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BADIN, NORTH CAROLINA
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITIONS
|ARLY in 1916, Badin began to develop into a
regular town, and from its inception the matter
of health and sanitary conditions has been con
sidered one of the most important features in its
development. A considerable portion of the town is located on
were canvassed every other day to see that everyone was
receiving proper care, and to report any who lacked such
care, so they could be taken to the hospital. The situation
was well under control at all times, which without doubt
accounted for the very few deaths. The town has been
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the hillside, somewhat in the form of a natural amphitheater,
which naturally affords the primary element of sanitation,
viz.; good drainage.
Our sanitary sewerage system has been completed and
in operation since the spring of 1916, and there are no out
side closets allowed in town.
Every house is provided with garbage and ash cans, with
tight fitting covers. These cans are emptied every few days
by the garbage and trash man—the garbage being fed to
hogs, and the trash burned. Every house is equipped with
running water and toilet, and weekly inspections are made
to see that the premises are kept sanitary.
No one is allowed to keep a cow, horse, or pig within the
city limits. This precaution is necessary to help keep down
the fly nuisance.
At the outbreak of the influenza epidemic, last year, emer
gency hospitals for white and colored people were immedi
ately established. The town was divided into sections, which
organized to cope with any possible recurrence of that dread
ed disease this winter.
All school children are given a medical examination each
year, and recommendations are made to parents regarding
treatment for adenoids, bad teeth, etc.
Although our birth rate is very high, infant mortality
is very low.
The hospital is available to every resident of Badin, so
that it is not necessary to take serious cases out of town,
or keep them in the home under disadvantageous conditions.
There are four doctors in the white town, and one in the
colored village, and the community nurse in each place to ad
vise the people on general matters of health in the home,
and to assist and direct the care of patients about the town.
A visit to our schools, churches, theaters, and any general
assembly of the people, will convince you of the efficiency of
the precautions provided.