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Pitt County Health Department reports quarterly data: flu peak, poultry avian outbreaks, clinic and WIC gains
Summary
The county health director provided a Whole Health quarterly update including a recent flu peak, poultry avian outbreaks with no human cases in North Carolina, clinic and WIC participation increases, environmental-health inspection counts and opioid settlement grant outreach plans.
At the March 10 meeting, the Pitt County Health Department presented its Whole Health quarterly report covering the first two fiscal quarters and program activity for January and February.
The report said the county’s respiratory season peaked in late January/early February with a spike in influenza A cases and that there were 15 COVID-related cases across the ECU system as of the previous week. On avian influenza, the presenter said there were no human cases in North Carolina; staff reported about 3,400,000 egg-laying chickens culled in Hyde County and 26,000 turkeys in a separate county earlier in the year.
Clinic activity increased, the department reported; February had 771 clinic patients with a show rate of about 77–80 percent. STD clinic visits rose after the health department restored rapid-clinic staffing; the department reported approximately 2,400 STD visits last year. Environmental-health figures through January included 941 on-site wastewater visits, 656 sites evaluated, 4,115 consultations and 130 permits issued for new septic systems. Well work included 253 consultations and 18 permits for new wells.
Food and lodging inspections through January for the fiscal year included 1,054 total inspections and more than 5,000 consultations; the department listed restaurant, school, childcare, residential-care and institutional inspections in its totals.
WIC participation stood at 104.88 percent of the assigned baseline of 4,143, and the presenter said that increase represented about a $147,000 additional allocation for the current year. Care-management outreach for high-risk pregnancies and children met state benchmarks; the department said it met or exceeded targets for engagement and utilization.
Staffing: the presenter said the health department had 24 new hires in the fiscal year, five turnover separations and two retirements, with about eight open positions remaining.
On opioid-settlement funds, the department said it had sought community stakeholder input and opened an RFP for providers on the county website to apply; the RFP closes March 25 and selected applicants will be invited to submit full applications.
The board received the report; no budget appropriation, ordinance or other board action on the health report itself was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
