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Twenty-first Biennial Reiport 47 Method of Objective Three From the data elicited during the preliminary survey to determine the incidence and geographical distribution of the disease and biological factors responsible for transmission. The Health Officers, through the association of the general director, determines v^^hat plan of procedure to make in formulating their program of control. Results Accomplished During the Organization Period of the Bureau It is physically impossible, with the present personnel, to resurvey all counties undertaking measures for the investigation and control of malaria fevers, as well as placing the department at a prohibitive cost, I am therefore giving only one concrete example of what a county organization may expect in the way of reducing the incidence of the disease when the attack is made in an intensive way. Resurvey of South Creek Section BEAUFORT COUNTY South Creek is a small settlement located in the extreme southeastern part of Beaufort County, North Carolina, on an arm of the Pamlico River. The community is situated in a small tongue of land which divides an arm of the river into two branches, called Bond Creek and Muddy Creek. Neither of these creeks is more than a mile in length. From the broad northern point, the tongue gradually widens until at a distance of approximately llii miles it is a little over a mile wide. The land is quite level, as it is in all this region, and is only a few feet above sea level. The ground water level is only 6 feet below the surface. Three or four small branches, which cut across the ai'ea, drain the excess water into the creeks. If these were kept in good condition, the natural drainage of the land would probably be fairly good. At the time this survey was made, these branches were almost completely dry, owing to long continued drought. Following is given the average precipitation for the past five years in Wenona and New Bern, two towns situated in opposite directions from South Creek, in adjoining counties. No records are kept in Beaufort County, We7i07ia New Bern Belhaven 1921 46.93 43.96-12.34 44.42-3.06 1922 55.05 64.19- 7.87 1923 45.24 52.17- 4.13 40.86-6.62 1924 65.08 71.30-15. 1925 44.89 41.08-15.71 The average rainfall is around 50 inches. In 1922, the precipitation was in excess of normal, as it also was in 1924. The year 1925 was a dry year, and 1926 promises to be the same. Summer rains are scattered through the three months, and average about 19 inches. The mean summer temperature is 78.5, approximately; the first frost usually occurs in October and the last in April. Temperatures as low as 20 F. are rare in winter. The population of South Creek has recently been depleted. Until 1923 there was a sawmill in the village, which gave employment to a good many people. The shutting down of this mill owing to scarcity of timber, threw
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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 | 1924-1926 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-021 |
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 | 21 |
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 | 1924-1926 |
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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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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 | 21 |
Page Number | 47 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Twenty-first Biennial Reiport 47 Method of Objective Three From the data elicited during the preliminary survey to determine the incidence and geographical distribution of the disease and biological factors responsible for transmission. The Health Officers, through the association of the general director, determines v^^hat plan of procedure to make in formulating their program of control. Results Accomplished During the Organization Period of the Bureau It is physically impossible, with the present personnel, to resurvey all counties undertaking measures for the investigation and control of malaria fevers, as well as placing the department at a prohibitive cost, I am therefore giving only one concrete example of what a county organization may expect in the way of reducing the incidence of the disease when the attack is made in an intensive way. Resurvey of South Creek Section BEAUFORT COUNTY South Creek is a small settlement located in the extreme southeastern part of Beaufort County, North Carolina, on an arm of the Pamlico River. The community is situated in a small tongue of land which divides an arm of the river into two branches, called Bond Creek and Muddy Creek. Neither of these creeks is more than a mile in length. From the broad northern point, the tongue gradually widens until at a distance of approximately llii miles it is a little over a mile wide. The land is quite level, as it is in all this region, and is only a few feet above sea level. The ground water level is only 6 feet below the surface. Three or four small branches, which cut across the ai'ea, drain the excess water into the creeks. If these were kept in good condition, the natural drainage of the land would probably be fairly good. At the time this survey was made, these branches were almost completely dry, owing to long continued drought. Following is given the average precipitation for the past five years in Wenona and New Bern, two towns situated in opposite directions from South Creek, in adjoining counties. No records are kept in Beaufort County, We7i07ia New Bern Belhaven 1921 46.93 43.96-12.34 44.42-3.06 1922 55.05 64.19- 7.87 1923 45.24 52.17- 4.13 40.86-6.62 1924 65.08 71.30-15. 1925 44.89 41.08-15.71 The average rainfall is around 50 inches. In 1922, the precipitation was in excess of normal, as it also was in 1924. The year 1925 was a dry year, and 1926 promises to be the same. Summer rains are scattered through the three months, and average about 19 inches. The mean summer temperature is 78.5, approximately; the first frost usually occurs in October and the last in April. Temperatures as low as 20 F. are rare in winter. The population of South Creek has recently been depleted. Until 1923 there was a sawmill in the village, which gave employment to a good many people. The shutting down of this mill owing to scarcity of timber, threw |
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