The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD<br />
OF HEALTH<br />
J. HOWELL WAY, ^LD., President _ .Waynesville<br />
THOMAS E. ANDERSON. M.D.....<br />
.-. - ....-St<strong>at</strong>esville<br />
A. J. CROWELL. M.D. . .....Charlotte<br />
CYRUS 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 />
L. E. McDANIEL, M.D ...Jackson<br />
EXECUTIVE STAFF<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., St<strong>at</strong>e Epidemiologist.<br />
C. N. SISK, M.D., Director Bureau <strong>of</strong> County <strong>Health</strong> Work.<br />
GEORGE COLLINS, M.D., Director Bureau <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>ernity and Infancy.<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> Bulletin,<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 />
Eyes<br />
Flies<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 />
FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bureau <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>ernity and Infancy has prepared a series <strong>of</strong><br />
monthly letters <strong>of</strong> advice for expectant mothers. <strong>The</strong>se letters have<br />
been approved by the medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession. <strong>The</strong>y explain simply the care<br />
th<strong>at</strong> should be taken during pregnancy and confinement, and have proved<br />
most helpful to a large number <strong>of</strong> women.<br />
If you want them for yourself<br />
or a friend, send name to the St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, and give<br />
approxim<strong>at</strong>e d<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> expected confinement.<br />
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Page<br />
Parks and Playgrounds 3<br />
Mussolini and Italy's Public <strong>Health</strong> 5<br />
Diphtheria Prevention .. 7<br />
Typhoid Epidemic in Montreal, Canada 9<br />
Things Missed When Gone 11<br />
Measles - - 12<br />
Dog Days Bad for Many Babies 14<br />
<strong>The</strong> Infant's Second Summer .. 15<br />
Dragging Children<br />
lf><br />
Tea and C<strong>of</strong>fee Bad for Children.. 17<br />
Juvenile Delinquency in Gre<strong>at</strong> Britain . 18<br />
Vaccin<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Children Against Tuberculosis<br />
19<br />
<strong>The</strong> Calmette Vaccine Against Tuberculosis<br />
19<br />
<strong>The</strong> French Favor Vaccin<strong>at</strong>ion Against<br />
Tuberculosis 20<br />
In Darkest Mexico 20<br />
Hookworm Infection in Mountain Sec<br />
tions 21<br />
CONTENTS<br />
- 28<br />
Page<br />
Some Vital Problems 22<br />
Team Work Between Physician and Dentist<br />
Necessary 22<br />
Hay Fever 23<br />
Federal Prison Teaching Personal <strong>Health</strong><br />
Service 24<br />
Advancing Interest in Pedi<strong>at</strong>rics 25<br />
Tre<strong>at</strong>ment <strong>of</strong> Sick Babies <strong>at</strong> Saluda,<br />
N. C. 26<br />
All Puffed Up<br />
Prevalence <strong>of</strong> Social Diseases -. 30<br />
See Article on Malaria in This Issue ... 31<br />
Malaria 32<br />
American Public <strong>Health</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Annual<br />
Meeting, Cincinn<strong>at</strong>i, Oct. 17-21.. 33<br />
Exhausting Ch<strong>at</strong>ter 34<br />
God Helps Those Who Help <strong>The</strong>mselves 35<br />
Helping Those Who Help <strong>The</strong>mselves .. 36