The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I1put1 culbsisiuntilIPUBLI-SM^D^a^^oiiJMVi^:^^^^'6YTML nPI^TM CAIgOLIhA 5TATL BOAIgD q^MLALTM ifTlVol. XXVIII, OCTOBER, 1913. No. 7.BRIEF AND TO THE POINTIt is not the babies born, but thebabies saved that count.— oGood morning! Yes, sir, the biggestBetter Babies Contest in theState will be held at the State Fair,October 20th to 25th. Be there.— —Babies from some of the best familiesin the State are being enteredat the Better Babies Contest—that'sone reason it is called a Better BabiesContest.— —It costs $1,700 to fire some of SecretaryDaniels' big guns. It's a pitya lot of North Carolina counties can'thave the price of about two shots toin a county health officer.— oYou don't need to wait for the newlaw requiring the reporting of tubertogo into effect. If you havetuberculosis or know of anyone thathas it, send the name of the patientin to the State Board of Health, andthe Board will do all it can for youthe Bureau of Tuberculosis isestablished.—o—The Boy Scouts will assist the RaleighNurses' Society in renderingfirst aid to the sick or injured at theFair. An army tent will be provided,and the lives, health and comfort ofthe people will be looked after asneverbefore.Health is purchasable. Within naturallimitations a community candetermine its own death rate.— —Have you entered your baby intheBetter Babies contest? Better getbusy if you want to have any choicein the matter of time to be judged.The schedules are filling up rapidly.— oRight now is a bully good time tostart a campaign for a sanitary privyordinance in your town. Have it gointo effect January first, and have noold, open privies in your town nextsummer.— oOver .$400 in prizes for Better Babiesat the State Fair, but that isthe least important feature. The informationthe children's specialistsv.'ill give the mothers will be worthten times the value of the prizes.— —If a murderer were slipping up benindyou, you would thank somtfriend for telling you in time to makeyour escape and reporting the matterto the police, or would you prefer notto be told for fear it would scare youto death? The same thing applieswith reference to tuberculosis. Ifyou have tuberculosis, the sooner youare told and the sooner it is reportedto the State Board of Health, themore chances you have to make your'get away."