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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Health Facts, What Are We Going To Do About Them? Jan. 21, 1920


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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