THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 24TH, 1937
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But when, after the sermon, the
preacher came down from the plat
form, took a chair at one side of a
table, and your father as church
clerk took a chair at the other side
and opened the book of minutes,
and the preacher announced that
the church would now come to
order for the transaction of busi
ness, your interest revived as you
heard the fahiiliar words from the
minutes of the last meeting—“ The
roll was called and absentees mark
ed, the minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved, after
which the moderator called for un
finished business.” There were al
ways committees to report on mat
ters of finance, repairs, sexton hire,
or discipline, if nothing else. You
subconsciously noted how each man
as he rose to speak, said first,
“Brother Moderator”, and how the
preacher replied, “Brother Blank”.
Later on you realized this meant
that Brother Blank had the floor
and nobody else had the right to
interrupt him as long as he didn’t
stray too far from his subject. You
saw that if two men got on their
feet to speak at the same time the
moderator had to decide which one
had the floor and the other had to
sit down. Sometimes you felt sorry
for him. You learned that making
a motion and having it seconded
voiced opinion of only two persons;
that it msut be put to a vote that
all might have a chance to express
themselves. You learned by listen
ing what amendments were and be
cause the moderator had to explain
it to a member, you also learned
that to rescind and to reconsider
are different terms and that be
fore any question may be recon
sidered a motion to that effect must
be made by some one who voted
with the majority in the first con
sideration.
You let your mind wander as the
meeting lasted for what seemed
hours, but at times heard something
that set you to giggling, as when
the moderator got it mixed and
said, “I await a motion to receive
the committee and discharge the
report”, instead of the other way
round. Or like the time they had
Bro. McDaniel, a red-headed Irish
man, seen by a committee and cited
to appear and answer to a charge
of being drunk. When they had
made their report, Bro. McDaniel
was asked what he had to say in
his own defense, and rising, he in
quired, “Which time was that?”
But they couldn’t scold you for
laughing then, for even the preach
er laughed.
There were times when the de
bate was fiery as well as lengthy;
but always it proceeded in an order
ly manner. And woe to the pastor
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who failed to know his parliamen
tary law in its fine points as well
as its broader application.
Finally, you could have shouted
in relief when some one moved to
adjourn. Years later, off at school,
or in societies or club work, you
found that if you substituted Mr.
President, or Madame Chairman,
for Brother Moderator and remem
bered about motions, unfinished
business, amendments and such you
could get by pretty well in most
meetings. And frequently you
wish that many others might have
sat with you those long hours and
have absorbed some of the rules of
procedure for public meetings. For
in conducting business sessions
those brethren at old Mulberry
were ’way ahead of most of what
we see today.
NARRATIVE REPORT OF THE
WAKE COUNTY HEALTH DE
PARTMENT FOR THE
MONTH OF AUGUST, 1937
Statistics show that communi
cable diseases, including bad cold 3,
and mild type influenza, head the
list as the major causes of absence
from school. If this is true,
boards of education, school offi
cials, parent-teacher associations,
and health departments have a
joint responsibility in improving
attendance which ultimately makes
for the successful operation of
schools.
We are all aware of the fact
that the avenues of communcable
diseases have been increased with
improved modern means of trans
portation. It is easy, in this day
and time, for people to go from
place to place. No longer are the
contacts to a communicable dis
ease limited to the school room in
which a dsease may occur; the
modern school bus offers a better
environment for the transmission
of communicable diseases, by di
rect contact, than does the school
room. This presents a very com
plex problem and one which must
be dealt with by parents, teachers,
school officials, and health author
ities alike if we expect to control
communicable diseases. A child,
in the first grade, coming down
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with diphtheria, may be carried
home in a bus with children repre
senting every grade in the school,
exposing all to this infection.
Immunity to disease is our great
est aid, isolation and quarantine
will help some but, in the future,
we must depend upon immunizing
agents, laboratory findings, and
the intelligent application of per
sonal good-health habits.
Much can be accomplished in the
control of communicable diseases
by the practice of personal hygien
ic health habits. Common sense
dictates that we should shield our
coughs and sneezes. We must
have some regard for the other fel
low. We have no right to give him
anything he does not want and
which may cause him to become ill.
The proper temperature and
ventilation of the schoolroom, as
well as that of the bus, will have a
great influence upon the physical
welfare of children. These condi
tions should be zealously guarded
by teachers and other responsible
persons.
Parents should protect their
children, by seeing that every pre
ventive measure against communi
cable diseases has been taken ad
vantage of.
During the month, we had 177
communicable diseases reported.
Os this number, only 27 were plac
ardable; 150 being only report
able. There were 77 visits, revisits,
and epidemiological investigations
made to further prevent the
spread of these diseases. Os the
177 diseases reported, 21 were
Whooping Cough; 17 were tuber
culosis; 3 were measles; 2 were
typhoid fever; 1 was diphtheria;
1 was pellagra; and 132 were
venereal diseases.
There were 333 persons immuniz
ed against typhoid fever, diphthe
ria, and smallpox.
A program of maternal and in
fant hygiene was carried on, as
well as pre-school and school pro
grams.
In the laboratory, we examined
244 specimens; 79 water samples;
56 milk samples; 96 urinalysis; 5
cultures for diphtheria; 6 smears
for gonorrhea.
There were 155 foodhandling es
tablishments under supervision;
399 visits to these establishments.
There were 96 dairies, dairy farms,
and dairy plants under supervision;
68 visits made to them. There
were 709 cows tested. Os this
number, 124 for tuberculosis, and
575 for Bang’s Disease. There
were 8 reactors to Bang’s Disease,
which were removed from the herd
and slaughtered.
There were 74 examinations
made of food-handlers, and persons
working in industries. There were
960 visits made in the interest of
home-sanitation. There were 14
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houses sanitated; 9 pit privies im
proved; 5 septic tanks installed.
There were 197 live births re
ported. Os this number, 69 oc
curred in hospitals. There were 12
stillbirths. There were 122
deaths; 12 under one month; 10
under one year. There were 2
deaths from typhoid fever; one
from tuberculosis.
At the Wake County Clinic, op
erated as an out-patient depart
ment of Rex Hospital, there were
459 new patients admitted, and
1,284 patients treated.