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

FIFTH BIENNIAL REPORT. 69
respectively. In the notice to physicians I thought it best
not to confine myself to a bare notification of time and place,
but to take advantage of the opportunity afforded to urge
upon them the importance in the one case of attending the
meeting of their County Board and in the other of assembling
and organizing a Board in order that they might
exercise the privilege conferred upon them by the State
selecting their health officer.
The result was verv gratifving. The attendance in the
counties already having Boards was in nearly every instance
much larger and more interest was shown than ever before.
In the other counties sixteen new Boards were organized
and Superintendents of Health elected, making the total
number of Superintendents eighty-three, as against sixtyseven
before. Although much encouraged your Secretary
was not satisfied, and so sent on September 20th a letter to
the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of each countv
that had failed to comply with the law urging them to elect
a Superintendent of Health.
As a result of this five more Superintendents were
elected by the Boards of Commissioners, leaving still seven
counties with no legal health officer. A third letter was
sent to each of these Boards and as a result two more
Superintendents were elected, so that at present we have a
total of 91 counties out of 96 with an official representing
the sanitary interests of the people. The counties still
unprovided for in this respect are Camden, Currituck,
Hyde, Pamlico and Washington. It is earnestly hoped
that ere another year rolls around they will take their
proper place in the health procession.
YELLOW FEVER.
In the Wilmington Messenger of September 6th there
appeared a communication signed J. H. Sykes, dated
September 5th, stating that he had been informed by a
of