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

June, 1951The Health BulletinDEPARTMENTAL REPORTSNorth Carolina State Board of HealthJanuary 1, 1950 - December 31, 1950CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION— J. W.R. Norton, M. D., State Health Offiver.When the State Board of Health wasreorganized, effective February 1, thestaff of the Central Administration remainedpractically intact; that is tosay, Public Relations, Budgets, Files andPersonnel remained in this Division,under the direct supervision of theSecretary and State Health OfHcer. Thework of those in charge of printing andmailing was transferred to this Division.We will now take up the above, inthe order named on the ofRcial organizationchart:During 1950, the Senior PublicitySpecialist delivered fifty-two broadcasts,in person, over Station WPTP,in Raleigh. He also cleared all statementsfor the press authorized by theState Health Officer, in addition toroutine news releases. Incidentally, itmight be stated here that the radioprogram later was enlarged to includethree stations, instead of one. In additionto WPTP, the State Board ofHealth program is now heard eachSaturday over WBT in Charlotte andWWNC inAsheville. During the periodcovered in this report, the Senior PublicitySpecialist attended the meetingof the Southern Branch of the AmericanPublic Health Association in Birminghamand the meeting of theAmerican Public Health Association inSaint Louis. He also assisted the StateMedical Society in giving publicity toits annual meeting in Pinehurst, as hehas done since 1938.Next in order we find Budgets. Thetotal amount budgeted for all purposeswas $5,068,141. Included in this totalwere: State funds, $2,081,166; Federalfunds. $2,927,369; Special Accounts,$59,606. The total number of vouchersissued was 17,209. A breakdown of thesevarious funds appears in the officialrecords of the Budget Officer.The Personnel Office made 105 appointmentswithin the State Board ofHealth, of which 38 were in professionalclassification. Separations totaled 108,of which 45 were in professional classifications.There were 47 reclassifications,the majority of these bearing onsalary increases. Salary increments weregranted to 209 employees and increasesto 15. Forty-five employees were certifiedas permanent. As of December 31,1950, there were 336 budgeted positionsin the State Board of Health, 37 ofwhich were vacant. In the local healthdepartments, there were 320 appointmentsand 336 separations; reclassifications,119; salary increases, 548; certifiedas permanent, 267; as of December31, 1950, there were 1,083 budgetedpositions in local health departments,of which 59 were vacant.During the year, the mailing roomdistributed the following pieces of literature:health education, 1,584,646; Maternity,44,848; child health, 93,247; miscellaneoussupplies, 48,492; midwife supplies,5,804. During the year, 3,273,175multilith forms were printed. This workalso is in Central Administration.Central Filing has continued to expand.This office receives, classifies,files and makes available for use copiesof all official letters, reports and writtentransactions from the State HealthDepartment. During 1950, approximately155,076 pieces of material werereceived for filing; 37,626 individualsearches for material were made. Thelibrary is maintained primarily for theconvenience of em.ployees of the StateBoard of Health. One hundred twentysixnew medical and Public Healthbooks were received during 1950; 59journals were subscribed for, and fifteenjournals were bound in volumes.