The Robesonian., 1908-08-06
HYDROPHOBIA- PREVENT.
I'VE TREATMENT.
Announcement by the State
Board of Health.

OoAA VA AACoIAh.
The General Assembly, at its last
regular session, enacted the
following:
An act Authorizing the State
Board of Health to Provide
for the Preventive Treatment
of Hydrophobia.
Section l. That the State
Board of Health is hereby author
lied and empowered to provide |
for and have conducted under its |
direction the preventive treat
ment of hydrophobia or rabies,
whenever in its judgment cir
cumstances, financial and other,
will justify it. To meet the ex-
penses of this treatment the said
board is hereby given authority
to supplement the revenue deriv-
ed from fees for the treatment
by such sums from the treasury
of the State Laboratory of Hy-
giene as may be necessary: Pro-
vided, that the usefulness and
efficiency of the said laboratory
is not thereby impaired.
Sec. 2. That the benefits of
said treatment shall be given
free of charge to all residents of
the State who shall present to
the Secretary of the State Board
of Health, or its representative
having in charge the manage
ment of this special work, an af-
fidavit of inability to pay, duly
sworn to and subscribed before a
justice of the peace, or, if the
case be a minor, such an affidavit
by the parent or guardian. To
meet as far as may be the expen-
ses of this special work, the said
State Board of Health is hereby
authorized and directed to de-
mand from those able to do Sc
= the payment in advance of a
= reasonable fee, not to exceed in
any case the usual charge made
, by the reputable Pasteur insti.
Y tutes of this country.
The Board of Health, at it's re.
, cent annual meeting, decided
that circumstances would now
< justify the treatment.
The following extract from the
i circular of information issued by
the Laboratory of Hygiene gives
: the necessary details:
s RABIES. In no other disease
is an early diagnosis of more vi
= tai Importance. Fortunately, ;
It diagnosis can in most cases b.
made from a microscopic eXami
l. nation of the brain of the rabiC
: animal. The suspected animal
s. or its head and neck, should b.
e sent at the earliest possible mo
5. ment to the laboratory for exam
IS ination. The head should be pack
10 ed in ice to prevent putrefaction
l. and should be sent by express
prepaid. A careful account O
S the animal, with a full history O
l. cause of suspicion, should b
i sent in every case.
The treatment will require tn
J. presence of the patient in RAJ
n eigh for about three weeks, bu
residence in a hospital is not nee
g essary. The cost of the entir
/ treatment will be $50, or will b
t. furnished free to persons unabl
ii to pay, upon submission of "a
e affidavit Of inability to pay, dull!
e sworn to and subscribed before
d justice of the peace, or, if tn
m case be a minor, such an affidavi
Sc by the parent or guardian"
e Attention is called to the fac
lie that the law requires the fee
n be paid in advance. 1t should b
e said also that, if after trial
r, should be found necessary fc
the support of this special work
}. the fee will be increased. Thi
work will be in charge of DR.. {
A. Shore, Director State Labor;
tory of Hygiene, and all con
munications on the subjet
en should be addressed to him, {
en- Raleigh.
n RICHARD H. LEWIS,
or Secretary N. C. Board of Health