Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-19
9tw Yapea 9ailg aalglorniag }gpatnal aud Gaarin.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

1
The DotnRs OF the board at Its Late
Meetine-Interesttng Features OF /
tha s.cr.f.rv,s ranort.
M. .-I.-,. -. - A., ,..4oh.a
4uA1'o11y neens =. .no e'o'o Do"Aa
of health was held on Saturday last at
Hartford. Health officers were elected for
aavar.1 tovna wb;cb had failed To comnlv
-. =. - - = e
WIN inc ~" W olloosinB sneii o"n IL w
tober.
The following extracts are from the
nnartar,v ranort of the secretary.
Ns-.-.1..- e ~. H.. 5000
ocsoDer ana N Ms:anD:a. u 'ne iass auas
seI VIZ 4vs u.sslus ulsnsu % i S
ol'a1i el1nel Meon sSea'e. a VI . sIal snan
- .le uIn1I Ion.ls ~ M yoS., a.onosn
oecloeoty elgner tnan N sre eoIaesp " LILY
na uIs ~ pleoss yys saa ;nareasa n ~
uem ak .n ~ S. wSs ImdaeJ 10 deaths IN
naoaue Sh VI r renras.n+ed b;abar ANIMAL
1 5 repIesen'eu nasner 1n a;.an
oeatn rate IMAM mas De,ore occurLeo SINCE
me organlzaslon OF tne s.a'e Doalo VI
neaisn' rms nlgn l1orsa s was :S Sauseu
py tne temperance OF epiaelnle .Anoehza
very genelany SnIouseou . 'le s.ae. A..
~ ls remarAaoie !ace, no Nv .na1
atnougn IL was Obviously tee PI1naly
cause OF so many fatal cases OF acute pull
Monary lnn 11' t nc .ys.s.la s Al
u; sne n1 tnousniy sva'oneats Nv Hnaso ou
y - 9eaens 20 IL: IuseI Al ! al sao1u anu
Nem ass 81 ~ rs ; enly , t;aueJ :, az
oausc ~ ueos ue - ~ Ill, e. - w. ae
ts;hr+.s s 90 daotha ~ II IN That 800 Rnt
h;'a ~; % ussos ;" ~ LII sas seoort
60 I e. s.,a,,r,o,;a a,5 I,ro,soh;t;.
1ot"l uts1ac9, II enn 80, ".a 1.s 49,:
ate oteuleeo Wall wv A0'"A Aoeut'' uuiine
me g aua5tel. e 49, ,,,e
Inns oepatture trom ..ne u 5eL fole ~
Iepoftlng tne prima1y cause OF oeata wnol-
y prevenCs any Jes1 es1lm*'e " .ne leia-
1--WE presaieno %.' " Id srippe AL 'ne oinei-
toWas OF tne state;
W the zymotic diseases iaGa curing tne
quarter IL may DC saio smatlpo3 mas noS
peen present IN tne state. Measles mas pre-
vailed very mucn Iess tnan IN tne early
part OF inc year; scarlet tsVer mas msl n
tanned very close quarterly average OF 50
ourng LILO year. III LILO las' quarter IL
was OF.
Inc moss severe ep,9em.e or scar N 1evel
ieporteo peesn isst NoVemoel IN Coicnes,
Ter, ana Is stlll gong on Win unaoateo
severity. Its spread tnfougnout tne Town
was the result OF neglecting proper preoau-
lions IN regard 10 the nrst case which ap-
pearsd there:
Inc health authorities OF some OF the
small towns DO not yet appreciate the re-
| sponsiblllty which rests upon them in
dealing with hrst cases OF contagious dis
eases. A rigid application of the known
means OF controlling contagious disease,
viz: Isolation and disinfection is com
| paratively in first cases, and may be al
ways effective.
| The neglect of these means n the first
case in colchester has resulted IN the
spread OF the disease to almost all sections
OF the town, with loss of 70 per cent. OF
the cases by death. It. has compelled the
closing OF all the puohc SCHOOLS, lncludlng
SUNDAY schools, the quarantlnlng OF the
inmates OF many houses, IN which the dis
ease has occurred, the interruption In
great measure OF social intercourse, and
great embarrassment ana alarm TO the
whole town, all OF which could have been
prevented If the frat case had been prop
erly taken care OF.
Diphtheria and Group have been quite
prevalent through the state, averaging
nearly eighty fatal cases in each month of
the quarter: The total for the year was
547. That has been about the annual av-
erage for the last four years.
l The severest epidemic OF d1phther1a re-
ported Is just abatlng IN Stamford. 1t be-
gan in September, and up to the close Of
the year over thirty deaths have resulted,
This, if the reports to this Office are we'll
founded, is another illustration of inefi-