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

December, 1951 The Health Bulletin 11measures, we have certain facilities alreadyavailable through the school ofPublic Health, Field Training Center, atthe University of North Carolina, andwe also have as a nuclear a staff oftrained people in this Division who couldassist in the training of other fieldpersonnel. Also, because of our relationshipwith the Public Health Service, weare in a position to secure and disseminatethe latest information with particularreference to special problemswhich may arise. Through our officialconnection and close relationship withother organizations, such as the NorthCarolina Section of the AmericanWater Works Association, the NorthCarolina Waterworks Operators Association,and the North Carolina Sewageand Industrial Waste Association,we are in a position to work throughthese organizations with training andas a clearing house of information forthose employed or engaged in municipalwater supply protection and sewagetreatment practices. We feel, also,that we could secure assistance fromour State Restaurant Association andother organizations of that type whowould be vitally affected and who certainlyshould be concerned with sanitationin Civil Defense.In closing, I should like to also pointout that the above brief outline coversthe items on which we feel that somedefinite decision could be reached andin which a program might be developed.We also recognize that additional problemsother than those mentioned abovemay be present in cormection withatomic warfare, biological warfare orchemical warfare. At the present time,because of the fact that informationin connection with these subjects hasbeen restricted, we are not in a positionto outline in a definite way othermeasures which should be consideredin the manner in which we have discussedthose listed above. As such informationis released for public distribution,we shall, of coiu-se, be glad towork it into outline and render whateverassistance we can in connectionwith that phase of the Civil DefenseProgram.As soon as time permits, we hope tomeet with the various local sanitationpersonnel and, if possible, develop orformulate more concrete plans basedon the above outline.NORTH CAROLINA NURSES IN CIVIL DEFENSELouise P.EastChairman, Committee on Resources for CivilMilitary Nursing NeedsN. C. State Nurse's AssociationandNurses in North Carolina are takingand teaching courses related to CivilDefense. Widespread information isneeded regarding defenses against theeffects of an atomic bomb; how to keepdisease from spreading and how to protectour food and water supplies. Eachhome owner should know how to safeguardthe home. Thousands of individualsneed to be taught safe methodsof Fii'st Aid and Home Nursing.As long as the world is in its presentchaotic state we will need Civil Defense,for modern warfare is directedas much against the home front asagainst the military. The home frontcan not retreat! It is insurance againsttotal confusion and inadequacy shouldwar come. We are told on good authoritythat our enemy is strong, thatenemy planes could reach every majorcity in the United States and that theycould carry atomic bombs, nerve gasand biologic warfare to everyone's doorstep. General Hoyt Vandenburg, Chiefof Staff of the U. S. Air Force believesthat seven out of every ten enemyplanes, attacking the United States,could get through to their targets inspite of our defending Air Force and