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 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