The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-10

10 pub,
CAUSES.
AbsCess Of tt0aso...,.. Fever, Typhoid ."n...3i
liip,,......... I GastTiC...........
Accident, Add Injury. llGaSlTO-lniCrits ....,.. .
A iAll,.....". / Heart, DllalntiOn Oi.....
Burn ......." Disease Of....,... .
BuRBy..".-. 2 Organic Dis. Of.
Coal BANK. RhCuml. lnl. Of 3
Drowning e. I Valvular Dis. OIL 0
llOrse-kicE. llemorthage, Umbillcal
Rtilroad.-". j HII-jOnt Disease, .,..... !
SITanSulA'n. llIOmicide ....... ........ 2
Street car. 2lmICrlOraiO Anls."....
AlcOhIllin Chronic m 2InHnitiOn.
Angina PeclOrls....... Insanity.
Awplexy"......,..........6 Kidneys, ACu kTights
hNthnll ,,'.''''.,.,.....,.., DIS Ci,....,.,,,..
Bowels, Dssase Ol....... Kidneys Gil. III. Dis. Of /
Malig. Dis. Of- DisIsIo Oi.....
llrmOrThge Of Lead Poisoning ~....,...
lniimma. Of. q Liver, Dl,euc Ol ......., |
obstruction Of. Congenl,a In.
UIce alton Oi... 2 largement Of.......,...
Brain, Congestion OIL. 7llver, Fatty dcgCueri-
" Inflammation Of . ton oi...................
saltening Ot,"... 3ILnngs, Congestion Oi... 3
bT0nchlih glNArasnus.. ....',..".lO
.llary..". Q MeRsle'.."....,.........
| Ghforic JIMebfltil PuerIeFal".-
| SeuiIo ,-..". IMenng ltiA..,",.,, ....... b
ClneEr....,....:.............. CcIcbro-splnal !
OIL Brcast...... ! Splna!..."."..
| oil Liver. sees. I Old Age."""...."......."2l
| Stomleh...... Paralysis .........".,..~
| WOmO'''''".' ! Ierieulil is..'."."'.....,
Sniu-blIl
Cholera lniantum... Pueperal. .
Consumption ...'''''..SS3 Pneumonia ....,,r....1s
| SOnNuIslohs.-'' '..'''.'''"Jl ChIOnlc..:.
COngestlOn......,.,. II " HypOslatic
Group, MembrnnOus e. " Typhoid e.
| Diphtherilic..- Purpura HomOnhagCa /
Cyanoss..."....".....". tharyngo TOnsllIits. :.
Debility, GeneTul...". PyACmfa..................
Delnum lremehs'..... khennlAtistn.............5
Diabetes MelituS.."".. ! Sepucaemia.......,.....
| DIarthUl, Acite....-,.ll puGperNl.. .
ChrOnic 4lSmal-pO ..... .
| DphtheTia!,........ .... 7Spasm OF GlOItIs,,,,
Dyspepsa....... ....... Spine, Carries Oi.........
| Dfopsy................., 5lSiOmach Org. Dis Of
| DysOntery, Acute. ,.,, 4 q" liberation Of .
Chronlc,- StOmatitiS, FolliCuIar.. 3
| EniO-Clrdills Rheum. . GangTenOus
Eutgritis................... iISuiCide (Drowningl
| EntetO-Colitl s...........lll (AreplC)...., /
Epllcpsy:...... .......,... Sunstroke
siptlas............ :. Tabcs Mesrnttrics,.....
| Fever BiliOu s............ IIi,mus HRacoatinuC
COnscsuye....... ! umemil.......... .......... .
" Congcstive ,,.... ! Urltcaria Fobulis ...... !
q COnGCstivc ltCu ilWhOopng Cough - &
" PucTpcFal. ...... 0 UnknOw
" Sclrlut.........-Gi stlll Bonn
Tho mortality Of the CITY for Tho ma, vc.,r In.
diratrs lpltli rnin of 2lf5 nor 0T0 jnbSti,,ris
whIch Is higher than for numlTT oT YEAR, n1st
There arc several reasons for This with which ,h,
ml,ltc may moi 10 familiar, for cxamric Tho
populatl0n has heretofore hecn oyerc.timbtSt If
wn. one year ap6 nllcpi nj "a olS NJ MD ,L SnLo1i
heard cnumrTnton made Iast summer oniy reSrLcd
these ftcs and urOn hi, tho nrcseni icati, rSi
| il c,lcninlgl Arain tbp rrtirns ii Jsoti,s -,
heretofore hcen iIcomnletc, in EoyenhsT I'M H.,
present City Council passed an ordnance Ic1t,r.
Ing nil certificates OF death to bc deposited win tho
IIGslIh Oniurr previous 10 the burial "f dtr'asII
persons. This insuTcg an accurate death renSft
which VIC never had until this law was rn,ttri'
aud hence the city has for many years been frIri
Iating herself on possessing u much lower death
rate than she Is entitled to. The above Is the fist
correct annual death report We lave had.
Aside from these facts, however, the NOR.
taltty during 1876 was unusually large. This Is ut
| least In part accounted for by
list. The excessive heat Of last Summer. For Cx-
ample, the mean Temperature for July reached the
very Unusual figure OF 51CG degrees, whiC that Of
the first twenty days Of the month was 81 degrees.
During those twenty days there occurred SdCatlIs
daily average Of jCh while during the Last eleven
| dsyS OF the month, the mean temperature OF which
WAS down to 7.6G degrees there occurred ~ deaths
daily average OF 2Gj. The ELECTS Of a reduction
Of temperature were thus speedily manifested, nj
though the results Of tho previous excessive heat
continued TO manifest themselves even long after
cooler weather sct In.
"nd. The unusual prevalence Of both Scarlet f.
yer and Measles. The latter disease, fTOm which
the city had been FREQ for years, came TO us from
BellniTeI Or aud from this cause % deaths are
| ported. Some 0! those attributed 10 Pneumonia
should probably 10 charged 10 Measles since death
often onsuei lLOnl lurg complications In this dis
case. Scarlet Fever Caused 81 DEATHS. During tho
pnt three years ] % deaths have been reported
IRON this cause. No law exists here which cOntem-
plates any sanitary control Of this lelrfh disease.
| The same sanitary measures that are employed In
smallpox Except, o. course, vacclnaiiOnJ viz:
complete isolatlOnI with thorough disiniectlOn, &c,
should be rGSorted tom Scarlet Fever, which isex-
eeedIngly contagious and in many cases very ma-
lSnant' No doubt the schools Of the city have
served as u medium OF spreading this disease. Chill
drcn ronvalescent from 1t, and with neither their
clothing nor persons free from tho Infection, may
return 70 school and Communicate the maRdy 10
those with whom they frequently come into close
| contact.
The Board Of Education should adopt and rigid
~ enforce rule iorbddn8 the return 10 schOOl Of
children conyHleacent from infectious diseases uE
I'll the attending physician cerlltes that they may
| dose with safety 10 the pupils.
In 1875 lung diseases caused Il deaths against
only 81 In 1876 typhoid fever 81 deaths; In 1875,
III dArrhoeal diseases y deaths; In 1875, u.s. cOu-
sumption 81 Deaths In 1915 &c. last year there were
81 deaths Of persons above % years Il age; In 1875
| only ~.
During the winter mouths OF 1875 there were llG
deaths, spring 1888, summer 2S6, and autumn l2l.
During the corresponding seasons Of 1875 there
which 4 appears that nearly all of our increased
mortality occurred during the hot months, and
q 1Hs I"s Ff nasF Is T yssr IN &