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

l-£j||PUBLI5AE:D BYTML HOR-TM CAIgOLIhA 5TATL BQAI^D °^M&ALTMIElJ. Howell Way, M.D., President, Waynesville.Richard H. Lewis, M.D., Raleigh.J. L. Ludlow, C.E., Winston-Salem.W. O. Spencer, M.D., Winston-Salem.Thom.\s E. Ander.son, M.D., Statesville.Charles O'H. Laughinghocse, M.D.Greenville.Edward J. Wood, M.D., Wilmington.A. A. Kent, M.D., Lenoir.Cyrus Thompson, M.D., Jacksonville.W. S. Rankin, M.D., Secretary and Treasurer, Raleigii.Vol. xxvm. SEPTEMBER, 1913. No. 6.HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH BREVITIES.Dou"t miss the Better Babies Coxtestatthe State Fair.— —To get some good, first-class healthliterature free, see the opposite page.— oOver .$300 iu prizes for the best NorthCarolina babies at the Fair. Enteryour baby. There are no entry fees.For the elementary principles ofhealtli and sanitation on the farm, seethe public health exhibit at the StateFair.October 20th to 2.jth.—o^Th^> Better Babies Contest and thePrBLic Health Exhibit will be two ofthe biggest features of the State Fairthis year. —oThirty-three states make tuberculosisa reportable disease. I.sn't it abouttime for North Carolina to join the rirocession?— oThe liveliest thing at the State Fair—the Better Babies Contest. Don'tmiss it. It will beat the Midway anyday—and it's free.August and September form lowwater-mark for pneumonia. From Septemberon to February the pneumoniadeath rate goes up—because our windowsgo down. Live, work, and sleepin the fresh air. and avoid pneiiraonia,colds, grip, and tuberculosis.On dressing for hot weather, theChicago Health Department says"Wear as little clothing as the law ofthe land will permit—that's mightylittle these days. 'Equal rights formen.' "_^_hookworm examination.— —Any one suspecting tuberculosisWould you like to know if your childhas hookworms? The State Board ofHealth will tell you free. Write them,stating that you want a specimen containerforshould consult his family doctor at once.If thought necessary, the doctor canhave a sample of sputum examined fortuberculosis germs at the State Laboratoryof Hygiene free of charge.— oTrue civilization and refinement in atown, community, or individual familycan be judged very closely by the waythey handle their own filth. If theyhave the antiquated, open, insanitaryprivies, or no privies at all, and noscreen doors or windows, they are aboutat the bottom of the scale. If they havescreen doors and windows, they havemovetl up quite a bit: and if they haveabolished privies altogether, or use sanitaryprivies and screens at their doors,they have passetl the selfish stage andrecognize that they are their brother'skeeper. Where are you on this scale?