Monday, April 28, 2014

To Avoid Typhoid, Get Vaccinated, 1919

“No Typhoid in New Hanover” from April 1919 issue of The Health Bulletin, published by the North Carolina State Board of Health

The New Hanover County Board of Health is setting a pace for other counties in the matter of fighting  typhoid fever. From all reports they are conducting a special campaign among physicians and others to secure general vaccination against typhoid fever. If the public will avail themselves of the free typhoid vaccine which is being offered them, there will be little or no typhoid fever in New Hanover County this summer.

In the army, where typhoid fever has formerly been notoriously prevalent, it has been entirely eradicated, because our soldier boys have all been vaccinated against it.

We are glad to see New Hanover taking this action, and we hope that other counties will fall in line.


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