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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 OF HEALTH<br />

CYRUS THOMPSON, M.D.. President Pro. Tern Jacksonville<br />

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

A. J. CROWELL, M.D Charlotte<br />

B. 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 />

CHARLES C. ORR, M.D Asheville<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. MIT^LER. C.E.. Chief <strong>of</strong> Bureau <strong>of</strong> Engineering and Inspection.<br />

F. M. REGISTER, M.D., Director Bureau <strong>of</strong> Vital St<strong>at</strong>istics.<br />

H. A. TAYLOR, M.D., St<strong>at</strong>e Epidemiologist.<br />

GEORGE COLLINS. M.D., Director Bureau <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>ernity and Infancy.<br />

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

J. C. JOHNSON, D.D.S., Director Oral Hygiene.<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> 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 />

Page<br />

Toxin-Antitoxin Will Reduce the<br />

Prevalence <strong>of</strong> Diphtheria If It<br />

Is Used 3<br />

Cook Your Pork 4<br />

Your Cliildren And <strong>The</strong> Movies 5<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ent Medicine Exhibit 6<br />

A Lawyer Pleased With His<br />

Son's Decision 6<br />

School Ventil<strong>at</strong>ion and Child <strong>Health</strong>..<br />

A Usable <strong>Health</strong> Play For Elementary<br />

7<br />

Grades 10<br />

Misinform<strong>at</strong>ion 12<br />

Smallpox More Prevalent This Year 13<br />

A Bulletin Article Brings One<br />

Man Job 13<br />

CONTENTS<br />

Page<br />

<strong>The</strong> Warfield Home For Aged<br />

Women 14<br />

Pacts Against Opinion 15<br />

Competition Between St<strong>at</strong>es In Auto<br />

Killing 17<br />

Hopes For Gre<strong>at</strong> Rural <strong>Health</strong><br />

Movement<br />

IS<br />

<strong>The</strong> Economics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> 19<br />

A Cow To Loan 19<br />

Scabies 20<br />

Science and Public <strong>Health</strong> 20<br />

Medical Science Converting Despair<br />

Into Hope 23<br />

F<strong>at</strong>igue In Children 29

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