Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1901 — Sickness During April. [ARTICLE]

Sickness During April.

Smallpox excepted, the general health was better during April, as compared with March. The order of disease prevalence was: Rheumatism, tonsilitis, influenza, bronchitis, measles, pneumonia, diarrhoea, typhoid fever, intermittent fever, pleuritis, whooping cough, scarlet fever, erysipelas, dysentery, inflammation of the bowels, diphtheria and croup, cholera morbus, puerperal fever, cerebro spinal meningitis, cholera infantum. The following diseases decreased in area of prevalence as compared with the preceding month. Rheumatism, tonsilitis, influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleuritis, scarlet fever, diphtheria and croup, puerperal fever, cerebo spinal meningitis. The diseases which increased in era of prevalence were: Measles, diarrhoea, typhoid fever, intermittent fever, whooping cough, dysentery, inflammation of the bowels.