CONTENTSFree Public <strong>Health</strong> Liter<strong>at</strong>ure 156EditorialJottings1^"^Pacts About the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor •• •158Report on <strong>The</strong> Better Babies Contest 165<strong>The</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> Cold Feet1'70OUE Whole Time County <strong>Health</strong> Officers 173Facts About Colds1'^'*Providence Not to Blame1'75When and How to B<strong>at</strong>he1'76<strong>The</strong> Press on the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>horTobacco and AlcoholCollier's on <strong>The</strong> Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor 1781'?'^1'^'^FREE PUBLIC HEALTH LITERATURE<strong>The</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> has a limited quantity <strong>of</strong> health liter<strong>at</strong>ureon the subjects listed below, which will be sent out, free <strong>of</strong> charge,to any citizen <strong>of</strong> the St<strong>at</strong>e as long as the supply lasts. If you care forany <strong>of</strong> this liter<strong>at</strong>ure, or want some sent to a friend, just write to theSt<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, <strong>at</strong> Raleigh. A post card will bring it by returnmail.No. 9.<strong>The</strong> Whole Time County<strong>Health</strong> Officer.Typhoid Fever.Rules and Regul<strong>at</strong>ions forCounty Boards <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Scarlet Fever.Smallpox.Some Light on Typhoid.County <strong>Health</strong> Work on anEfficientBasis.Anti-Spitting Placards (11inches by 9 inches).Anti-Fly Placards (11 inchesby 19 inches).
IPUSLISALDBY TML noR.TM CAgOLirSA 5TATE- BOAIgP °>-MLALTM"1 [BJ. Howell W<strong>at</strong>, M.D., President, Waynesville. Charles O'H. Lauohinghouse , M.D.Richard H. Lewis, M.D., Raleigh.Greenville.J. L. Ludlow, C.E., Winston-Salem.Edward J. Wood, M.D., Wilmington.W. O. Spencer, M.D., Winston-Salem.A. A. Kent, M.D., Lenoir.Thomas E. Anderson, M.D., St<strong>at</strong>esville.Cyrus Thomp.son, M.D., Jacksonville.W. S. Rankin, M.D., Secretary and Treasurer, Raleigh.Vol. XXVIII. DECEMBER, 1913. No. 9.EDITORIAL JOTTINGS<strong>The</strong> January number <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Health</strong>Bulletin will be our almanac number.It promises to be one <strong>of</strong> the bestnumbers we have issued. Be on thelookout forit.If you have time to read but onearticle in this issue, by all means letth<strong>at</strong> article be the one about the exposure<strong>of</strong> the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor. If youdon't learn something, besides have asmile or two coming before you getthrough with it, cancel your subscriptionto the Bulletin and demandyour money back.This month the St<strong>at</strong>e San<strong>at</strong>oriumfor the tre<strong>at</strong>ment <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis, <strong>at</strong>Montrose,pens under the direction <strong>of</strong>the St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>. Only incipientand moder<strong>at</strong>ely advanced casescan be admitted. <strong>The</strong> capacity <strong>of</strong> theinstitution <strong>at</strong> present is only fifty beds.For further inform<strong>at</strong>ion regarding admittancewrite to the Secretary <strong>of</strong>the Board, <strong>at</strong>Raleigh.According to a newspaper account,the Oxyp<strong>at</strong>hor Company claims th<strong>at</strong>since this Board exposed their gaspipe fraud their sales have increasedgre<strong>at</strong>ly, If th<strong>at</strong> is true, why does thiscompany object so strenuously to beingexposed? Such st<strong>at</strong>ements remindus <strong>of</strong> liquor people, who when votedout <strong>of</strong> a territory brazenly declareth<strong>at</strong> they sell more liquor there thanthey did before.Don't close your bedroom windowsthese nights just because it is cold.Your lungs need just as much pure,fresh air as they did last summer,when your bedroom didn't seem to havehalf enough windows. <strong>The</strong> whole secretis in keeping warm <strong>at</strong> night.Dress warmly and sleep comfortably,if you have to wear heavy woolenSOX and a suit <strong>of</strong> underwear, besidesthick, warm pajamas. <strong>The</strong>n don't pileon thick comforts th<strong>at</strong> feelheavy, butuse lots <strong>of</strong> light, warm blankets.Keep warm <strong>at</strong> all hazards, and thensleep toith your windoxos open.Some time ago we <strong>of</strong>fered to loanlantern slides and stock lectures tothose who desired to use them, iftliey would pay the transport<strong>at</strong>ioncharges. Since th<strong>at</strong> time we havebeen completely swamped with requestsfor the loan <strong>of</strong> the slides andlectures we then had, and now we arepreparing other similar lectures onconsumption, p<strong>at</strong>ent medicines, care <strong>of</strong>the eyes, ears, nose and thro<strong>at</strong>, andothers. If you want them, writeearly.