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110 TiiE Health Bulletin other things, have given rise to the thought that tuberculosis in adults is due in most, if not all cases, to infections received in early childhood. It is therefore more than ever incumbent upon us to guard and protect children against infection with this dread disease. Precautions which are within our power to invoke are the insurance of a safe milk supply for children, either in the form of certified milk from tuberculin tested cows or by pasteurization. Children should also be protected from close association with adults who have tuberculosis and those adults who are necessarily in intimate contact with children, such as parents, should be made to realize the absolute necessity of observing all ordinary precautions against spreading infection. MORE WORK FOR TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS The physical examinations at the time of the selective draft have revealed to many a young man that he has tuberculosis in the early stages. If he is merely stunned by the news and does nothing but brood over a gloomy outlook, he will probably in a few years become a burden to his relatives or the public. If he seeks competent advice and supervision at once, his disease will usually be arrested and he will live a long and useful life. County tuberculosis associations and those local health departments which employ public health nurses should do their utmost to help and advise these men to overcome their infection before it is too late. TEACHERS AND TUBERCULOSIS There is a higher rate of mortality from tuberculosis among school teachers than among stonecutters and barkeepers. The reason for this is the insanitary condition of the school room, lack of ventilation, over-heating, lack of light, and sedentary occupation. But not only is the health and life of the teacher at stake; the student also is exposed to these evil conditions. The pupil is cramped up many hours a day, in improperly constructed seats, bending over books in ill-lighted, improperly ventilated, often dusty and overheated school rooms. It is time now, not next year, or the year after, to give this matter most ^ serious consideration. PENALTY OF NEGLECT The compulsory examination of 10,-000,000 of our citizens for army draft purposes has biven a new impetus to the annual medical examination idea and particularly to the anti-tuberculosis phase of the movement. For tuberculosis alone from 1 per cent to 6 per cent of these men are being rejected, which means a sharp revision upward of previous expert estimates of the prevalence of the disease. On this basis at least 200,000 of these men will be found to be tuberculous. Most of these cases, the experts declare, would never have developed had the preliminary symptoms been discovered and treated in time. These results, it is pointed out, clearly indicate the wisdom of extending the periodic examination to all citizens. Why call upon the children and women to do all the conserving? Why should not the men do with less tobacco, less booze, or less vice? Why should not men do without these needless and harmful luxuries altogether? Such practical conservation would save enough to pay off more than one-half of the annual war debt and leave the race in a fine condition to meet the reconstruction period.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1918-1919 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-033 |
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 | 33 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 110 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1918-1919 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-033-0116 |
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 | 33 |
Issue Number | 4 |
Page Number | 110 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 110 TiiE Health Bulletin other things, have given rise to the thought that tuberculosis in adults is due in most, if not all cases, to infections received in early childhood. It is therefore more than ever incumbent upon us to guard and protect children against infection with this dread disease. Precautions which are within our power to invoke are the insurance of a safe milk supply for children, either in the form of certified milk from tuberculin tested cows or by pasteurization. Children should also be protected from close association with adults who have tuberculosis and those adults who are necessarily in intimate contact with children, such as parents, should be made to realize the absolute necessity of observing all ordinary precautions against spreading infection. MORE WORK FOR TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS The physical examinations at the time of the selective draft have revealed to many a young man that he has tuberculosis in the early stages. If he is merely stunned by the news and does nothing but brood over a gloomy outlook, he will probably in a few years become a burden to his relatives or the public. If he seeks competent advice and supervision at once, his disease will usually be arrested and he will live a long and useful life. County tuberculosis associations and those local health departments which employ public health nurses should do their utmost to help and advise these men to overcome their infection before it is too late. TEACHERS AND TUBERCULOSIS There is a higher rate of mortality from tuberculosis among school teachers than among stonecutters and barkeepers. The reason for this is the insanitary condition of the school room, lack of ventilation, over-heating, lack of light, and sedentary occupation. But not only is the health and life of the teacher at stake; the student also is exposed to these evil conditions. The pupil is cramped up many hours a day, in improperly constructed seats, bending over books in ill-lighted, improperly ventilated, often dusty and overheated school rooms. It is time now, not next year, or the year after, to give this matter most ^ serious consideration. PENALTY OF NEGLECT The compulsory examination of 10,-000,000 of our citizens for army draft purposes has biven a new impetus to the annual medical examination idea and particularly to the anti-tuberculosis phase of the movement. For tuberculosis alone from 1 per cent to 6 per cent of these men are being rejected, which means a sharp revision upward of previous expert estimates of the prevalence of the disease. On this basis at least 200,000 of these men will be found to be tuberculous. Most of these cases, the experts declare, would never have developed had the preliminary symptoms been discovered and treated in time. These results, it is pointed out, clearly indicate the wisdom of extending the periodic examination to all citizens. Why call upon the children and women to do all the conserving? Why should not the men do with less tobacco, less booze, or less vice? Why should not men do without these needless and harmful luxuries altogether? Such practical conservation would save enough to pay off more than one-half of the annual war debt and leave the race in a fine condition to meet the reconstruction period. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-04/nchh-04-033.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-b; nchh-04 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-04-033 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
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