iHESR;-* . •- V *W. ■ \ • SECTION ONE-] f - >.: • '•x • ■ ■> - >% w > * tfj JL n iirriti flUlimi Ihi w ■ FourfoW In Decade One of the BigniricantdeTtiopuMats in the American economy in recent yean is the rapid expanafcm in scien tific research and development in a variety of fields. Total scientific research expendi tures in 1952 aae officially estimat ed at more than *3* billions, about two-thirds of it for work carried on in facilities owned or operated by pri vate industry.' This sum is more than four times the equivalent yearly spending at the beginning of World War 11, a rate of growth that is greater than that of the economy as a whole in the period. The nation’s defense needs over the past decade have, of course, been a big stimulus, especially to basic re search, and have brought some spec tacular results, particularly in the field of atomic energy. Expansion in Private Research However, private industry has like wise greatly increased its own ex penditures both for basic and applied research. This is of particular im portance to the well-being of the av erage American since new products and improvement of old ones have consistently played a decisive part in the growth of the economy and the rise in our living standards. The status of research in the Unit ed States has been developed in a special study prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in cooperation with the Department of Defense. It is based on a nation-wide survey Jn mid -1952 of companies engaged in scien tific and engineering research and de velopment. Much research work is also done in colleges and universities, and in Government laboratories, but detailed information for these was not obtained. Nor does the study touch on research in the social sciences. One of the interesting results of the survey is the extent of research be ing financed by private industry, even where work is being done at the re quest of the Government and con tributes to national defense. The chemical industry, for example, No. 8 industry in research expenditures, pays 93 cents of its research dollar out of its own pocket. Petroleum’s proportion is even higher, paying about 97 cents of its research dollar, while the equivalent ration in automo biles, food and primary metals was better than 90 cents. National Defense Aspect As is to be expected, Government financing of research and develop ment is high where the national de fense factor is paramount. This is notably the case in the aircraft field where U. S. funds represented 85 per cent of research expenditures. Elec trical machinery and the professional and scientific instrument industries are two others with a big role in de fense, and more than half of their research expenditures are Govern ment-financed. The companies studied in the sur vey employed 94,000 research engi neers and an additional 140,000 per sons as supporting personnel for this work. I The Brilliance and Beauty of a ■ 5 250 BRIDAL SIT { II DIAMONDS JSSM Matching I Akjolil Rings iMill I Wod»m . .’and yet Ike pric Is omozinjly low. Tt.. sngogo- VSfl j is ' WATCHESInd MAMONOS ■ I A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Article Until Christmas - f FOREHAND JEWELERS } f .VW uaiM 1 i '.. ». * - m '* — ' * "'f' ■jV ••'.*■*■ ■ v '••* ?V fc . 1 " r^\^Z‘Z : "■ ’ 1 Page Two ■ -■»" -—1 Good Teeth—For 100, You Chid Your Coramsity 1 By ERNEST A. BRANCH, B.D.S ■ | - ■ ■ --• The Council On Dental Health of the North Carolina Dental So ciety ia sponsoring this seriee of articles on Dental Health. Hie writer, Dr. Ernest A. Branch, is the Director of the Division of Oral Hygiene of the North Caro | j lina State Board of Health. | WATCH THAT “SWEET TOOTH” 11 “More than 90 ner cent of Ameyi- I' ra’s children suffer from tooth decay. Dental Scientists have shown that , this prevalence of cavities may be due , to improper diets.' especially those . containing an excessive amount of su . j Ear.” J “It is now known that tooth decay jis caused principally by acids pro |duced in the fermentation of carbo . j hydrates and that the restriction par fticularly of sugar is effective in the [i control of this condition.” j In the very face of statements such ] as the above from no less authorita , tive a source than the American Den . tal Association we go merrily on j “reaching for a sweet.” A hopeful , sign, however, is that a guilty and apologetic tone can be detected when we excuse ourselves by saying that we have a “sweet tooth.” Humoring that “sweet tooth” is an 1 indulgence that no one can afford. 1 Yet, many of us do so knowing full 1 well what the consequences will be sure, swift, and sad. The results of years of painstaking research and ' countless experiments leave no doubt 1 that sugar and dental caries go hand ; in hand. Twenty-seven pages of the ’• current- issue of the “Journal of the : American Dental Association” are de -1 voted to a chronological review of the literature and experiments in this ! field from 1867 to 1953. The fact is • substantiated “that the consumption 1 of sugar by a caries-susceptible per son stimulates tooth decay.” In view of this and the 1952 report ; of the Bureau of Agriculture estimat -1 ing the per capita consumption of re ► fined sugar for that year at 96.3 pounds, we are not surprised that more than 90 per cent of our chil dren suffer from dental decay. A spectacular example of the ef fects of sweets is furnished by the 1 Eskimos. Extensive studies show that the Eskimo groups in the far North, whose diet consists of two-thirds pro- ( teins, one-third fats, and no ferment able sugars and starches, possess the best teeth with the least amount of 1 ; dental caries of any known race. However, the story is different in Es -1 kimo groups introduced to “civilized” foods by the traders and prospectors. In one instance, Eskimo children who had never before had a decayed tooth developed decay, in less than six weeks’ time, when sweets were intro duced into their diet, j The introduction of our children to sweets is of such long standing that! we would not suggest the immediate ' and complete elimination of sugar, from their diet. We do strongly rec-' ommend the following measures to THE CHOWAN HERALD, KDBNTON, N. C., THTTBgPA?, DECEMBER 8, IMI ' "! ■»I«WLL.I ...PPIULI' . ■■■II J ..HI parents as effective steps in the con trol of dental caries: 1. Provide a well balanced, protec tive diet. “V 2. Reduce materially the concen trated sugars in the diet. 3. Serve desserts low in sugar con tent and high in food value. 4. Substitute fruits, popcorn, and nuts for that sweet snack. 5. Urge the brushing of teeth im mediately after the eating of candy and other sweets. 6. Consult your-dentist as to the . particular needs of your child. There may be readers of this article ■ who can eat sweets with impunity. If you are one of these, you are in . that 3 to 5 pep cent group of caries immune individuals. Those of us who . constitute the other 95 per cent must . watch and control that “sweet tooth.” In next week’s article, “The Dentist Ts Your Friend,” Dr. Branch will dis , cuss the ways in which your dental . health interests are promoted and aid ed by the dental profession, as well as by your family dentist. Negro High Schools Enter Essay Contest Project Planned In Four Schools In Health r District Ralph Parrish, chairman of the Health Education Committee of the ! Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden-Cho i wan TB Association, has announced i that a scholastic school press project i has been olaced in the four colored high schools in the four counties. The four schools are: Edenton High School, D. F. Walker, principal; Per quimans High School, Richard L. Kingsbury, principal; Camden High School, Richard McMullen, principal, and Pasquotank High School, E. A. Anderson, principal. Subjects for the essays for 1953 are “How Our Town Fights TB” and “What Do We Know About TB?” The best essays will appear in the school paper and will be sent to Nat | ional Headquarters to be judged along with the other school papers in North Carolina. Those that participate musti have facts and information about tu berculosis. The deadline will be De cember 15 to be sent to the District Tuberculosis Office in Elizabeth City. 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