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The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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MEMBERS OP THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OP EffiALTH<br />

J. HOWEI^L WAT. M.D., President WaynosvlUe<br />

THOMAS E. ANDERSON, M.D St<strong>at</strong>esvllle<br />

A. J. CROWE LL., M.D Charlotte<br />

W. S. RANKIN. M.D Charlotte<br />

CTRUS THOMPSON. M.D Jacksonville<br />

E. J TUCKER, D.D.S Roxboro<br />

D. a'. STANTON. M.D. High Point<br />

JAMES P. STOWE. Ph.G Charlotte<br />

JOHN B. WRIGHT. M.D , Raleigh<br />

EXECUTIVE STAPP<br />

CHAS. O'H. LAUGHINGHOUSE, M.D.. Secretary and St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>Health</strong> Officer.<br />

RONALD B. WILSON, Assistant to the Secretary.<br />

C. A. SHORE, M.D.. Director St<strong>at</strong>e Labor<strong>at</strong>ory <strong>of</strong> Hygiene.<br />

G. M. COOPER, M.D., Director Bureau <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

H. E. MILLER. C.E.. Chief <strong>of</strong> Bureau <strong>of</strong> Engineering and Inspection.<br />

F. M. REGISTER, M.D., Deputy St<strong>at</strong>e Registrar <strong>of</strong> Vital St<strong>at</strong>istics.<br />

H. A. TAYLOR. M.D., Director Bureau M<strong>at</strong>ernity and Infancy.<br />

C. N. SISK. M.D., Director Bureau <strong>of</strong> County <strong>Health</strong> Work.<br />

FREE HEALTH LITERATURE<br />

<strong>The</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> publishes monthly <strong>The</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Bttt.t.kttx,<br />

which will be sent free to any citizen requesting it. <strong>The</strong> Board also has<br />

available for distribution without charge special liter<strong>at</strong>ure on the following<br />

subjects. Ask for any in which you may be interested.<br />

Adenoids and Tonsils<br />

Cancer<br />

C<strong>at</strong>arrh<br />

Care <strong>of</strong> the Baby<br />

Constip<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Colds<br />

Clean-up Placards<br />

Chickenpox<br />

Diphtheria<br />

Don't Spit Placards<br />

Eves<br />

FUes<br />

Fly Placards<br />

German Measles<br />

Hookworm Disease<br />

Infantile Paralysis<br />

Indigestion<br />

Influenza<br />

Malaria<br />

Measles<br />

Pellagra<br />

Public <strong>Health</strong> Laws<br />

Pren<strong>at</strong>al Care<br />

Sanitary Privies<br />

Scarlet Fever<br />

Smallpox<br />

Teeth<br />

Tuberculosis<br />

Tuberculosis Placards<br />

Typhoid Fever<br />

Typhoid Placards<br />

Venereal Diseases<br />

W<strong>at</strong>er Supplies<br />

Whooping Cough<br />

POR EXPECTANT MOTHERS<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bureau <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>ernity and Infancy has prepared a series <strong>of</strong> monthly<br />

letters <strong>of</strong> advice for expectant mothers. <strong>The</strong>se letters have been approved<br />

by the medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession. <strong>The</strong>y explain simply the care th<strong>at</strong> should be<br />

taken during pregnancy and confinement, and have proved most helpful<br />

to a large number <strong>of</strong> women. If you want them for yourself or a friend,<br />

send name to the St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, and give approxim<strong>at</strong>e d<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong><br />

expected confinement.<br />

CONTENTS<br />

Page<br />

Frontispiece. A Vac<strong>at</strong>ion for <strong>Health</strong> ... 1<br />

Pellagra 3<br />

Communicable Diseases and School<br />

Attendance 6<br />

Length <strong>of</strong> Quarantine on Scarlet<br />

Fever 7<br />

Family Inspection <strong>of</strong> Children <strong>at</strong><br />

Breakfast 8<br />

A P<strong>at</strong>ent Medicine Testimonial 9<br />

Pigs and Prodigals 10<br />

A Perilous Age 11<br />

<strong>Health</strong> and Delinquency 12<br />

Penalizing Children for Benefit<br />

<strong>of</strong> Dogs 17<br />

Rabies 17<br />

Page<br />

<strong>The</strong> High Cost <strong>of</strong> Sickness 20<br />

Shipping Milk Long Distances 21<br />

Chronic Muscle and Joint Troubles.... 22<br />

St<strong>at</strong>e Still Holds Passion for Its<br />

Typhoid R<strong>at</strong>ion 22<br />

Wh<strong>at</strong> Some People VVant to Know.... 23<br />

Terminal Facilities 23<br />

Fublic <strong>Health</strong> Progress in 1926 25<br />

Insects and Disease 27<br />

Man's Diet Developed in Stages 28<br />

Future Doctor WMll Be Adviser 28<br />

Is Medical Science Taking Advantage<br />

<strong>of</strong> Its Opportunities 29<br />

New Studies <strong>of</strong> the Circul<strong>at</strong>ion 31

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