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

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ami President of the State Board of Health ;
and
tlif printhiii: and s^tationei'y
necesFary for tlie board to be furni.shed ui)on requisition upon
the State Printer. A yearly statement shall be made to the State
Treasurer of all mone}'s received and expended in pursuance of this act.
Sec. 29. A contingent fund of five thousand dollars is herel)y appropriated,
subject to the (iovernor'.s warrant, conntersigned and recorded
by the Auditor of the State, to be expended in pursuance of the provisions
of this act wlien rendered necessary by a visitation of cholera or
any other pestilential disease.
Sec. 30. All previous acts conflicting witli this act, and also all previous
acts of appropriation for the jjublic health, are hereby repealed upon
the passage of this act: Frovidt'd, that nothing herein shall operate as
a repeal or abridgment of powers conferred by any special act on any
local Board of Health.
Sec. 31. Tliat this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 1st day of March, A. D. 1893.
On Januaiy 27th letters with new blanks to be used for
monthly reports were sent to all Connt}^ Superintendents
and town reporters.
On March 10th a letter and blank were sent to every
Clerk of tlie Superior court in the State asking for a list of
all the registered physicians in each county.
On the 28th of March a second letter was sent to
thirtyone
Clerks who had not responded to first letter.
On April 4th a letter of acknowledgment, together with
a copy of the "Laws Regulating the Practice of Medicine
in North Carolina," was mailed to all Clerks who had sent
in lists.
This letter explained to them the requirements for registration,
as the lists showed some illegal registrations had
been made.
While the administration of
the laws regulating medical
practice does not come technically within the jurisdiction of
the Secretary of the State Board of Health it has a sufficient
bearing on the health of the people, he thinks, to justify his
action in availing himself of an opportunity to probably
correct some errors in. the registration of physicians tr.at had