Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-09-18
Contagious Are Few;
Medical Mind Ready;
Typhoid War Goes On
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
WILLIAM ii. RICHARDSON.
Guest Writer Tn,I.,,

ItUIN-
Raleigh. Sept. l3.-Frum WASH
iisloh mas come the announcement
that civilian America maintained Il
hish standard OF health during the
FIRST calendar wear 81 thi, count. -
participation in the wa!' a. am active
oelllSereni. The national death r;ic
tor !S+2 was only 1913 per thousand.
While the birth rate Was 2u.T.
This was the first time ru several
decades that the national h!.tn rate
had doubled The national death rate.
despite the shortage ui da,.,pr, and
nurses. and uvcrc.owdvd nrusIng
conditions. To- say nothing -. tie
shortage ut mauv essentials. uclrI-
ing some of our most important ,uud-
SUITS. hitherto considered ..ralIv
necessary 10 u W,Il-uJit~,"i diet
North Carolina shares the hope int
the high standard lust .nm.unr,d by
federal officials viii be- rlain,.f.rd
States Record Bette: StiIl.
Now let us take lvk ar the
health picture III our oNn S,... of
North Carolina. and cpu!,l-.d It
with the national picture DO uu!
llgureS compare lut..HIiv with;
those announced from Aa.n,.g..u.
Tor the nation Hs u Whole. !.,. e..
While The national dc.fu ~lr for.
1912 WAS 1913. the North ra-,In.
late despite certain !.ergu.y.H
handicaps--Wa un,v 81. vh..n Mas
lowest III QUE HISTORY. oar r..'n rate
vas 24.6, which ~. 20 higher ..an
the national Hl.t: .a'r .: -. ~ IN"
country ~ = whole ...' ",... there
We're twice as lna"v -i.:Ur .. Deaths.
The ratio II Nu.r. r-.-.... -.....
three ID c"C. W.. had d...,v ..., .......
29,6l3 deaths. willis - ,..uuycr IF
births repo! ted was 9D.5G. Births
this year. a: the present "a'1 II in
crease. will show a SUI !. .nry total
With an increased r.;..
1t might as well be uaG,,stloG tina.
statistics" mean nuthln. ID 80. =
norant individual and ,r.H ii lie to
the intelligent man 81. Woman. un-
less they teach sometime
EpidemiCS constitute ul... -r,a ;gS,
health menace II time u. WA.
Though serious enough al .ly time.
an epidemic during a period al var
Is like house alI:r. with ;nu ci,ys
ilre-lighting equipment IN duty
handling a cunilu2raii.u in % n.ra.-
boring municipality.
War OH Typhoid. Smallpox.
In the past. typhoid rcyc.. has
risen to plague Us IN tia" Of .ral b;u
the fight against It--tu.' !; Is pic-
Nentable--haS Continued Wi;n telling
success. There must be no lct-up.
however. Typhoid is controlled turO-
Ugh vaccination and sanitation Du.-
ing 1912, tn" progress IsGluSt this
disease continued. There were only
II typhoid deaths reported through
OFT North Carolina. Us caiilpartd
with 81 the preceding year. The .ate
IN single wear. dropped from 90 20
%, as compared with 2U.2 IL 1871,
the year We took up arms III the first
World War.
There were no deaths in North
Carolina from smallpox last yca:. II
Is interesting 10 note there has been
only one death from this disease IN
our State IN the past dozen vcal,
Eut should the practice ot tccping
our people vaccIna;cd cease. :maii-
poX again would become Il menace
TO the health Of our people.
fortunately. 80. ia.. we n.vc had
no influenza cpldcmics ~ North
Carolina since we began pg. Darti-
cipation III this war. During tho ijg.,l
do,,s toll. -, '',> i'"'' "'''cii-
f,obting fn~nc, ''" -. an ..','s oar
there We're only 29G influenza deaths
pared 9th o%2 ~ IL ,@i I''i:'' "S cri:'-
60. w. "i',t so% III ~! IN q .n@i"
an Infi,or.o i; ~ uStE" '..Il @'.9 20
nor r,roI;o,ot,,o 49,. r.tEIt'aoie
cnidernic ~ ~, 80 ,, ~ P.eo.C' an
asaip.t ,no ,s Guy N.ii| "HShl 10 DC
nsvchoIoa, ,W,, u. Wy ."!,". II IS pad
not he ,5re,.o,,. i.t,T ''r g',,">e may
has =. r. ,,-.,H>sI ,'.-I.'-"' Sc e!lce
ment ,T.c:' .-,.,,, 81. III. . real
rorerad 49, ''''' 2. ".-E ""S'S-
AZ ing.,f.,. 90 -..,. ,,.-..,.
fact that ,,.c e., r.,,. - ,'I.. IT. ne
own IL, ,,...,,.. .| '.'" ".'t
v.o,. doc. ,'l, .,,,.., "a 10Y ''."" ''
ror-r,n, ~. nv. ....i We ...1 81
Tho rran,.. ,'. wa. ..'F'. "N''"Lt
ten, ,d,..,,ao..,,,...' =. ','i ''''-i.-
NJ tho a,,,.-,,.a,ra' c.... ~ .''-'i.sf
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