Record #:

21619

Author(s):

Cockrell, David L.

Abstract:

The Group A influenza pandemic that affected the entire world in 1918-1919, killed roughly 13,000 people in the state of North Carolina alone. This event exposed the deficiencies of North Carolina's public health system and motivated the creation of a more effective network of public health agencies by the mid-1920s under the direction of Dr. Watson Smith Rankin. This movement was supported by increased public funding and established support for a permanent public health system.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 73 Issue 3, July 1996, p309-327 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Influenza--History; Healthcare--Access to; North Carolina--Healthcare