The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-27
svrre.s VITAL STATISTICS.

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SPECIAL Correspondents Of the Standard.
Butte. Oct. N6.--An isnprS,ssion has pre-
vailed among many psSDple of Butte that
the city they live i'm 10 an exceedingly un-
healthy place. One reason for this ism
prs,ssion il that funerals in Butte arr of M
public a nature. While in many cities
people die and ARE bs,rissi without the gem
eral public knowing anything about 10, i'm
Butte every funeral parndcs through the
principal streets Of the city la the scnhC-
terry. There ARE mo- private funerals. Even
i'm eases where there are deaths Ivy diph-
liberia the funerals are public and con-
Quoted through the main streets, whereas
i'm most other cities children dying from
that disease are buried quietly and secret
pneumonia and typhoid FOYER. too, has led
tn an impression that Butte IN an nm
healthful place.
IL is, however. the opinion of the hest
physicians i'm Butte. that this impression
is ~ false one. Last year. in fact. Butte
the second heaithicst city in the north.
81. Paul ranking first. IL is admitted that
Butte will not stand AS high this year: tfn,
Increased sickusss arising from the. long
drought; but nevertheless there IL no
Gauss, for alarm. The increased number
the SrSnsss Of the s.a."n and the cons".
quent in~fcriority OF the water.
Most of the deaths i'm this city among
adults arr. from In fever and pnesi-
monia. In other sicknesses Butte H. ~
markably Fortunate. II ia a. curious fact
that with the present month. and colder
weather. the physicians report ~ great
deal less pneumonia. The most cases
were i'm the hot season. especially i'm sep
temtp,r. This leads tn the conclusion that
| pneumonia IL constitutional aud is widely
Influenced 10y - cold, and not produced by
1t. A person wavering on the verge of
whether ar not tn have pneumonia, il apt
to bc sent over the line by catching IA cold.
Typhoid fever IN found tai be pretty well
distributed in the present epidemic.
but to- bs worse where well water IL
used instead of the city water. A few
years ago in the great typhoid cpl
dCmic. the disease was almost confined tai
the district where we'll water was used.
water systGnis penetrated, were spared
largely. This year all parts of ths. city
have. suffered niors. or less. The wells in
this section art. belis.vsh tn he especially
bad. owing tai the mineral strata that Is
likely to IN, passed through. n well in one
place may he purs. AS possible. and - well
~ few feet away may hc poisoned and hn-
tt for usc by some mineral containiua-
ton.
DIR. Lcavitt, the health officer of Butte.
to- liz. ashamed of i'm the city's health n.
cord; only those. who do not understand
the situation are alarmed i'm the least.
has escaped wonderfully from the evil
results that might have been anticipated
from the long drouth.
The number Of deaths i'm Butte in lsss
was :S24. as reported 10y William wethcr-
spoon, sexton. OF these, AZ wers. violent
deaths. There were LA deaths under 8
years old. II betwecn 8 and ~. y between
10 and II. . between Il and 10. ~ between
ID and ~. 43 between 10 and ~. "a between
~ and 80. IL between sd and GO, 4 between
I'D and 40, . between 10 and W and ! b.-
The following table will show the num-
her of deaths in each month OF the pres
cnt year thus far. AS compared with the
number In the corresponding month last
year: