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EIGHTPI BIENNIAL REPORT. V i fair, therefore, to assume that some of the students brought the malaria with them from home, but others, perhaps many, were unquestionably affected at Greensboro, as at least two girls from the mountains had malarial fever. [Malarial fever, I learned, had also been very prevalent this fall in the houses to the northwestward of the College, the nearest case occurring in September in a house not more than two hundred yards distant.] Information obtained on a subsequent visit. It should not be forgotten that this has been an exceptional year for malaria in the middle section of the State. the typhoid fever—its causes. Typhoid fever is essentially a filth disease, the germ of which is known as the bacillus typhosus, a motile, water-borne bacterium, which once introduced into water, or milk, or moist filth reproduces itself with fearful rapidity by fission or splitting in half. The media of transmission of this germ are in the order of their importance, water, milk, insects (flies) and air (?). While many high authorities, chiefly English, believe in the aerial transmission, the weight of opinion is against it. But all agi*ee that in an immense majority of cases it is conveyed by contaminated water, or milk infected by such water used in adulterating it, or in washing the cans or the udder of the cow, or by the hands of a not overcleanly milker, who either has a ''walking", case of the disease himself, or has infected his hands in nursing a case. Bearing these principles in mind, I made a personal inspection of the premises, but found nothing that had not already been discovered by the indefatigable President and his assistants. I will give my observatix)ns in the inverse order of their importance. the grounds. Nothing was found that in an}'- way, in my judgment, could have been in the least instrumental in causing typhoid fever. The dairy, cow-barn, horse-stables and pig-pens were all in good condition. The last named was too far away to have had any effect, even if its condition had been bad. the sewerage and plumbing. AVhen the first dormitory (brick) was built in 1892, a sewer-pipe was laid, with which was connected one water-closet, which was kept locked and used only in case of sickness, the bath-tubs, the waste-pipe from the kitchen sink and five down-spouts from the roof. In 1895 a new system of sewers was put in and the old sewer abandoned, as was supposed, except as a drainage-pipe for the roof water; but it turns out that the plumbers, when making a connection for the sink of the new^ kitchen, made it with this, thinking it was the new sewer, which was of the same size—eight inches. When taken up (as has been done, the trench
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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 | 1899-1900 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-008 |
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 | 8 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Article Title | The State'S Health Laws; Vaccination As An Economic Measure.; Old Age And How To Attain It.; Drinking Water.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Article Author | Lewis, Henry W.; Henry H. Dodson; Nicholson, J. L.; Pate, W. T.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
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Fixed Title * | Page 77 |
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 | 1899-1900 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-008-0085 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; organizational news; 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 | 8 |
Page Number | 77 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | EIGHTPI BIENNIAL REPORT. V i fair, therefore, to assume that some of the students brought the malaria with them from home, but others, perhaps many, were unquestionably affected at Greensboro, as at least two girls from the mountains had malarial fever. [Malarial fever, I learned, had also been very prevalent this fall in the houses to the northwestward of the College, the nearest case occurring in September in a house not more than two hundred yards distant.] Information obtained on a subsequent visit. It should not be forgotten that this has been an exceptional year for malaria in the middle section of the State. the typhoid fever—its causes. Typhoid fever is essentially a filth disease, the germ of which is known as the bacillus typhosus, a motile, water-borne bacterium, which once introduced into water, or milk, or moist filth reproduces itself with fearful rapidity by fission or splitting in half. The media of transmission of this germ are in the order of their importance, water, milk, insects (flies) and air (?). While many high authorities, chiefly English, believe in the aerial transmission, the weight of opinion is against it. But all agi*ee that in an immense majority of cases it is conveyed by contaminated water, or milk infected by such water used in adulterating it, or in washing the cans or the udder of the cow, or by the hands of a not overcleanly milker, who either has a ''walking", case of the disease himself, or has infected his hands in nursing a case. Bearing these principles in mind, I made a personal inspection of the premises, but found nothing that had not already been discovered by the indefatigable President and his assistants. I will give my observatix)ns in the inverse order of their importance. the grounds. Nothing was found that in an}'- way, in my judgment, could have been in the least instrumental in causing typhoid fever. The dairy, cow-barn, horse-stables and pig-pens were all in good condition. The last named was too far away to have had any effect, even if its condition had been bad. the sewerage and plumbing. AVhen the first dormitory (brick) was built in 1892, a sewer-pipe was laid, with which was connected one water-closet, which was kept locked and used only in case of sickness, the bath-tubs, the waste-pipe from the kitchen sink and five down-spouts from the roof. In 1895 a new system of sewers was put in and the old sewer abandoned, as was supposed, except as a drainage-pipe for the roof water; but it turns out that the plumbers, when making a connection for the sink of the new^ kitchen, made it with this, thinking it was the new sewer, which was of the same size—eight inches. When taken up (as has been done, the trench |
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