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XiNETEENTH BlEXXlAL REPOKT 29 raising of their infants. The number of mothers applying for this service has been constantly growing, indicating the appreciation and need for it. Item 4. An educational campaign against preventable disease has been waged through the Health Bulletin, a monthly publication with a circulation of 53,000 copies, and the distribution of 3,500,000 pieces of literature on various health subjects. Item 5. Health departments under the direction of trained men have been organized in eight counties, increasing the total number of counties in the State having efficient whole-time health departments to twenty-nine. In addition an important demonstration in malaria control has been inaugurated in an eastern county. STATE T.ABORATORY OF HKilEXE The following is a report of the w^ork of the State Laboratory of Hygiene from December 1, 1920, to June 30, 1922: Specimens examined: Sputum__________________________________________________________________________________________3,323 Swabs for diphtheria_______________________________________________________3,7 4 5 Widal Agglutination tests------------------------------------------------------------1,801 Malaria__________________________________________________________________________________________508 Intestinal parasites----------------------------------------------------------------------2,146 Brains for rabies____________________________________________________________________________1,083 Wassermann tests__________________________________________________30,182 Gonococci______________________________________________________________________________________1,072 Water____________________________________________________________________________________________5,031 Tumors__________________________________________________________________________________________264 Miscellaneous________________________________________________________________________________833 Total__________________________________________ 49,988 Vaccines and antitoxins made and distributed: Diphtheria Antitoxin (units)___________________________198,794,000 Pasteur Antirabic Treatments (21 doses each)__________________________1,178 Typhoid Vaccine (doses)______________________________________________________________862,765 Smallpox Vaccine________________________________________________________________________212,928 Whooping Cough Vaccine (doses)________________________________________________28,721 Tuberculin (cc)____________________________________________________________________________5 4 Autogenous Vaccines____________________________________________________________________7 3 Vaccines and antitoxins distributed (not made in this Laboratory): Tetanus Antitoxin (units)-_____________________________ 3,313,500 Diphtheria Toxin-Antitoxin Mixture (doses)_______________ 114,860 Pneumococcus Vaccine (doses)____________________________________________________522 No attempt is made, nor can be made, to estimate the value of the preservation of life and health w^iich may have been accomplished by the work just outlined, but some of the results can be given a definite and accurate financial value. If there had been no State Laboratory of Hygiene in existence, this work would have cost the citizens of the State the following amounts: 30,182 Wassermann tests @ $5________________________$150,910.00 5,031 water examinations @ $5_______________________ 25,155.00 14,775 other examinations, averaged @ $2.50___________ 36,937.50 862,765 doses Typhoid Vaccine @ 50c___________________ 431,382.50
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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 | 1920-1922 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-019 |
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 | 19 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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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 | 1920-1922 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-019-0035 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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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 | 19 |
Page Number | 29 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | XiNETEENTH BlEXXlAL REPOKT 29 raising of their infants. The number of mothers applying for this service has been constantly growing, indicating the appreciation and need for it. Item 4. An educational campaign against preventable disease has been waged through the Health Bulletin, a monthly publication with a circulation of 53,000 copies, and the distribution of 3,500,000 pieces of literature on various health subjects. Item 5. Health departments under the direction of trained men have been organized in eight counties, increasing the total number of counties in the State having efficient whole-time health departments to twenty-nine. In addition an important demonstration in malaria control has been inaugurated in an eastern county. STATE T.ABORATORY OF HKilEXE The following is a report of the w^ork of the State Laboratory of Hygiene from December 1, 1920, to June 30, 1922: Specimens examined: Sputum__________________________________________________________________________________________3,323 Swabs for diphtheria_______________________________________________________3,7 4 5 Widal Agglutination tests------------------------------------------------------------1,801 Malaria__________________________________________________________________________________________508 Intestinal parasites----------------------------------------------------------------------2,146 Brains for rabies____________________________________________________________________________1,083 Wassermann tests__________________________________________________30,182 Gonococci______________________________________________________________________________________1,072 Water____________________________________________________________________________________________5,031 Tumors__________________________________________________________________________________________264 Miscellaneous________________________________________________________________________________833 Total__________________________________________ 49,988 Vaccines and antitoxins made and distributed: Diphtheria Antitoxin (units)___________________________198,794,000 Pasteur Antirabic Treatments (21 doses each)__________________________1,178 Typhoid Vaccine (doses)______________________________________________________________862,765 Smallpox Vaccine________________________________________________________________________212,928 Whooping Cough Vaccine (doses)________________________________________________28,721 Tuberculin (cc)____________________________________________________________________________5 4 Autogenous Vaccines____________________________________________________________________7 3 Vaccines and antitoxins distributed (not made in this Laboratory): Tetanus Antitoxin (units)-_____________________________ 3,313,500 Diphtheria Toxin-Antitoxin Mixture (doses)_______________ 114,860 Pneumococcus Vaccine (doses)____________________________________________________522 No attempt is made, nor can be made, to estimate the value of the preservation of life and health w^iich may have been accomplished by the work just outlined, but some of the results can be given a definite and accurate financial value. If there had been no State Laboratory of Hygiene in existence, this work would have cost the citizens of the State the following amounts: 30,182 Wassermann tests @ $5________________________$150,910.00 5,031 water examinations @ $5_______________________ 25,155.00 14,775 other examinations, averaged @ $2.50___________ 36,937.50 862,765 doses Typhoid Vaccine @ 50c___________________ 431,382.50 |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-02/nchh-02-019.pdf |
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