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FIFTEENTH BIEJs^NIAL REPORT 141 We have still to refer to the original and very important phase of the Laboratory work, and that is the examination of specimens. In the years ending November 30, 19i3 and 1914, respectively, there were examined specimens as follows. 1913 19U Diphtheria .................................. 613 757 Sputum ..................................... 1,262 1,552 Widal (typhoid) ............................. 1,018 l,3o7 Rabies....................................... 314 378 Malaria...................................... 269 379 Gonococci ................................... 88 116 Urine ........................................ 92 167 Tumors...................................... 28 47 Miscellaneous ................................ 36 33 *Feces........................................ 3,266 1,671 Water ....................................... 2,838 2,948 9,824 9,405 With the exception of urine ($1) and tumors ($5) these examinations are made entirely without charge and any physician in the State can secure this free diagnostic aid for his patients. In regard to the examinations of water the majority of them represent analyses of municipal supplies and commercial bottled waters. The State law requires a monthly examination of each of these waters and there are 83 public water companies and 33 commercial bottled waters in the State. The Laboratory examination of water involves many separate bacteriological and chemical tests as there is no simple means of classification between bad and good water. More than two-thirds of the public water companies of the State use as the source of supply a surface stream. Such a supply usually requires a system of filtration supplemented by dosage wuth certain chemicals. This method is efficient and harmless when properly managed but many problems arise which are comparatively new and inadequately treated in the literature on water analyses. The Laboratory has long wanted to take up some special investigations on this subject and finally we began in November, 1914, a special series of daily analyses of raw and filtered waters. It will take a number of months to complete this work but we feel sure that it will result in benefit to both the water companies and to the Laboratory. The water companies and springs paid an annual tax which aggregated $4,696.94 in the year ending November 30, 1913, and $5,119.19 in the following year. The fees for examinations of urine and tumors and a few paid water analyses amounts to about $700 annually. All the other w^ork in the Laboratory is done on an annual appropriation of $8,000. As we have shown, the Laboratory effects an annual saving to the State of nearly $98,000 on this investment. The plans for the future include the manufacture of the various antitoxins, vaccines and curative sera as they can with advantage be taken up. Respectfully submitted, Clarence A. Shore, Director, ♦The ap'iarent decrease in specimens offered is due to the fact that the Laboratory formerly examined specimens for the Rockefeller Hookworm Commission. This was discontinued during 1913.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-02: Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
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. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910); ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-015 |
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 | 15 |
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Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
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. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910); ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
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Language | English |
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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 | 15 |
Page Number | 141 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | FIFTEENTH BIEJs^NIAL REPORT 141 We have still to refer to the original and very important phase of the Laboratory work, and that is the examination of specimens. In the years ending November 30, 19i3 and 1914, respectively, there were examined specimens as follows. 1913 19U Diphtheria .................................. 613 757 Sputum ..................................... 1,262 1,552 Widal (typhoid) ............................. 1,018 l,3o7 Rabies....................................... 314 378 Malaria...................................... 269 379 Gonococci ................................... 88 116 Urine ........................................ 92 167 Tumors...................................... 28 47 Miscellaneous ................................ 36 33 *Feces........................................ 3,266 1,671 Water ....................................... 2,838 2,948 9,824 9,405 With the exception of urine ($1) and tumors ($5) these examinations are made entirely without charge and any physician in the State can secure this free diagnostic aid for his patients. In regard to the examinations of water the majority of them represent analyses of municipal supplies and commercial bottled waters. The State law requires a monthly examination of each of these waters and there are 83 public water companies and 33 commercial bottled waters in the State. The Laboratory examination of water involves many separate bacteriological and chemical tests as there is no simple means of classification between bad and good water. More than two-thirds of the public water companies of the State use as the source of supply a surface stream. Such a supply usually requires a system of filtration supplemented by dosage wuth certain chemicals. This method is efficient and harmless when properly managed but many problems arise which are comparatively new and inadequately treated in the literature on water analyses. The Laboratory has long wanted to take up some special investigations on this subject and finally we began in November, 1914, a special series of daily analyses of raw and filtered waters. It will take a number of months to complete this work but we feel sure that it will result in benefit to both the water companies and to the Laboratory. The water companies and springs paid an annual tax which aggregated $4,696.94 in the year ending November 30, 1913, and $5,119.19 in the following year. The fees for examinations of urine and tumors and a few paid water analyses amounts to about $700 annually. All the other w^ork in the Laboratory is done on an annual appropriation of $8,000. As we have shown, the Laboratory effects an annual saving to the State of nearly $98,000 on this investment. The plans for the future include the manufacture of the various antitoxins, vaccines and curative sera as they can with advantage be taken up. Respectfully submitted, Clarence A. Shore, Director, ♦The ap'iarent decrease in specimens offered is due to the fact that the Laboratory formerly examined specimens for the Rockefeller Hookworm Commission. This was discontinued during 1913. |
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