Excerpt from The Health Bulletin, 1920, Vol. 35 The importance of the initial effort in cooperative county health work, as is described in this issue of the Bulletin, is realized when we reflect, first, that the larger part of our country's population is rural, and, second, that on the vitality and efficiency of the rural population depend the food supply and the cost of living - the first consideration of every citizen whether of the country or the city. Present Status Of County Health Work In North Carolina In the Seventeenth Biennial Report of the State Board of Health, for the years 1917-1918, Dr. W. S. Rankin, State Health Officer says: "The State Board of Health, by its educational activities, has fostered, strengthened, and directed an interest on the part of the counties in local health work so that today North Carolina has sixteen counties, embracing a total population of 687, 634, or 281⁄2 percent of the population of the State, under whole-time county health officers. No State in the Union has developed its county health work to a like extent." During 1919, six additional counties provided for whole-time health officers, making a total of twenty-two such counties in the State, comprising 38 percent of the State's population. Of the twenty-two, fourteen have county health departments conducted in cooperation with the State Board of Health. These counties, with the names and addresses of their health officers follow: Wilson (organized Sept. 1, 1916) Dr. L. J. Smith, Wilson. Nash (organized July 1, 1917) Dr. G. W. Botts, Nashville. Davidson (organized July 1, 1917) Dr. E. F. Long, Lexington. Northampton (organized Aug. 1, 1917) Dr. P. G. Parker, Jackson. Lenoir (organized Aug. 15, 1917) . Dr. T. F. Wickliffe, Kinston. Pitt (organized Dec. 1, 1917) Dr. P. J. Chester, Greenville. Robeson (organized Dec. 1, 1917) . Dr. E. R. Hardin, Lumberton. Rowan (organized Jan. 1, 1918) .Dr. C. W. Armstrong, Salisbury. Forsyth (organized Jan. 1, 1918) .Dr. A. C. Bulla, Winston-Salem. Edgecombe (organized April 1, 1919) .Dr. C. L. Outland, Tarboro. Cumberland (org. July 1, 1919) . Dr. W. C. Verdery, Fayetteville. Halifax (organized Sept. 1, 1919) Dr. P. C. Carter, Weldon. Surry (organized Sept. 1, 1919). Dr. L. L. Williams, Mount Airy. Granville (organized Sept. 1, 1919). Dr. J. A. Morris, Oxford. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Health Bulletin for Teachers, 1920 To promote health and efficiency in schools; to bring about better conditions under which the teacher must perform her duties; and to further the work of the Health Conservation Crusade, please fill out care fully and mail the post card found in this bulletin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from State of Connecticut Health Bulletin, 1920-1923: Vols; 34-37 It is a self evident fact that a nation's greatness depends on the efficiency of its citizens, and that personal efficiency depends on a healthy body governed by a normal brain and nervous system. The whole must be adjusted to its environment where sound habits of mind and body may be organized. To bring to pass such a state is the goal of Public Health activities. The prophylaxis Of mental disease and defect is only one of the public health problems confronting us today, but it is a subject of major importance. A splendid nervous system housed in a body crippled by the ravages of disease may be handicapped by the lack of physical means for. Its expression, and yet such limitations are daily surmounted. But of what value is a good body if it is governed by a defective or dis organized mind? Such an individual is not an asset, but is a liability of great magnitude. The enlightened civilization of today would justly condemn any community in which diphtheria or typhoid carriers were permitted to circulate at random. Yet in this comparatively small state of Connecticut there are approximately four thousand mental defectives, uncared for and unsegregated, most of whom constitute a menace to the social and economic life of today. And their Offspring are so great a potential menace to the future generations that it cannot be calculated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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