that boy. But we will cheerfully leave all that to the coroner, or somebody. Our business is to try to get the child treated before it is too late. CIRCUS DAY IN ALAMANCE, FODDER PULLING IN WILKES, AND TOBACCO CURING IN PITT Dentist reporting for one week from Alamance said: "Finished Hawfield school and moved to Pinetop Friday morning where I was scheduled to be Friday and Saturday. Found school closed and teachers and children had gone to Burlington to see circus." Certainly more cheerful than a report from there one year ago would have been. Then the schools were closed on account of influenza. But it is not encouraging from a ^'better teeth" standpoint. However, what excuse could the "Old Boys" at Pinetop have found for going to the circus if the children had remained in school? From Wilkes the nurse reported on one occasion, "I do not know how many of the schools are stopping, a month, for ^fodder pulling,' but I believe a majority of the country schools." l^ater exi>erience proved her prediction abundantly correct. But we respectfully pass that report on to Dr. Clarence Poe and his corps of Progressive Farmer workers, with the suggestion that they keep up the fight against the foolish practice of fodder pulling by anybody, let alone by the children who ought to be in school. Lay it on, Poe! The darkest hour of course is said to be before the dawn breaks. From Pitt the dentist reported in July that: "Tobacco curing is the order of the day in ............ neighborhood. Worked there two days; first day very little response, although one family of seven cliildren, four between 6 and 13, and therefore entitled to treatment, lived just across road from schoolhouse. Father said all were busy in tobacco and unless I moved my outfit across road and worked at noon none of them* could come. All had teeth in deplorable condition. None in this community seem to appreciate the need for such work for the care of their children. What a contrast to the experience at Grifton. There they have a splendid school building, everybody was interested, and Prof. W. G. Col-trane was there to give me plenty of assistance. It does not seem possible that the two places could be in the same county." There you have an unconscious diagnosis and prescription all in one short letter. If every school district in North Carolina had a W. G. Coltrane or a G. R. Wheeler in it as head of the schools, in ten years the course of North Carolina history would begin to be written in a different vein for the next thousand years. There is no better place than just here to state again that a majority of men who are really able to take their children to dentists regularly for dental treatment never do it, and it requires the hardest sort of urging to get these same people to take their children to the free clinics and get the advantage of absolutely free treatment.
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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 | 1919 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-034 |
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 | 34 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb1296443 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 12 |
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 | 1919 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-034-0098 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; editorial |
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 | 34 |
Issue Number | 11 |
Page Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 12 The Health Bulletijst The child gave Dr. Reece the wrong postoffice address the reason I called them to this place. The postmaster sent it to the right postoffice although directed to the wrong. Before I knew of all this I asked her if they could afford to pay and she said yes, they would manage it some way. After I found out I told her we would do him free. I have shed the first tears I have shed in this county over this incident. That is saying a lot. Sincerely, Cleone E. Hobbs, State School Nurse. We suppose an investigation would be in order in this case, or at least a committee appointed to place a value on the forty acres and to inquire about the whereabouts of the mule before arranging for a life-saving operation for that boy. But we will cheerfully leave all that to the coroner, or somebody. Our business is to try to get the child treated before it is too late. CIRCUS DAY IN ALAMANCE, FODDER PULLING IN WILKES, AND TOBACCO CURING IN PITT Dentist reporting for one week from Alamance said: "Finished Hawfield school and moved to Pinetop Friday morning where I was scheduled to be Friday and Saturday. Found school closed and teachers and children had gone to Burlington to see circus." Certainly more cheerful than a report from there one year ago would have been. Then the schools were closed on account of influenza. But it is not encouraging from a ^'better teeth" standpoint. However, what excuse could the "Old Boys" at Pinetop have found for going to the circus if the children had remained in school? From Wilkes the nurse reported on one occasion, "I do not know how many of the schools are stopping, a month, for ^fodder pulling,' but I believe a majority of the country schools." l^ater exi>erience proved her prediction abundantly correct. But we respectfully pass that report on to Dr. Clarence Poe and his corps of Progressive Farmer workers, with the suggestion that they keep up the fight against the foolish practice of fodder pulling by anybody, let alone by the children who ought to be in school. Lay it on, Poe! The darkest hour of course is said to be before the dawn breaks. From Pitt the dentist reported in July that: "Tobacco curing is the order of the day in ............ neighborhood. Worked there two days; first day very little response, although one family of seven cliildren, four between 6 and 13, and therefore entitled to treatment, lived just across road from schoolhouse. Father said all were busy in tobacco and unless I moved my outfit across road and worked at noon none of them* could come. All had teeth in deplorable condition. None in this community seem to appreciate the need for such work for the care of their children. What a contrast to the experience at Grifton. There they have a splendid school building, everybody was interested, and Prof. W. G. Col-trane was there to give me plenty of assistance. It does not seem possible that the two places could be in the same county." There you have an unconscious diagnosis and prescription all in one short letter. If every school district in North Carolina had a W. G. Coltrane or a G. R. Wheeler in it as head of the schools, in ten years the course of North Carolina history would begin to be written in a different vein for the next thousand years. There is no better place than just here to state again that a majority of men who are really able to take their children to dentists regularly for dental treatment never do it, and it requires the hardest sort of urging to get these same people to take their children to the free clinics and get the advantage of absolutely free treatment. |
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Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-034.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-034 |
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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