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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 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

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