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28 NOKTFJ CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH. but they have been none the less active. Under the skillful guidance of their most efficient Secretary, Dr. li. H. Lewis, the work has become more and more systematized, and the only flaws of importance in the laws at the present are the want of more mandatory powers, and more money to effect the execution of the orders of the Board, The health meeting at Washin2;ton, one of the missionary sanitary conventions, of the purpose and scope of which you were apprised last year, was a marked success, and is bearing legitimate frnit right now. These meetings will be repeated just as often as possible. It must be remembered that the personnel of the Board is composed of active practitioners and laymen who are always intensely engaged. Due consideration for the life work of these men must be had always in projecting ^nd carrying into effect one of these meetings. There is no doubt that the examination of drinking water here and there all over the State, examinations made to clear up the history of outbreaks disease, has opened the eyes of the people to the necessity of more care in the provision of the water they use. Coujjled with tliis is the work of Dr. Lewis in the study of the connection of malaria with drinking water. It is quite impossible to measure the extent of good that is the outcome of his earnest labors in tliis field. I know of a certainty that it has impressed people wdio have never heard of or read his excellent monograph, but liave come into possession of the facts which he so admirably set forth. Those of you who saw the exhaustive report of Dr. Pate on the sample of water sent to him from AVilmington, and the clear connection that his examination established between the drinking water used at a gather-ing of young people and certain cases of typhoid fever occurring among them, will realize of how much importance this new departure of the Board of Health is worth. I believe that it is a fact that typhoid fever, tliat deadly
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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 | 1895-1896 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-006 |
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 | 6 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 28 |
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 | 1895-1896 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-006-0034 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news |
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 | 6 |
Page Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 28 NOKTFJ CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH. but they have been none the less active. Under the skillful guidance of their most efficient Secretary, Dr. li. H. Lewis, the work has become more and more systematized, and the only flaws of importance in the laws at the present are the want of more mandatory powers, and more money to effect the execution of the orders of the Board, The health meeting at Washin2;ton, one of the missionary sanitary conventions, of the purpose and scope of which you were apprised last year, was a marked success, and is bearing legitimate frnit right now. These meetings will be repeated just as often as possible. It must be remembered that the personnel of the Board is composed of active practitioners and laymen who are always intensely engaged. Due consideration for the life work of these men must be had always in projecting ^nd carrying into effect one of these meetings. There is no doubt that the examination of drinking water here and there all over the State, examinations made to clear up the history of outbreaks disease, has opened the eyes of the people to the necessity of more care in the provision of the water they use. Coujjled with tliis is the work of Dr. Lewis in the study of the connection of malaria with drinking water. It is quite impossible to measure the extent of good that is the outcome of his earnest labors in tliis field. I know of a certainty that it has impressed people wdio have never heard of or read his excellent monograph, but liave come into possession of the facts which he so admirably set forth. Those of you who saw the exhaustive report of Dr. Pate on the sample of water sent to him from AVilmington, and the clear connection that his examination established between the drinking water used at a gather-ing of young people and certain cases of typhoid fever occurring among them, will realize of how much importance this new departure of the Board of Health is worth. I believe that it is a fact that typhoid fever, tliat deadly |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-01/nchh-01-006.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-01 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-01-006 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-01 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375274 |
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