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

80 NORTH CAROJ.INA BOARD OF PIEALTH.
MARITIME QUARANTINE.
It is with great regret that I report the failure so far on
the part of the City of AMbniugtoii to avail itself of the
opportunity to secure a first-class quarautiue station, with
all the modern improvements, at Southport. It will be
remembered that as the result of the well-planned, earnest
efforts of Drs. Thomas, Burbauk and others the last Legislature
appropriated $20,000 for that purpose upon condition
that the City of Wilmington supplement it with |5,000.
This condition the Board of Aldermen at its last meeting
refused to comply with, proposing iiistead to ask the United
States tiuthorities to take charge. Whether they will do so
or not remains to be seen, but in any event it is a great
disappointment not to have our own station.
MEETINGS OF HEALTH ASSOCTATIONS.
In obedience to instructions from the President of the
Board I attended the Pan-American Medical Congress at its
first session in the city of Washington in September last.
Being present as a delegate from our State Board of Health,
I attended almost exclusively the session on Hygiene, Climatology
and Demography.
In October in company with Mr. J. C. Chase I attended
the International Congress of Public Health, which met
with the American Public Health Association in the city
of Chicago. While the number of delegates from abroad
was very limited the meeting was both interesting and
instructive. At both of these gatherings your Secretary
obtained new ideas and had his sanitary zeal quickened.
In conclusion, I am proud to say that in looking back
over the past year it is clear that the cause of preventive
medicine in North Carolina has gained ground. In addition
to the particular things that have been accomplished