Children's Hospital, Colored Medical Assn. Meeting, Doctor Fined for Failing to Report Births, 1920

North Carolina news from the July 3, 1920 issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, which was then being published weekly

Report Profits for Children’s Hospital—Out of the profits of Grove Park Inn, Asheville, the owner will construct and maintain in Asheville a modern hospital for the treatment of crippled children in America on a site near Grove Park Inn on Sunset Mountain. Dr. W.P. Herbert, Asheville, will be chief of the medical staff.

Colored Medical Association Meeting—The 31^st annual meeting of the North Carolina Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association was held at Rocky Mount, June 29 and 30, and Charlotte was selected as the place of meeting for next year. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. William C. Strudwick, Durham; vice presidents, W.H. Williams, Goldsboro, and Peter W.J. Burnett, Rocky Mount; and secretary-treasurer, Dr. Clyde H. Donnell, Durham.

Physician Fined for Failing to Report Births—The highest fine as yet imposed in a local court for violation of the state vital statistics law was imposed on Dr. B.W. Tugman, Warrensville, July 17. He is said to have been assessed $50 and costs in two cases of failing to report births when he was the attending physician. The case was aggravated by the fact that last summer Dr. Tugman was convicted and given a nominal fine and that in this instance prosecution was instigated only after repeated unsuccessful efforts had been made to get him to comply with the law.