Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1885 — Report of Jasper county Board of Heatth. [ARTICLE]

Report of Jasper county Board of Heatth.

Hon. John Waymirt , President; • As Secretary it is my duty to report to you the work of the Health Officers of Jasper county, for the year 1884. The statistics collected by the Secretary since the establishment of the Board, February Ist, 1882, are as fOilow8:' "“Marriages -iu 1882, 78; 1888, 8!: 1884,81,' Births reported—lßß2, 198; 1888, 210: 1884, 208Deaths reported—lßß2, 53; JBB3, G 7; 1884,54. ’ The births reported in 1884, occurred in towns and townships as follows: Rensselaer 28, Remington 21, Marion township 29, Jordan 20, Carpenter 21, Milroy 1. Hanging Groye 11, Gillam 8. Barkley 29, Walker 9, Keener 6, Newton 12,i Union 11: townships not reported, 3. Males 114, Fbmales 88, sex n>t reported, 1; total 203. No report from Kankakee or WFeatfield townships. ! Deaths occurred from the foliowirig diseases:—Abscess of throat 1, Bronchitis 1, Burn 1, Brain fever 1 Cholera Infauium 4, Cappillary Bronchitis 2, Consumption 8, Diptheria l, Diabetisl, Disp< psia 1, Disease of heart 2, Dysentery 2, Hydrocephalus 1, Hemorrhage frori wound 1, Intestinal Catarrh 1, Injury 1, Inflammation of Brain 1,-In flammationof liver 1, Meningitis 3, Murdered 1, Pneumonia 7, Pleuro-pneumo nia 2, peritonitis 1, Puerperal Peritonitis 1, Paralysis 1, Whooping cough 1, Obstruction ot bowels 1, Old age 2, Stillborn 4, Typhoid fever 1. Deaths occurred in towns and townsbips as follows: —Reiisselaer 11, Reining: on 3, Marion tovvnshi p 8, Carpenter 5, Jordan 2. Newton T. Union 7, Keener 1, Walker 2, Barkley 7, Gillam 2. Hanging Grove 3, Milroy 1; no reports from Kankakee or Wheatiield. Deaths reported in months as follows: —January 5. February 8, March 4. April 3. May 4, June 3, July 2, August 5, September 5. October 4, November O, December 9. Of 54 deaths, 24 were under 5 and 6 were over 70 years of age, Of the four still-births, there were males 1, females 3. * The largest number Of deaths by one disease was 6by Pneumonia Consumption caused the death of but 3, ope to every 4.000 of population of the county. A noteworthy feature is the small number of deaths caused by that disease. Iu 1882 there wore 3, 1883, 2, 1884. 3. They died in the following months: March 3, April 2, May 1, August 1, September 1. Males 2, females 6. The deaths during the past year, as reported, have been less than 5 to the 1,000 population. * The eerctary of the State BoarJ says the deaths are from 12 to 15 to 1,000 of the population in the state. I am certain tho deaths in the county, not reported, would not raise the number to nty)re than 7 to the 1.000, which would prove Jasper to be one of, if not the healttiiest county in the state. Of the “Diseases D angerous to Public Health.” such as Small Pox, Scarlet fever, Diptheria, Malignant Typhoid fever, &0., two cases only, were report ed, both of Diptheria. If there were other cases of any of those diseases in the county the past year, not reported by the physicians in attendance, or if there were no physicians called, then the householders are liable to prosecution for hot reporting the same to tidy office. The same is true of any unreported births and deaths. , c .The physicians registered with the County Clerk, and residing in Jasper county, are as follows: Rensselaer. —J. H. Lough rid F. P. Bitters, M, B. Alter. R. Y. Martin. S. W. Ritchey, J. C Doming, W. W. Hardsell, I. B. Washburn. Remington,—S. C. Maxwell, D. H. Patton, M. W. Reigle. Wheat held.—Willard Stock Well. DeMotte.—Thomas Antrim. Rose Lawn.—lra B Robbins. Midwife.—Caroline C. Gant. Union township. My thanks are due the physicians of the county who have so eheerfuhy complied with the law and tho Rules and Regulations, ol tho State .Board of Health, by forwarding reports to this office. Respectfully submitted,

I. B. WASHBURN, M. D.

Sop'y Jasper county Board of Health.