From The Pinehurst Outlook, Jan. 21, 1920,
Herbert W. Sugden, editor
Health Facts—What
About It?
Our 250,000 disabled soldiers?
Our 800,000 drafted men who were pronounced unfit for
service?
The 200,000 people who die annually in America of
tuberculosis.
The 25,000 pronounced cases of Tuberculosis in North
Carolina.
The 300,000 children under 5 years of age in America who die
year by year of preventable diseases? And the 10,000 in North Carolina.
The 12 million school children who suffer from various
physical ailments, most of them curable.
The accidents that kill 100,000 and disable 500,000 people
every year in this country?
The one adult in every seven who is known to be in need of
medical attention?
The 500,000 who are doomed to death in the next wave of
Spanish influenza? And the 10,000 in North Carolina?
The need for wholesome home training in bed-side nursing and
sick room dietetics?
The need for free municipal and county hospitals in every
county? County health departments? And county public health nurses?
What about it?
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