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 OP HEAl/TH<br />
J. HOWELIj way. M.D., President Wayneavllle<br />
THOMAS E. ANDERSON, M.D St<strong>at</strong>esvllle<br />
A. J. CROWE I.L, M.D<br />
• Charlotte<br />
W. S. RANKIN, 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 />
EXECUTIVE STAFF<br />
CHAS. O'H. LAUGHTNGHOUSE, M.D.. Secretary and St<strong>at</strong>e Healtli 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 HEA1.TH LITERATURE<br />
monthly <strong>The</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Bulletin,<br />
<strong>The</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> publishes<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 />
Tyiihoid 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 />
Frontispiece, Children Require Sunshine<br />
for Proper Growth 1<br />
Diphtheria, Necessity for Pre-School<br />
Age Control 3<br />
Salads in March Dietary 7<br />
Physical Educ<strong>at</strong>ion 7<br />
A Ca.se <strong>of</strong> Smallpox Now Inexcusable 8<br />
Fire Prevention Clean-Up Campaign 11<br />
Pneumonia De<strong>at</strong>h R<strong>at</strong>e Increasing... 11<br />
School Absenteeism and Dental<br />
Defects 12<br />
Another Foolish Fad 13<br />
Spring Is Coming 13<br />
Sore Thro<strong>at</strong> 13<br />
Quackery 14<br />
Preacher as Doctor and Doctor as<br />
Preacher 16<br />
<strong>The</strong> Newer An<strong>at</strong>omy 17<br />
CONTENTS<br />
A Tenant Farmer's<br />
Page<br />
Wife and Her Cow.. 19<br />
Syphilis 20<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong> Some People Want to Know<br />
Aspirin 22<br />
Cancer 23<br />
Our Mental <strong>Health</strong> 23<br />
<strong>The</strong> Machinery <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Mouth 25<br />
Mosquito Control for Inland Towns. 26<br />
Cooking and B<strong>at</strong>ing 26<br />
Family <strong>Health</strong> 28<br />
<strong>The</strong> Soda Habit 29<br />
Aiding in the Form<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Good<br />
Teeth 29<br />
<strong>The</strong> Foam <strong>of</strong> Mad Dogs 29<br />
You and Your Boy 30<br />
Confidence Necessary to Control 31<br />
Trade Unionism, Never 31<br />
Safe Milk 32<br />
Farm Laborer's Diet Best 32