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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />MARCH 29, 1977 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on <br />Tuesday, March 29, 1977, at 7:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Room of <br />the Courthouse in Hillsborough. <br />Present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioner Norman Gustaveson, <br />Jan Pinney, and Donald Willhoit. <br />Absent was Commissioner Norman Walker. <br />Others present were 5. M. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, <br />County Finance Director, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk. <br />Chairman Whitted opened the meeting by requesting that members from <br />the Berard of Commissioners and the Orange County Health Board introduce <br />themselves. <br />Members of the Health Board present were Nancy Coleman, Ruth Cooper, <br />Evelyn Lloyd, Betsy McAdoo, Dr. William Mayes, Jim Boyd, and Dr. William <br />Nebel. Commissioner Willhoit also serves on the Health Board. <br />Chairman Whitted expressed his appreciation to the Health Board for <br />agreeing to serve on this vital Board. He stated that the Board of Commis° <br />sinners were aware that much wo=k is ahead for the Interim Berard of Health <br />in order to have an on-going Health Department by July 1, 1977. He stated <br />that a tap priority far the Health Board is the hiring of a Health Director <br />and that a job description should be ready by April 15.th, and the Directoz <br />should be hired by Jujne 1, 1977. <br />Mr. Whitted stated that Dr. Charles Harper from the U.N.C. School of <br />Public Health was present and had been asked to present to :.the Boaid his <br />views of a health department, its organization, functions Arid types of <br />services. <br />Dr. Harper stated that those people at the School of Public Health <br />were willing to help the new Board in every .way possible, and the <br />School was hopeful of having a role in making the Orange County Health <br />Department a model for North Carolina. <br />Dr. Harper stated that the Department of Public Health had the <br />broadest legal mandates of any other health or health related organiza- <br />tion. The Department of Public Health is charged with the promotion and <br />protection of the health of the public by General Statutes. This is a <br />broad mandate and not restricted to a set of functions that would restrict <br />its activities. <br />Tn the past, functions of a health department have been the traat- <br />ment of communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis, venereal diseases <br />and childhood diseases. Also, an important function has been that of <br />environmental sanitation and control of environmental conditions. <br />Health Departments services include a collection of vital statistics, as <br />well as a monitor for health status. These are functions one would find <br />in a typical health department. As you continue to look at health depart- <br />ment, there is a thinning out, in terms of frequency, of what a health <br />department does. Detection of chronic diseases has received great <br />_ emphasis in recent years. Hypertension is another program which is an <br />acceptable role of health departments. More recently, health departments <br />have gotten into the medical care area of services. <br />Dr. Harper stated that historically, it has been felt that health <br />departments should not get involved in treatment services, but that this <br />should be left to the private sector, however, today many health depart- <br />ments do provide certain treatment programs for the medically underserved. <br />These programs usually have to do with particular types of illnesses. <br />Nutrition programs have been added to the role of health departments, <br />to attempt to identify individuals who have health problems related to <br />food deficiency. <br />
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