Oosed
Successful
J
ference On Child
1th Closes A
cessful Session
Durham — The Conferen(c pn
|l|^ld Health conducted by the
'Btibool H«?alth Cowdinating Ser-
^rjee in eooperation with the
^orth Carolina College for Ne-
I'losofl its sessicrti Friday,
*y 18. The attending: members
the t'onferenee M-ere forty
iry, elenientarj- and high
si teaeliers, and three Jeaues
rviiM»rh from the State of
ih Carolina; and seven mem-
froiu six other Southern
^n.posed of thre^ {Aysi-
two health edueatM^ one
aui one Jeanes superv’i-
Conferenee eonisisted of
aetivities relating to
jwobleniB. Three houra
jv«n daily to didaetie in-
for the .purpose of giv-
teachers and memberB
eonference. idas in healtb:
:; these were supplemen- j
modern ^ocdeures in
aervice pwTgrams> labora-
rationfl, nutritiiA de-
;.ttanR, field trips, eoufer-
'iodts, and committee a»>
E.ieh individual was
to work on some spe-
theac were based
and coi2ununity j
til* ability of the in- i
) elhkttake loecsnres |
M^utioo of I
ipinkni‘‘^
'«r tke deoMiuitra-
FSnUMia-
tion and the General Education
Board; the service organizations
are the State Department of
Education and the State Depart
ment of Heath; the scene of t)he
current activity, known as the
North Carolina Conference on
Child Health, is tiie North Caro
lina College for Negroes at Dur
ham; the faculty and demon
stration group is composed of
members of the Department of
Health and the Department of
Education and visiting lecturers
and consultant; the students are
selected teachers and school
supervisors from North Carolina
counties, where prior health
aetivities have been undertaken
by workers of the Coordinated
School Health Service, and a
number of workers in the related
fields of liealth, education, and
community service from other
States on fellowship grants in
aid.
The program is didaetie and
aetical. Health education and
school and community health
problems are considered in class
es, conference, and special com
mittee groujjs. Laboratory tech
nics and their application to per-
onal and public health, field
trips for observation of “public
licelth at work,” and a demon
stration class of malmmrished
children who spend the whole day
ooder health care and aupern-
sion,'-proride experiences to sup-
l^ement the health instruction.
The required physical examina
tion of ti^ county teacchers and
the ehildreu of the demonstration
elass are comi^ebensive and
thorough, and tfhe results have a
two fold benefit—the determina
tion of the present health status
and the educational valije of the
findings and their implications.
The inherent principle? are:
First, that health instruction
should be reduced to the least
common denominator for easy
assimilation by those persons of
limited education and experi
ence; secondly, that demonstra
tion should translate words ot in
struction into evidence of their
practical application; and, third
ly, that available health services
should reach the ultimate con
sumers in accoi'ding with and in
proportion to their neels.
Thus North Carolina, with the
of means and counsel frmn
interested sources, the utilization
of its own agencies for construc
tive public education and health
conservation, and the wise proce
dure of demonstration before
adoption, is making further com
mendable progress in the attain
ment of better schools and bet
ter school children, better teach
ers, parents, homes, and conse
quently, better communities and
better citizens. Not only North
Carolina but the entire South
land, where much yet needs to
be done to remedy unfavorable
and unwholesome diftcrentials,
may look forward to more n«sets
and less lialjilities in the great*st
potential resource of the State
today who will be the citizens of
and the Nation—the children of
tomorrow. •
♦ First photo in upper left shows doctors in the Conference
On Child Health, examining children #hile teachers observe.
Many physical defects unknown to parents were discovered in
children and advice griven as to how they might be corrected.
At the upper right is a scene during a health play in which
the children were taught how examinations and treatment are
administered. Through the lessons given in^this manner, the
matter of better health and how to guard against poor health
was made more impressive.
Lower left shows several of the attendants at the confer
ence during a study period, at which time various problems
on child health were discussed. During the entire conference
there was very little tin« for social activity .
Lower right is a pand discussion on health problems with
ministers and teachers of Durham in attendance. These reli
gious and educational leaders .w«re given the advantage of the
conference without cost. Much interest was manifested by all
those attending.
Deaths From Preventable Accidents
Continue To Advance In This State
"No, not yet,” replied the
other, "but the neighbors al
most got her last night."
By Wm. H. Bickardson
Ralei^ — The numher pf deaths
frtom preventable accidents in
North Carolina continues to gain
momentum as the year advances,
official figures «ompj^ed by the
State Board of Health "show..
Through _ June there had been
854 such deaths reported to the
Bureau of Vital Statistics, as
compared with (iG5 the first half
of 1940, representing an increase
of 189 for 1941, so far. These do
not include suicides and homici
des, which are holding their own.
During June 35 people In North
Carolina took their lives, which
was in excess of the number in
thg corresponding month last
this year to 17,059, which was
27 fewer than died from January
year. There was an increase of
one in the number of homicides,
to June, 1941, total having been
33, as compared with 32 for the
corresponding month last year.
^ Accidental drowning last mon
th totaled 27, as against only 18
in June, 1940, wile 11 were burn
ed to death, compared with 8 in
June, 1940. Last month’s total
number of deaths from prevent
able accidents was 145, an in
crease of 23 over the same month
in 3940.
June’s 7,493 births brought the
total number for the first half
of 1941 in North Carolina to 41,
937i an increase of 2,115 over the.
corresponding period of 1940,
while the 2,635 deaths brought
the total for the first half of
year. ^
In fact, children did not-ia^’e
so well in June in other v.’uj^
With 419 deaths among babies
under a year old, the rate jumj>-
ed from 50.7 in June, last year,
to 56.9 in June this year. Measles
totok 21 lives, against one in
June, 1940, while tiiere were 22
fattl cases of whooping cough,
an increase of 31 over Inst June.
One death from rabies and one
from tetanus occurred in North
Carolina last month, wRile ap-
pendictis deaths went’from 19 to'
29. Maternal deaths, however,
showed a decrease of 9, bringing
the June rate down to 5.3, as
compared with 6.7 last year.
There were three typhoid
fever and three malaria victims
during th emonth, while tuber
culosis deaths showed an increase.
No deaths resulted from endemic
typhus fever, undulant fever,
smallpox or scarlet fever,
uptrend, however, was reflected
in the 69 deaths frrom diarrhea
and enterities among children
under two years of age,^compar
ed with 50 reported in June, last
through June, last year.
There was a decided drop in
cancer deaths in June, the total
for the month having been 169,
as compared with 206 for June,
1941, while pneumonia deaths
fell from 122 in June, last >ear,
to 99 in June,'this year, sustain
ing the downward^ trend. An
7 \
will l>e a delay in further mail
ing of the questionnaires until
the numbers have been assign
ed ti those who registered July
1. No date has been designat
ed for giving the new numbers
Army contracting for huge re
serve of planes, tanks and guns.
EXCHANGE
Democracy suffers more from
its loudmothed friends than
from its enemies.
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