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SIXTH BIENNIAL KKPORT. 1 i i must first remove in order to prevent the germ's clevelo])ment. It is inexijlicable at present that these marshes and low lands have been known to become healthy without apparent change in previously favorable conditions for development; it is highly prol)a-ble, though, that the germ will never disappear unless the environment is changed. Clearing, draining and cultivation will accomplish this in a measure. Oxygen being necessary, as claimed by Crudeli, to the existence of the germ, close sodding with grass after drainage is the best sanitary cultivation. The Carolina poplar or Cottonwood tree, eucalyptus and several others, have gained a reputation as absor))ers of the virus from miasmatic atmosphere ; doubtless one tree is as good as another for this purpose, and the claim of those mentioned is referred to only to deny it absolutely. The usual avenue of entrance being the 'intestinal tract, although a respectable minority still hold that it is the lungs and skin, how is the germ to be prevented from entering the system ? Bartley, of Brooklyn, has recently found the malarial organisms in the drinking water from the source of common sujjply of the city of Brooklyn, which only serves to establish what was already accepted—that water is the most efficient carrier, and when containing the surface washings charged with decomposing organic matter was a satisfactory al^iding place and furnished a suitable pabulum, not only for malarial, l)ut many other pathogenic organisms. In p]astern Carolina the water supply is principallv from shallow Avells, ten or twenty feet deep, in wet seasons the water rising very near the surface level. The question of prevention resolves itself into one of purifying the Avater from shallow wells, or getting purer water from some other source. By boiling the well Avater all vitality is destroyed and dead organic matter is harmless. This is the only safe rule if any well water is to be used. The custom prevails in some malarial sections to boil enough water in the morning for the day's consumption. Alter boiling it should be placed in a porcelain cooler and closed up. By using only boiled water the malarial attacks may be reduced to a minimum. It is a matter of common observation that, in families using boiled water, those who, for some reason, do not drink it have been known to have malarial attacks while others escaped. Purer and better water can be obtained from deep bored or driven Avells and cisterns. When proper care is exercised in collecting, no better water can be procured than cistern water. The Board of Health has done great good in disseminating information in regard to bored wells. They are coming into more general use, and wherever used malaria prevails to less extent; but the pump gets out of order, is troublesome to repair, and doubtless,
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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. |
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Volume Number | 6 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 179 |
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-01-006-0185 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
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 | 6 |
Page Number | 179 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | SIXTH BIENNIAL KKPORT. 1 i i must first remove in order to prevent the germ's clevelo])ment. It is inexijlicable at present that these marshes and low lands have been known to become healthy without apparent change in previously favorable conditions for development; it is highly prol)a-ble, though, that the germ will never disappear unless the environment is changed. Clearing, draining and cultivation will accomplish this in a measure. Oxygen being necessary, as claimed by Crudeli, to the existence of the germ, close sodding with grass after drainage is the best sanitary cultivation. The Carolina poplar or Cottonwood tree, eucalyptus and several others, have gained a reputation as absor))ers of the virus from miasmatic atmosphere ; doubtless one tree is as good as another for this purpose, and the claim of those mentioned is referred to only to deny it absolutely. The usual avenue of entrance being the 'intestinal tract, although a respectable minority still hold that it is the lungs and skin, how is the germ to be prevented from entering the system ? Bartley, of Brooklyn, has recently found the malarial organisms in the drinking water from the source of common sujjply of the city of Brooklyn, which only serves to establish what was already accepted—that water is the most efficient carrier, and when containing the surface washings charged with decomposing organic matter was a satisfactory al^iding place and furnished a suitable pabulum, not only for malarial, l)ut many other pathogenic organisms. In p]astern Carolina the water supply is principallv from shallow Avells, ten or twenty feet deep, in wet seasons the water rising very near the surface level. The question of prevention resolves itself into one of purifying the Avater from shallow wells, or getting purer water from some other source. By boiling the well Avater all vitality is destroyed and dead organic matter is harmless. This is the only safe rule if any well water is to be used. The custom prevails in some malarial sections to boil enough water in the morning for the day's consumption. Alter boiling it should be placed in a porcelain cooler and closed up. By using only boiled water the malarial attacks may be reduced to a minimum. It is a matter of common observation that, in families using boiled water, those who, for some reason, do not drink it have been known to have malarial attacks while others escaped. Purer and better water can be obtained from deep bored or driven Avells and cisterns. When proper care is exercised in collecting, no better water can be procured than cistern water. The Board of Health has done great good in disseminating information in regard to bored wells. They are coming into more general use, and wherever used malaria prevails to less extent; but the pump gets out of order, is troublesome to repair, and doubtless, |
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Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-01/nchh-01-006.pdf |
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Article Title | Malaria and its Prevention in Eastern Carolina |
Article Author | Baker, Julian M. |
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