The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-04
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done IN SsE York BY tEaso DISEASES naa.
feared BY TIE public and The healtl board
than By the d.slsss which tauss Iiitis
GlEn in tie community. TEs s.-salsl
plaques are 10. likely 10 canes ngsb
tAVoc ia this altitude, pSItieulsfly Ia 5.
city where tho sAniLzIy regulations are
good. 80 hcggrgv u ~ ngea feared a,
AaiEue cholera, Jet the deaths tom TIA.
iAease Ia this city during the year Of the
RfuS.sst epidemic Sefs les IA number
than tho deaths iEon. ugnsamptI1u lAss
year ltl.Og fever Aaa k,ileI tsgeT pe0-
p.s IN New YORK IN tbs cratlD than
shopping cough has destroyed 10 = siux.o
year. small'pOI, wh.cl L Cac4lg e.
much alarm a. present, killa leggT per
sons hers tllAa does either measles, Group,
or WHOJplng cough. The deaths fi0m
lJpnh lever m lh.a tOvn lave been igE
many yeaH leiS numerous thAn tE1pe
IRON typhoid lover. Thusa statements
may Be surprising 20 mzay res. isnI Of
the city, but they ga be eaAily subs.Ani!-
a,0l BY an examination Of tho death re-
cords, which are E6Out the 0uly reAAbls
records " be found ln the health depart
neat j. would DO 9rl! igr our city, ia
my estimation, u the sanitary OHicars
sOuli spend more time Ia invest yAtiGs
those diseases watch cause the HealcsJ
mortality, Il would be- veil, also, II some
pl tho newspapers would cali attention ~
the ilc's lHs'ea1 81 causing useless 0Tcits-
mont Ia the public miui about Improbable
ap!dsmics OF cholera, yeilOE foyer, or
smallpox"
Au examination Of tho death records,
maio by a Reporter, sigh the 'ssistauc, Of
Dr. John L, Magic, the deputy rcgiStsr OF
dial statistics, ha5 brought To l!gul Hgms
interesting contrasts between the mortal,
W irgm sO.CAiltd plaques 10 this city and
tho mortality from other diseases, Ac-
C0riiug 10 the r,cordB thof5 have boon
i've Opldbnici Of AsiAtic cholera In Nav
York, occurring IA the yeaB 1852, 1854,
1872 and 1850 The total number OF
deaths resulting rom cholera duhng |
l6OHe years was 1901 from consumption.
% 1905 pneumonia, 1925 bronchitis
1880.
Ina earliest recorded epidemic Of yel |
low fever in the city was Ia 1905, Wnpn |
20 persons died from the disease. ia lS.4 |
there Waa another epidemic which ear.
lied oil 1853 poTaOns sigc3 then the cpl. |
denies have been few aud not dpslnic- |
tive, only lOl deaths having occurred |
from the fever. The recorded deaths from |
yellow fever, all told, number 90, Will, |
In each Of several fsclni years tbs deaths |
from WhoopiHg cough have numbered
aeAtly 900. The deathd from smallpox
nave varied greatly Ia different years, but
nave averaged lctS than 800 o year. In
1915 the greatest epidemic Of smallpox
which the city had known up 10 Chat
time killed i2j persons, and In 1877 the
deaths from the disease numbered only
o. Tbs worst epidemic Of tho disease
which ever occurred in the city was in
1875, aud II destroyed ,2SO lives but 10
1878 only two persons died from the
smallpox. Anepidemic which began in
1881 Was the last serious one.
There has been q gradual change in the
Of typhuB fever aqd typhoid
fever, chiefly In the prevalence Of those
diseases Typhus fever continues 70 be
the most deadly In comparison with the
number OF cases, but It's prevalence has
decreased almost ia u ratio with the In.
creafc Of the City's population, fact at
ribuled by the sanitary oilicIalS to i'm.
proved regulations for the lodging houses,
aud to the changes in travel across the
ocoan. The frequency Of eases Of tyghus
fever on board the old sailing vessels gave
to the disease tho name Of ship fever"
Since the carrying Of passengers aCrosB the
ocean hRs been mOnopOlizyd by the atGRrn.
ships, CascB Of the fever ON vessels have
been scarce. In 1850, gi7 persons died in
The ely from typhu5 fever and lj6 from
typhoid lever. The record for 1850 was
los deaths from typhuB and 239 deaths
rom typhoid, In 1870 the deaths stood
70 from typhus and 1870 from typhoid.
Only persons died from lyphus lever in
1850, while the deaths from typhoid fever
Numbered al. There was an epidemic
II typhuB leverin the OyerCrOWdGd lodging
houses In 1881, which carried oil 100 per.
sons, nostly YAgrRnis, but since then the
ltAkIh llbiAl AAlH NNANNuu luNu ugNh low
The deaths from typhoid fever meanwhile
have been increasing each year.
The records In the bureau Of vital sta.
.lstics also give information which die.
proves popular notion that the death.
rate Of city neOogsarily increases some.
what with the Increase In population. In
1917 the death.rEtG per l,UOO inhabitants
WIS 20 10, and was smaller than for any
previous year since 1900. The smallest
recorded dtath.rate for this city during
his century was 20 ~ in 1874, when the
population NAa three times larger than in
lsl7. In 1877, when the population had
nearly trebled again, the deathrate was
a 90, which was about the average death
rate for the years preceding 1874. The
leath.rate In each Of the cholera years,
1882 and 1912, was greater than could BIZ
expected from the increase in mortality
lne to cholera alone, but fright on &C.
count OF the scOurge caused many persons
% die from other diseases.