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32 North Carolina Board of Health it may with confidence go forward towards the goal of complete eradication of malaria from the State. Second only to the malaria problem in the coastal section is that of the salt marsh mosquito infestation. There are fourteen counties affected, containing approximately 300,000 acres of salt marsh territory, this acreage being distributed as follows: Brunswick 17,000, New Hanover 8,500, Pender 6,300, Onslow 13,000, Carteret 80,000, Camden 8,000, Pasquotank 2,000, Perquimans 2,300, Chowan 9,800, Washington 14,600, Tyrrell 40,500, Hyde 25,500, Dare 53,000, Currituck 12,400. For the purpose of making a survey of the salt marsh areas of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, the Congress of the United States in 1926 appropriated the sum of $25,000 and the additional sum of $10,000 to continue the survey through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928. Under the auspices of the United States Public Health Service, with Dr. T. H. D, Griffits in charge, the survey was undertaken. Included in the survey was the investigation of various types of mosquito breeding areas in the salt marshes along the coast from Virginia to Key West, and from Key West to the Mexican border. This survey has already gathered incalculably useful data with reference to the egg-laying and larval habits of solicitans mosquitoes; conditions which influence their breeding; distance and direction of their flights; and the influence upon them of tides, vegetation, soils, salinity, natural enemies, climatological conditions and so on. In addition to this, extensive studies of the habits of these pests have been going on at Biloxi, Mississippi, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach, Florida, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The survey at Wilmington covered approximately all of the important breeding areas in New Hanover County, and in adjacent territories in Brunswick and Pender Counties. Information from this survey was of such valuable nature that it has put New Hanover County in position largely to decrease the mosquito infestation there. The necessary appropriation to continue this important work was left out of the regular appropriation bill introduced into the recent session of Congress. So necessary did its continuation appear that the State Health Ofl'icer, the Governor and a number of interested citizens urged upon the State's delegation in Congress that this appropriation item be restored. Largely due to the earnest and persistent efforts of Hon. Charles L. Aber-nethy, ably assisted by Hon. Lindsay Warren and other members of the delegation, an appropriation of $10,000 was secured. As a result practically the entire remaining salt marsh area in North Carolina will be included in the survey, and the work upon this is now in progress. From it ways and means to control and prevent the breeding of solicitans mosquitoes, it is hoped will be developed. North Carolina moves forward, no longer a laggard handicapped by disease and poverty. An intelligent leadership has envisioned the fact that agricultural and industrial advancement depend upon a healthy citizenship, and through the General Assembly has provided the necessary funds for the protection and promotion of the public health. A medical leadership alert to the opportunity presented has carried on, under the direction of the State Board of Health, a continuously winning fight. Today North Carolina is one of the wonder states of the Union—progressive, prosperous, healthful.
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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 | 1926-1928 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-022 |
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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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 | 22 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 32 |
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 | 1926-1928 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-022-0036 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; 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 | 22 |
Page Number | 32 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 32 North Carolina Board of Health it may with confidence go forward towards the goal of complete eradication of malaria from the State. Second only to the malaria problem in the coastal section is that of the salt marsh mosquito infestation. There are fourteen counties affected, containing approximately 300,000 acres of salt marsh territory, this acreage being distributed as follows: Brunswick 17,000, New Hanover 8,500, Pender 6,300, Onslow 13,000, Carteret 80,000, Camden 8,000, Pasquotank 2,000, Perquimans 2,300, Chowan 9,800, Washington 14,600, Tyrrell 40,500, Hyde 25,500, Dare 53,000, Currituck 12,400. For the purpose of making a survey of the salt marsh areas of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, the Congress of the United States in 1926 appropriated the sum of $25,000 and the additional sum of $10,000 to continue the survey through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928. Under the auspices of the United States Public Health Service, with Dr. T. H. D, Griffits in charge, the survey was undertaken. Included in the survey was the investigation of various types of mosquito breeding areas in the salt marshes along the coast from Virginia to Key West, and from Key West to the Mexican border. This survey has already gathered incalculably useful data with reference to the egg-laying and larval habits of solicitans mosquitoes; conditions which influence their breeding; distance and direction of their flights; and the influence upon them of tides, vegetation, soils, salinity, natural enemies, climatological conditions and so on. In addition to this, extensive studies of the habits of these pests have been going on at Biloxi, Mississippi, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach, Florida, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The survey at Wilmington covered approximately all of the important breeding areas in New Hanover County, and in adjacent territories in Brunswick and Pender Counties. Information from this survey was of such valuable nature that it has put New Hanover County in position largely to decrease the mosquito infestation there. The necessary appropriation to continue this important work was left out of the regular appropriation bill introduced into the recent session of Congress. So necessary did its continuation appear that the State Health Ofl'icer, the Governor and a number of interested citizens urged upon the State's delegation in Congress that this appropriation item be restored. Largely due to the earnest and persistent efforts of Hon. Charles L. Aber-nethy, ably assisted by Hon. Lindsay Warren and other members of the delegation, an appropriation of $10,000 was secured. As a result practically the entire remaining salt marsh area in North Carolina will be included in the survey, and the work upon this is now in progress. From it ways and means to control and prevent the breeding of solicitans mosquitoes, it is hoped will be developed. North Carolina moves forward, no longer a laggard handicapped by disease and poverty. An intelligent leadership has envisioned the fact that agricultural and industrial advancement depend upon a healthy citizenship, and through the General Assembly has provided the necessary funds for the protection and promotion of the public health. A medical leadership alert to the opportunity presented has carried on, under the direction of the State Board of Health, a continuously winning fight. Today North Carolina is one of the wonder states of the Union—progressive, prosperous, healthful. |
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