1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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ments for the meeting. Being County Superintendent of Health for
Rowan county as well ass a member of the State Board, and possessing
the respect and esteem of his professional brethren as well as the confidence
and affection of the community, he W'as in a position to make his
earnest and energetic efforts tell. He enlisted the interested support of
his professional brethren of the town and county, the ]Mayor and other
officials of the municipality, and a goodly number of the people, and
this in the face of a reunion of the veterans of the county and an exciting
political convention which took away many of the leading citizens.
Speaking for the Board of Health, we wish to put on record our appreciation
of the cordial
reception and interested attention given us by the
profession and the people of Salisbury and Rowan county.
The following programme was sent in quantities to the Superintendents
of all counties within easy reach of Salisbury in advance for publication
in the jiajiers and distribution through the mails. The attendance
from beyond the limits of the county was, however, we regret to
say, small. The presence of those who did come was, therefore, the
more highly appreciated
Health Conference at Salisbury, N. C, Thursday, September V.), 1894.
AIMS AND objects
The Conference is to be between the State Board of Health and health
officers, both county and town, mayors and other municipal officials,
and citizens generally who take sufficient interest in hygiene to attend.
It is intended to be a meeting of the members of the Board with the
people. Its object is to interest the people in sanitation by explaining
and impressing upon them the great importance to the individual and
to the community of a strict observance of the laws of health. As "the
hand that rocks the cradle rules the world " the ladies are especially invited
to attend. Every one present will be entitled to all the privileges
of the floor and it is earnestly hoped that the discussions will be general.
Papers are promised on the following subjects:
The Sanitary Improvements of our Jails and County Homes.
The Prevention of Tuberculosis (Consumption) as We Know It To-day.
Quarantine and Disinfection in Relation to Contagious Diseases.
The Pollution of Drinking Water and Its Detection.
Drinking Water in Relation to Malarial Diseases.
An Instructive Epidemic of Typhoid Fever.
There will probably be one or two more papers of both interest and
value.
Among other subjects to be discussed will be:
The Water Supply of Salisbury.
The Dispo.sal of Waste and Excreta in Salisbury and Similar Towns.