, 1877-04-10
The High Death-Rato Largely Attrib.
uted to Unsanitary c,M:;.i:n,.
Scarlet Fcrer Fatality appalling Wen
Compared with tho Total
Mortality.
Bridgeport stints the stook-Yard Cas-.
pools. and Distil1ery Refuse.
The Necessity for All Accurate Birth
Regiatration.

The Chicago Society Of PHYSICIANS and gnr.
Rcons held regular srr.l-monthly meeting lat
evening IN Room ~ OF the Grand Pacific Hotel
Dr.. ". II. Byford presided, Dr.. sawyer acting
al Secretary, and about twenty members Of t!s
Society vcrr present.
d.. Dc Wolf, ucalth.supcrintcndcn Of s}o
ctr, read a papcr on "scarlet Fcvcr,n AZ fol.
lows: Tic promtneut feature Of The sanitary
hIstorv of chrau,, for fh. rast veer t,aa boo.,
49," n,.na.,, ,,o 49, ss pass t.". ~ ors' ~
.us pss'a.''3 el'oep'!: u 'eas'es 1ssse' 4ae
total deaths from all eauses In 1914 were
about IN 10, In 1876 the to.,1
9ooth. w..o scoo ora f.,,,, .,.s,s.
f.v", ~ ~ 20 ~, ' =, IN sa. ooa. t..s.
'esc!' OF 10 % an increase Q! 4oo cent from
scarlet lever, Willis the total death rate WAS 12t
less than III 1874. Tic weather during 1875 waa
fayornb,e Tho temncrat,re mt ,,n,,snai IN ,t,r,.
rtstor. mi t,,a ssr.cs, 1,o,h -,,a to,v. h,. a..
t.ta, ss % sct v ths % nr,1"'enos
Of .hls contagious lisea.e to IN average extent
Of Il per mouth, This startling increase In Octo-
bcr from ;o to 12l indicates this month rs con.
movements ef this h domestic is pe.tIisnee. 'ls
For reasons to be considered hereafter, no
record Of this contagious disease Is found
nv nen Dspql.nsn.' otnss ta1z .n4n .ae 'eR1e
tho law ordering reports iron, attending physi.
clans has been gcl,crally compiled With. In ths
two tnnn+h. sndin1 Ms+rh nj MI +hcro t,v.
,,"e -eao.,,, 1-1 s.ns ,.,.s or ,sst,. as,o
oeen reeotusu 80 eascs' Will @oo ucashs' per
cent OF deaths to cnaea reported OF 2os. This
per cent IL probably too high, not all the cases
ns w. s.nt 'tu' ohat ~ ~. norr..t sa,,,n 49,
r.. esu' - tae.. Hoou1 W. esee. !e. oEusc: fIo"
oe'ooe'' 4otos " alAfeu! lost. oota 'ne1ustSe1
thSTs Tsss s a. sases ana 1su aea.s, T. ,.,
boroods aii,lctcd viii high deati..ra:c s s'i a..
INC sons meutssa te N
snoctca sa1s ~ ns1nrt ~ .o+nss.ir hrn,cno
nttained' tThia vi"x raa fmsttsT bv II. .n,,at.
CT bv map, and figures Showing the flftti. 3xii.
tia ercntcst sfYcrsrs. an ~ tt,s ,a,lu tiu,c tho
tnprx fm~ t. n'u ne ss;orv aal, lt an nadn
.ten1 - hIoh n. ~ .rrre fnr ~ iS~M G,v,,,r,r.
ss ,, .no hrttnrnn.oI anu
t'os,nr,at,e .;,,i",n ~ ~ sa,I 1ti a.ta
Fourth. Ntnth. Eleventh, and Twelfth Wards'
ito iss.ou - wSiel, :atb iiasIssss. sss:i' ,nay bs
Fsartcentb wari 9as 3o.aT Der l.oo IN
tS tts % Fourth Ward 1l.H nc rcr pi.ooo. Tbat IT
a. t1,rrn s" wcrr III, sJraths in tbr
Fourteenth Wa,sl lat year which would nsvyt
E,"trth ~ Eir~rnth Wards nni T., l,nv, snrr' I
1n..n Drsr ai; .t'lt.. ~ ~ anx nnnn , ses ' ~
''Ih' i. ve,v tr,,o That o,hrr tnau.,r.s oro ot
,,x, H. II, E.-t;s W. s;.tae. - ,oust ~
nats: thcro /. wealth an.3 tbo rsi fon,o Il am.
liz. t,,t o,,,d .aanrs su viao stroet. a %
wafer nT" misatnnnrir. NJ rivIti,sti"n sshrrs,rrr
ni"r.l MIA ,,a,,nsrtstn,s n.'I ,ia,,iitotin.
pn.oi',t ~ n,..p.n psn,t, ~ o,,,at,a *
ssms secttons nf tho sEy IL a fata {rom Will
sonis,r. s,..,vn,st s1H,n ~, 49, Inv, eA
se"''*'' '''p' = nn,,.sx~w 9Is Tnr,,v" '"eA'
IN ,ov vii, .5.n sstt r.. ~ sn";tnrv fccr vbo
~ tSrs ".n % asn ~ ~ tIS eHu ouIG. III III
nisso G, vo y'aii ~ H. ,r,tssx instead t ~
lii Lii II '"@ "o"'e ~"A te' "~5 '"''sAa oA
A',e' ~. . o
ING 4eS!uie! tti quoted 1son ~. lnomas, ls IT,
All4ons Atl!es: a'lu ot!sess 10 support ot tAe
vle1 that cicanilacsi. drainage, and go0d inau'
encse mare 20 Visible lhuuehec U fetist!hf con'
taeion. Mufshsoa aays, on Inc 9laef many.
that t1e namucr oI aeatns from ssaflGt !evef ~
o1r o. sne Pooteas aa s,'ost cIe%uca ~ e. distress