The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-31

The Dread Disease Plays Havoc Ia Eynry
Lant-IntStestiusS Statistics.

I'll" Dread Disease Plays Havoc In Eynry
Land-IntVtestiusS tniIstIes.
Str York Tina.
II Professor Eoch's lymph does what
a good many doctors hopo it will do, it
will accomplish something which has
puzzled the brains oil medical men ever
since the first professor OF the art Of heal.
Ing brcwca his first detection OF herbs
or chRHted bis frs: iIcautation, or did
eomething elso to chow that he had gone
into the business Of curing peoples all.
menis. The first doctor, beyond doubt,
had TO face Gaze OF consumption, aud
beyond the shadow OF donbt his pa
tient died o! the disease. Ever since that
time the original physic!Rn'5 successors
have been battling with the same dis
ease, aud the ditlieuity they have met in
carrying on the combat is shown clearly
enough by the popular idea that con-
sumption is iDcurable.
So far III anybody can discover nova.
days consumption has exalted in all ages
and in all countries. As far back ~ the
records Of civilized peoples can be traced
they tell OF the existence OF the disease
aud oil it5 st riuus character. In coRs;
lands and piateRus, valleys aud hilleides,
marshes and mountains, the bacillus has
been carrying oil its thousands ever
since mankind has been on earth. Ger.
man BtatisticRns have figured IL out that
in any population on the average the
average tho proportion Of death by con.
sumption is 10 the deaths by all other
diseasC6 as one is 10 seven.
Here 8ro some figures showing what
the death rate from consumption has
been in some Of the principal cities OF
the world. FROM 1871 to 1850 all the
! German cities having over Is. 900 inhab.
itants showed yearly SO dea,hs from
consumption Tor every thousand Of pop.
uls,iOu. From 1869 to 1852 Berlin's
rate WAS s. per thousand per nnnum.
uamburgs record WAS Il. In Frank.
tort.on.the-Alain the fatal cases zach
year wcre 8 for every thousand inhab.
ttauts. From Isis TO 1874 the rate in
Vienna WAS very high, reaching no lesa
o percentage than -.
London does not make so poor show.
ing as might be expected from city
having bad climate. From 1915 TO 1855
| Il rate for consumption was 81. In the
ten years from 1859 TO 1869, however,
the ratio went down to2.2 EdinbUrSh'a
record for four years about 1860 was
three fatal cases for each 1000 inhabit-
ants. lu the four years up to and in
Guiding 1855 Belgium made q showing
OF SIS. For the Netherlands from 1860
to ISL the figure was . 10. Switzerland,
from 1868 10 1850, showed Sc. In Bsrne
tue rate was far higher than this. reach.
ing 80, Among tho cities OF Europe
the rate was lowest in Geneva, where
it was -. The country districts
brought down the average ior the Con.
federation. IN Paris, from 1915 to 1851,
the showing was fl from lS52 TO 1871
it WAS IL. Italian records give vasia-
lions from ST. to 4Ol. The rate in
Rome is given Al $50.
In lilo Janeiro there is rate which is
rather surprising TO persons who have
locked upon that town as enjoying avery
warm climate. The city, according 10
the stRtistiCians, loses five OF each thou.
sand Of its residents each year through
the rsvaGes OF consumption. Pernam,
buco makes even a moro Gniavorable
record, for there the figures run to So
The rate for Australia is given as go.
In this city from 1905 70 1897 the rate
was SIS. By 1870 1t was down to 4 l.
Albany in that year showed . Q, and Bui
ialo ~. Between 1907 and 1910 the rae
in Philadelphia was sc. In 1870 Il
stood at the comparatively low figure O.
81. Chicago, in the same ycas, was 10
turned at tG. Richmond, Va, at s 0
and St, Louis at Il. In Charleston, S. G.
the rate for the whites was OF, and iol
the blacks 4. The rate in Memphis wa.
2.S2. and in New Orleans 80.
These figures give one an idea Of thu
prevalence OF the disease which is sait