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TWELFTH BIENjNTIAL REPORT. 32 he remains at home, and it is likely to bring him iinder medical treatment. Thus this infection is either brought to an end or it is more or less confined to the immediate premises of this particular family. That same infection will produce less serious physical results on the negro, who will, therefore, not be so likely to be confined at home, and he will not he so likely to come under medical treatment. The conclusion naturally is that, relatively, the negro is, and from theoretical conditions necessarily nuist be, a greater spreader of hookworm disease than is the white man. The immense importance of this latter fact can be seen when we compare the white and the negro as a soil ix)lluter. In this connection I would state that I have collected statistics for 8*IG farmhouses in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, and I find that of these 3GG cases only 115 houses, or 31.4 per cent, were provided with privies of any sort; in other words, 251 of these houses, or GS.o per cent, had no priA\v, and on this account the soil pollution on these premises reached a theoretical maximum. Of the 300 farmhouses in question my records show that 73 were occupied by whites and S3 by negroes, but I have no record of the race of the occupants of the remaining 210 houses. Of the 73 houses occupied by whites 50.1 per cent, or 41 houses, had privies, and 43.8 per cent, or 32 houses, were without privies. Of the 83 negro houses 20.4 per cent, or 17 houses, had privies, while 70.5 per cent, or GO houses, had no privy. In other words, the theoretical maximum of soil pollution was reached in 43.8 per cent of the houses occupied by whites and in 70.5 per cent of the houses occupied by negroes. From these statistics it would appear that the negro is nearly twice the soil polluter that the white man is, and this conclusion is in harmony with what we know of the generally poorer condition of the negro privy, when one is present, and also with the complaints so often made regarding the pollution of alleys in cities by the negro. Comparing the white and the negro, numerically, as an inhabitant, we find that in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana the average ratio is 1,000 whites to 833 negroes. The ratio in these States varies between 1,000 whites to 404 negroes in North Carolina and 1,000 whites to 1,415 negroes in Mississippi. P'rom the foregoing data It is seen that in the area under discussion we have the following combination : (1) Two races (whites and negroes) are living side by side. I 2) As inhabitants they bear the ratio of 1.000 whites to 833 negroes (a proportion of negroes far in excess of what exists in other States). (3) As soil polluters they bear the ratio of 438 (in whites) to 795 (in negroes). (4) Two diseases (hookworm disease spread by soil pollution, and malaria spread by mosquitoes) are present in high percentages.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-01: Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health [1879-1908] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1907-1908 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-012 |
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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Volume Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Heath [1879-1908] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : News & Observer, 1881-1909. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1907-1908 |
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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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Volume Number | 12 |
Page Number | 25 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | TWELFTH BIENjNTIAL REPORT. 32 he remains at home, and it is likely to bring him iinder medical treatment. Thus this infection is either brought to an end or it is more or less confined to the immediate premises of this particular family. That same infection will produce less serious physical results on the negro, who will, therefore, not be so likely to be confined at home, and he will not he so likely to come under medical treatment. The conclusion naturally is that, relatively, the negro is, and from theoretical conditions necessarily nuist be, a greater spreader of hookworm disease than is the white man. The immense importance of this latter fact can be seen when we compare the white and the negro as a soil ix)lluter. In this connection I would state that I have collected statistics for 8*IG farmhouses in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, and I find that of these 3GG cases only 115 houses, or 31.4 per cent, were provided with privies of any sort; in other words, 251 of these houses, or GS.o per cent, had no priA\v, and on this account the soil pollution on these premises reached a theoretical maximum. Of the 300 farmhouses in question my records show that 73 were occupied by whites and S3 by negroes, but I have no record of the race of the occupants of the remaining 210 houses. Of the 73 houses occupied by whites 50.1 per cent, or 41 houses, had privies, and 43.8 per cent, or 32 houses, were without privies. Of the 83 negro houses 20.4 per cent, or 17 houses, had privies, while 70.5 per cent, or GO houses, had no privy. In other words, the theoretical maximum of soil pollution was reached in 43.8 per cent of the houses occupied by whites and in 70.5 per cent of the houses occupied by negroes. From these statistics it would appear that the negro is nearly twice the soil polluter that the white man is, and this conclusion is in harmony with what we know of the generally poorer condition of the negro privy, when one is present, and also with the complaints so often made regarding the pollution of alleys in cities by the negro. Comparing the white and the negro, numerically, as an inhabitant, we find that in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana the average ratio is 1,000 whites to 833 negroes. The ratio in these States varies between 1,000 whites to 404 negroes in North Carolina and 1,000 whites to 1,415 negroes in Mississippi. P'rom the foregoing data It is seen that in the area under discussion we have the following combination : (1) Two races (whites and negroes) are living side by side. I 2) As inhabitants they bear the ratio of 1.000 whites to 833 negroes (a proportion of negroes far in excess of what exists in other States). (3) As soil polluters they bear the ratio of 438 (in whites) to 795 (in negroes). (4) Two diseases (hookworm disease spread by soil pollution, and malaria spread by mosquitoes) are present in high percentages. |
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