Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1912 — Disease and Death In Indiana In May. [ARTICLE]

Disease and Death In Indiana In May.

The bulletin of the State Board of Health for May, just published, say-: There was no improvement in the health for May, 1912, as compared with the corresponding month last year. Rheumatism was reported as the most prevalent disease. In the same month last year measles was reported as most prevalent. The order of prevalence was as follows: Rheumatism, tonsilitis, bronchitis, measles, scarlet fever, pulmonary tuberculosis, typhoid fever, whooping cough, diarrhea, influenza, diphtheria, and membranous croup, pneumonia, smallpox, malaria fever, chickenpox, erysipelas, cholera morbus. I death from pellagra was reported Irom Tippecanoe county, a white woman, 55 years old. This is the second death from this strange disease in Indiana. Tuberculosis caused 367 deaths. 176 males, 191 females. 97 of this number were fathers and mothers in -the age period of 18 to 40 and they left 194, orphans under 12 years of age. Pneumonia caused 160 deaths, males .87, females 73. Diphtheria, 95 castes with 18 deaths in 30 counties. In the saiOe last year 145 cases with 9 deaths in 28 counties. Typhoid fever. 161 cases in 34 counties with 35 deaths. In the same month last year 134 cases in 34 counties with 29 deaths. Scarlet fever, 191 cases in 34 counties with 4 deaths. In the same month last year 519 ca.-es in 47 counties with 16 deaths, Small pox. 72 cases in 19 counites with no deaths. In the same month last year 207 cases iA 22 counties with no deaths. Poliomyelitis, 1 case in 1 county with no deaths. In the same month last year 7 deaths in 7 counties. Rabies, 8 cases in 3 counites; Montgomery, 3. Wayne 3. Marion, 2. Deaths, 2,622; rate 11.3. In the same month last year 2,686; rate 11.7. Death rate in northern sanitary section 11.3; central sanitary section 12.1; southern section, 9.9. City deaths rate 13.7. Death rates for the following cities were: Indianapolis 15.8; Evansville, 12; Ft. Wayne, 12.8; Terre Haute, 12.2; South Bend, 11.4. Births, 4,211; rate 18.2. Males 2,153; females 2,109. The highest rate was in Scott county, 28.2; and the lowest rate in Ohio county, 8.1.