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76 Eortli Carolina Board of Health. have had the effect of removing these aihnents entirely." Where ground is water-logged, it is unfit for human habitation. Drainage is especially necessary where sewers are laid, as the sewer gases readily penetrate the brick walls of the sewers, and then find access to cellars, etc. A dry soil will condense enough oxygen to burn these gases up, as will be more fully explained further on. Malarial Poison.—It is generally believed that all damp places, as most ponds, marshes, swamps, river bottoms subject to overflow, etc., 'portions of which^ along the bankSy are alternately wet and dry^ are such as originate malarial poison, and must continue to originate it so long as such conditions hold. The occasional overflow of salt water aggravates the evil, as also the accumulation of leaves, decaying wood, etc., especially where thick vegetation causes a stagnation of the air, with dense shade. It is obviously correct, then, to cut down such vegetation immediately around the damp locality, drain it and put it under cultivation. If the rise and fall of the water, in the pond or marsh, alternately covers and exposes much of the banks—i. e., if the banks are not vertical, or made so—then the body of water must be entirely drained off if possible ; otherwise the injurious decompositions due to wet soils will continue to go on and breed malaria. It is found that winds can transport malaria some miles. It is therefore best not to cut down open forests at a little distance from the damp localities, as they intercept the malaria to a considerable extent. It is very often the case that dwelling houses, in city and country both, are surrounded with such a dense mass of shrubbery (perhaps intended to satisfy the aesthetic taste) as to cut off both fresh air and sunshine; thus rendering the house and yard damp and the air impure. Such vaults should be rendered habitable by the free use of the axe. It is not well to have too much shade in our cities; pure air and sunshine are the best purifying agents we have. It is
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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 | 1879-1880 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-001 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | 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). |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | This collection is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program (North Carolina History of Health Digital Library). |
Volume Number | 1 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375274 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 76 |
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 | 1879-1880 |
Identifier | NCHH-01-001-0082 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | 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). |
Filename | biennialreportof01nort_0082.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | This collection is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program (North Carolina History of Health Digital Library). |
Volume Number | 1 |
Page Number | 76 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 76 Eortli Carolina Board of Health. have had the effect of removing these aihnents entirely." Where ground is water-logged, it is unfit for human habitation. Drainage is especially necessary where sewers are laid, as the sewer gases readily penetrate the brick walls of the sewers, and then find access to cellars, etc. A dry soil will condense enough oxygen to burn these gases up, as will be more fully explained further on. Malarial Poison.—It is generally believed that all damp places, as most ponds, marshes, swamps, river bottoms subject to overflow, etc., 'portions of which^ along the bankSy are alternately wet and dry^ are such as originate malarial poison, and must continue to originate it so long as such conditions hold. The occasional overflow of salt water aggravates the evil, as also the accumulation of leaves, decaying wood, etc., especially where thick vegetation causes a stagnation of the air, with dense shade. It is obviously correct, then, to cut down such vegetation immediately around the damp locality, drain it and put it under cultivation. If the rise and fall of the water, in the pond or marsh, alternately covers and exposes much of the banks—i. e., if the banks are not vertical, or made so—then the body of water must be entirely drained off if possible ; otherwise the injurious decompositions due to wet soils will continue to go on and breed malaria. It is found that winds can transport malaria some miles. It is therefore best not to cut down open forests at a little distance from the damp localities, as they intercept the malaria to a considerable extent. It is very often the case that dwelling houses, in city and country both, are surrounded with such a dense mass of shrubbery (perhaps intended to satisfy the aesthetic taste) as to cut off both fresh air and sunshine; thus rendering the house and yard damp and the air impure. Such vaults should be rendered habitable by the free use of the axe. It is not well to have too much shade in our cities; pure air and sunshine are the best purifying agents we have. It is |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-01/nchh-01-001.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-01 |
Article Title | Sanitary Engineering |
Article Author | Cain, William |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-01-001 |
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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