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10 twenty-kkmith biknnial rkpokt The State Health Officer, Dr. R. H. Lewis, devoted a great deal of time and energy to try to arouse the people of the state to the necessity for vaccination against smallpox. 1899. General Assembly improved the laws protecting public water supplies. Smallpox prevailed extensively in the state. Dr. Henry F. Long, and later, on Dr. Long's resignation. Dr. Joshua Tayloe, were employed to travel over the state, consulting with and advising the local sanitary authorities as to proper means for protecting the public. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1900. State Board of Agriculture, on request of State Board of Health, agreed to examine samples of water from public water supplies until Board of Health could provide its own examiner. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1901. State Board of Embalmers, with representatives of State Board of Health, established. County health work placed in the hands of county sanitary committees composed of county commissioners and two physicians which commissioners elected to serve with them. Term of office of county superintendent of health made two years. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1902. This year will be long remembered for the widespread prevalence of smallpox in virulent form. It caused many deaths in different sections in the early months of the year. In one county at least fifty people died, including many well-to-do-men. Not having any system of vital statistics reports, it is impossible to even estimate the number of cases, except from physicians' voluntary reports and death notices in the newspapers. 1903. General Assembly enacted law permitting Board of Health to charge $5 for each analysis of a public water supply, this fee to be used in paying Department of Agriculture for services of examiner. Dr. C. W. Stiles, U.S. P.H.S., before the State Medical Society at Hot Springs, called attention to prevalence of hookworm disease in the South. Dr. J. L. Nicholson and Dr. W. S. Rankin, working under State Board of Health during fall of 1903 and spring of 1904, showed great prevalence of this disease in North Carolina. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1904. A stenographer w^as employed. One hundred and twenty thousand pamphlets on tuberculosis were printed and distributed. There was a renewal and an extension of cooperative work between the Board of Health and the state press, a number of articles dealing with hygienic and sanitary subjects being furnished the papers and published in them. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1905. General Assembly established State Laboratory of Hygiene; imposed water tax of $64 on all public water companies; voted $600 annually for the support of laboratory. Small appropriation made it necessary for the Department of Agriculture to continue to assist State Board of Health. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1906. The North Carolina Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was organized. Annual appropriation, $2,000.
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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) and 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 | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028 |
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 | 28 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 10 |
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) and 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 | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028-0014 |
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 | 28 |
Page Number | 10 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 10 twenty-kkmith biknnial rkpokt The State Health Officer, Dr. R. H. Lewis, devoted a great deal of time and energy to try to arouse the people of the state to the necessity for vaccination against smallpox. 1899. General Assembly improved the laws protecting public water supplies. Smallpox prevailed extensively in the state. Dr. Henry F. Long, and later, on Dr. Long's resignation. Dr. Joshua Tayloe, were employed to travel over the state, consulting with and advising the local sanitary authorities as to proper means for protecting the public. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1900. State Board of Agriculture, on request of State Board of Health, agreed to examine samples of water from public water supplies until Board of Health could provide its own examiner. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1901. State Board of Embalmers, with representatives of State Board of Health, established. County health work placed in the hands of county sanitary committees composed of county commissioners and two physicians which commissioners elected to serve with them. Term of office of county superintendent of health made two years. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1902. This year will be long remembered for the widespread prevalence of smallpox in virulent form. It caused many deaths in different sections in the early months of the year. In one county at least fifty people died, including many well-to-do-men. Not having any system of vital statistics reports, it is impossible to even estimate the number of cases, except from physicians' voluntary reports and death notices in the newspapers. 1903. General Assembly enacted law permitting Board of Health to charge $5 for each analysis of a public water supply, this fee to be used in paying Department of Agriculture for services of examiner. Dr. C. W. Stiles, U.S. P.H.S., before the State Medical Society at Hot Springs, called attention to prevalence of hookworm disease in the South. Dr. J. L. Nicholson and Dr. W. S. Rankin, working under State Board of Health during fall of 1903 and spring of 1904, showed great prevalence of this disease in North Carolina. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1904. A stenographer w^as employed. One hundred and twenty thousand pamphlets on tuberculosis were printed and distributed. There was a renewal and an extension of cooperative work between the Board of Health and the state press, a number of articles dealing with hygienic and sanitary subjects being furnished the papers and published in them. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1905. General Assembly established State Laboratory of Hygiene; imposed water tax of $64 on all public water companies; voted $600 annually for the support of laboratory. Small appropriation made it necessary for the Department of Agriculture to continue to assist State Board of Health. Annual appropriation, $2,000. 1906. The North Carolina Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was organized. Annual appropriation, $2,000. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-028.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-a; nchh-02 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-02-028 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-02 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2375275 |
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