Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-07-24
By WM. ii. RICHARDSON
.,..,otor of Information, North
UlItNt"A
c.rolina State Beard of Health

carolina State Beard of Health
injector of Information, North
,.,1na during the first half of
,n"6 totaIcd 8,4O4, or Il, 1895 more
Ain me l6.4O9 deaths reported for
..oc ocrIOd, it was announced
r+,. NV Dr. Il. T. Simpson, Dlrec-
.. 81 the State Board of Health's
p.rsau of Vital Statistics. During
CORES ponding period in 1888,
... we're 1869 births and 1854
5..fr- IN the State, reflecting a de-
.e 1his year'ol ,Z55 births and
II, Ieaths. The birth rate from
,.rarv through June, this year,
,,- &. rs compared with 22.6 last
, Aafle the death rate dropped
rom l00 TO 81,
GrHiINng reductions were re-
Aested in the number of deaths
an.ag babies unVer one year of
md IN maternal deaths, also in
4q.,As from tuberculosis, pneu-
'..,.. peuagra, lockjaW and ty-
nraid lever. The number of deaths
f~,rt preventable accidents, how
a,,u. was higher, with twenty-six
rore drownints through June of this
wear than during the first six
months of 1888. A decrease was
shown in the number of suicides.
Saving Babies And Mothers
The infant mortality rate for the
neriod covered by the report was
f9 as compared with 68.7 last
wear. The number of babies under
one year Of age dying this year was
24l0. compared with 2,726 last year,
while the number of maternal
deaths the first half of 1899 in
North Carolina was 21O, compared
with 255 d year ago, bringing the
rate down from ga to SIS.
DR.. G.. M. Cooper, Director of
the State Board of Health's Division
ot Preventive Medicine, who has
supervision over the Boards mater
nal and child health activities, ex-
pressed himself as being greatly
pleased with this showing.
According 10 4 recent compilation
made by Dr. Cooper, embracing and
Immediately preceding a part of the
1899 period for which figures show
a reduction in infant and maternal
mortality. work in maternity and
infancy centers under his direction
included
Prenatal service extended to IT.
$40: white, 4,508; colored, 23,039;
Indian. 329.
Wasserman tests taken, 1921;
white. 1900; colored, 1878; Indian,
I43
Wasserman tests positive, 1901;
white, SO, colored, 1,411; Indian, 27.
Number of patients indicating the
presence of toxemic conditions, L.
639: white, 288; colered, 1885; In
iian. l6
Number of patients assisted in
securing necessary medical atten-
ton at time of delivery, through
welfare or other agencies, 1906;
white. 361; colored, 944; Indian, l.
Number. of patients found neces-
sary to hospitalize, $50; white, '165;
colored, 395; Indian, 0.
Number of infants brought to
centers for inspection and examina-
ton. 1887; white, 5,794; colored,
1888; Indian, 65.
Diarrhea- -Enteritis Deaths Down
In addition to the reduction IN
the number of deaths among moth
ers and among babies under one
year of age, figures compiled by the
Vital Statistics Bureau show that
there were only 270 deaths from
diarrhea and enteritis among chill
dfen under two years of age the
first half of 1889, as compared with
f,G the same period last year, the
total this year being 206 less than
'ast
Influenza epidemics in some sec
tions brought the death toll from
that disease up the first nalf of
the year. when the total was 491, as
compared with 1856 last year, an
increase Of 156. There was a notice
able decrease, however, in pneu-
monla deaths this year, with 265