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ORANGE COUNTY 1 <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No.,1Q-q <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 1997 <br /> Subject: Rabies Control Report <br /> Department: Health Public Hearing Yes_ No X <br /> Budget Amendment Yes X No <br /> Attachments(s) Information Contact <br /> Health Director's Office X2411 <br /> 1. Statistical Report of Confirmed <br /> Rabies Cases and the Results. Telephone Number <br /> 2. Incidence of Rabies by Month. <br /> 3. A map showing the location of Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> rabies cases. Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> 4. Letter to Orange County residents Mebane 227-2031 <br /> used in canvassing in neighborhoods Durham 688-7331 <br /> where rabies cases have occurred. <br /> 5. N.C. Rabies Activity Report for <br /> December 1996. <br /> 6. Rabies in North Carolina 1990-96. <br /> 7. Newspaper articles regarding the <br /> Statewide Rabies Control Program. <br /> 8. Copy of letter to Senator R.L. Martin <br /> regarding State funding for rabies control. <br /> Purpose: <br /> To update the Commissioners on the rabies epidemic in Orange County. <br /> Background: <br /> At the Board of Commissioners meeting on April 1, 1997, Commissioner Brown asked for an <br /> update of the rabies epidemic in Orange County. She also asked whether funding at the state level <br /> was sufficient to meet the needs of the epidemic and whether the Board of Commissioners could <br /> write a letter to legislators asking them to fund the appropriate state agency that could help with <br /> the epidemic. The Health Director and Animal Control Director will present the attached <br /> information at the Board meeting of April 16, 1997. <br />