Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-17
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

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Practice Act-General Notes.
The state board of health after giving
the summary of sanitary reports for De-
oember from 1877 towns in the state, says:
This Office il in receipt of 81 other re-
ports from sanitary correspondents In
various parts of the state, relating to the
sickness prevailing In the places from
which they are received. The towns 50 re-
porting are: Avon, Bridgeport, Coventry,
East Windsor, CRANKY, Greenwich, Girls
void, Monroe, Naugatuck, New Hartford,
New Haven, Nswtown, Orange, Plymouth,
Southbury, Stamford, Sufisld, Westport,
wethersfeld, Wellington, Winsted-21.
The mortality report for December has
been received from 1877 towns In the state.
There were 1928 deaths reported in the
state during the month. This was 2S5
more than in November, and 2S2 more than
in December, 1899, and 100 more than the
average number of deaths in December for
the five years preceding the present.
In the whole year the number of deaths
WAS IA, 594, being 259 less than In the last
year and /, 1874 more than the average for the
last five years.
The death rate was 1919 for the large
towns; for the small towns 10 8, and 10
for the whole state.
The deaths from zymotic diseases were
1877, being IA per cent. of the total mortal
ity.
THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIPHTHERIA.
1t is now generally conceded that diasa
nosis of this formidable disease is not trust.
worthy by clinical observation of the pa.
tient alone. That 1t cannot be made posi-
lively and unerringly except by the deteo.
ton of the specific germ, called the ''Klebs.
LETTER bacillus" This can only be done
by means of the appliances found In bac
THEOLOGICAL laboratory.
The prime importance of certainty 81
diagnosis, in an outbreak of this disease In
any comm unity, in efforts to prevent it,
spread, cannot be overestimsted.
1t ia worthy of confederation by every
town in the state If 1t be not desirable t.
have the means available for the positiv,
determination of all suspicious cases
More especially new outbreaks in commu
mites.
The Bulletin is authorized to say tina
such examinations will be made at tn
Psychological laboratory of the medics
department of Yale university, at as mod
crate cost to towns as possible.
SterilIzed tubes with instructions fo
collecting material for examination will b.
furnished.
For further particulars address Demon
strator of Baoteriology, medical depart
ment Yale university.
''THE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT"
The state board of health will meet q
the Office of the secretary on the 18th inst
and will, under the requirements of tn
law, appoint time and place for the O.
animation of such persons as may apply
be examined for the practice of medicin
and surgery and of midwifery.
The law provides that persons who hav
to be examined before they can be register
ed may make application to the state boar
of health for examination, choosing whic
of the three committees they will be exam
/ fned by, end the board shall appoint tin
and place within thirty days thereafter fl
said examination. The secretary will fu
nish blanks for application to those WI
wish them.
Graduates of medical colleges recognize
as reputable by any one of the chartert
medical societies of this state are entitle
to registrations without an examination.
There are at the present time 148 med
cal colleges in operation in the Unite
States and Canada. But of these only l,
are recognized by either of the societies
reputable. Graduates of all other medic
Institutions who were not registered b
fore the first day of October, 1898, are I
| quired by law to pass an examination
| the satisfaction of majority of one of &
examining committees which the medic
societies shall nominate, in order to be re
istsred.
Only the medical colleges Of the Unit
Sta, es and Canada are recognized by al
CT the societies.
Graduates of European colleges mu
pass the examination and be registered b
fore they can legally engage in medic
practice in Connecticut. A state examin
ton after graduation is no more than is !
/ Quired in most countries of Europe.
There were 1,248 persons who register
as medical practitioners or midwives pr
vious to October 1, 1898, and 176 othe
between that date and tho 31st of De,ez
Der, making a total of ,424. OF the
! eighty-fve are residents of other states, II
/ ing mostly in towns bordering on Il
boundary lines of Connecticut. A consi
cradle number of them, however, are rel
dents of New York city, who are aooustor
| ed to spend some weeks in the summer
some of the many popular resorts in th
state. G. A. LINDsLEY, N. D.,
Secretary of the State Board of Healt
and Superintendent of Vital Statistic