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

June, 1951 The Health Bulletin 39Summer camp inspections 43Institutions inspected 249Hospital plans reviewed 138Hospital plans approved 33Public school inspections 154Swimming pool inspections 20Hotel and tourist camp inspections 171Complaints general sanitation 134Special investigations 78Special meetings 313Shellfish packing plants inspected 817Retail seafood markets inspected 70Patrol inspections of restricted waters 63Plans distributed 136Number of court cases 19Bedding:Retail places inspected 1,473Manufacturing plants inspected 4,115Pieces of bedding condemned 2,370LABORATORY OF HYGIENE DIVI- From the standpoint of the Labora-SION—J. H. Hamilton, M.D., Director tory, North Carolina is continuing tomake progress in its fight against ty-The State Laboratory of Hygiene con- phoid. We made more blood cultures fortinued in 1950 to render service to typhoid in 1950 than we did in 1949 andphysicians, hospitals, and Health De- recovered the typhoid organism in 34partments in their efforts to prolong instances during the past year. Greaterhuman life. The time-tested procedures diligence has been shown in 1950 in thehave been followed, improved methods search for typhoid carriers—3,659 examihavebeen developed when possible, and nations resulted in an even one hundrednew activities have been started. persons being demonstrated as harbor-Prom the standpoint of history, the ing the organism.State Laboratory of Hygiene had its be- Agglutination tests for typhoid wereginning with the examination of speci- smaller in number as were the numbermens of water from supplies offering of positive reactions,water for sale. During the past year the Agglutination tests for other diseases;laboratory examined 10,199 specimens such as Undulant Fever, the Rickettsiaof water. This is an increase of more Infections, and Tularemia were allthan 500 specimens over 1949. Part of smaller in number in 1950 than in 1949.this increase was due to the addition of There was also a reduction in thenew public water supplies.number of miscellaneous blood cultures.The Laboratory has provided funds, Slightly more than 1700 cultures werespace, and utilities for the study of examined for the gonococcus, which wasNorth Carolina water suppUes, conduct- recovered in only 24 specimens; whereedby the United States Geological Sur- as, a large number examined in 1949vey and the North Carolina Department yielded 247 positive isolations,of Conservation and Development. The There was also a decrease in the numfollowingpublications have resulted ber of animal heads examined for rabies,from this study: as well as in the number of animalsSurface Water Supplies in North found to have the disease. Notwith-Carolina standing this fact, practically the sameFlouride in Surface Water and Pub- number—865 persons received antirabiclie Water Supplies treatments prepared by the State Lab-Public Ground Water Supplies in oratory of Hygiene in 1950 as against 868North Carolina in 1949.