The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-06
THE REALTll REPORT

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Far the Tir.t on.rter of the Year An-
n~onnesd-k iiisi, Hate OF Mortality.
The Hrportjia Detail.
The quarterly mortality report OF Dr.
8, l.. le5son. city health officer. was
completed yesterday. The rate OF
mortality wns 1891 per 1000 population.
which IS large, but not 10 large as the
rate for the frat quarter Of 1896. The
principal features o, the report are
given below:
Cause OF death--Accldents, G; alcohol
Ism, .; apoplexy. 81 appendicltis, 9;
abcess OF brain, i; obstruction OF boS-
els. 2; bronchitis, o.; Brisht's disease, ?:
cancer, 8; Group, /; cholera lntanlum,
/; consumption, Isl: commissions, .; scy-
onosls, 1; s%eptlcaemla, .; surgical OPP
Grafton. 2 ;~J,etanus.1; uraernla. l;whoop-
Ing cough, q; debility. /; diabetes, 2;
%dyscntetT. l; entero.colltis, 9: cryslpe-
las, /: scarlet feves, IL; gastritls, .:
castro entlrlty. 4: heart diseases. 10;
hamilton, 9; old age. .: pneumonia, 81;
parcoma. 3; Influenza, 2; meningitis. 5.
total, $50, not including Is premature
and stiff born,
The ages were rs follows: Under one
year, IS: one TO five years, 81: Ave 10
ten years. 6: ten 10 twenty years. s;
twenty TO thirty years, 20; thirty TO for
~ years. Z: forty to fifty years, ~; M
ty TO sixty years, p: sixty to seventy
years, 90; seventy 10 eighty years, IL;
eighty TO ninety years, 6; ninety TO one
hundred years, /: total, lsQ.
Sexes: Males. 81; females. 80: total.
$50.
Color-white, 11s; colored. q; total.1SO.
Social condltion-Single, Ill: married,
45: widowers. 16; widows, s: total. $50.
MISUNDERSTANDING. o.; other parts OF
the United States, As: Germany. II;
Great Britain, Z; Ireland, Il; other
countries, 9: total. $50,
Wards-Flrst. 10: Second, 1G: Third.
%: Fourth. 20: Fifth, 10: Sixth. "a:
Seventh. Is: Eighth. q; In institutions,
Is: total. $50.
Says Dr.. Jepson In conclusion:
While the death rate for the three
months Just ended seems large. FOR this
city. indicating, as II does. an annual
mortality of 1891 per 1000 population,
yet 1t Is less than that OF the first quar-
ter Of 1896. which showed n rate OF %
per I, 200. The epidemic OF whoopinS
cough and the prevalence OF lung dis
eases added largely to our recent mor
tnliiy. As will be seen from the table, .
deaths were due to bronchitis, 81 to
pneumonia, and 81 to whoopinu cough.
or the latter, 5 died from complicating
bronchitis, 10 from pneumonia, 3 from
commissions, and ! from meningitis.
Thus we haye So deaths duo to lung
diseases, not including II caused
by consumption. Never In the history OF
the city has whooping cough been at
tended with such mortality as during
the present year. This Is 10 doubt large
~ due to the presence OF those inilu-
ence5. az yet but imperfectly UNDER
stood, which tend to excite acute lung
affection. influences that have been In
operation to q greater or less extent,
ever since the Influenza made its ap-
pearance here q few years ago.
1.-THE results OF the recent flood will
certainly show themselves In a contin-
uance OF 4 high mortality, unless house.
| holders in the flooded districts are care
full to enforce thorough cleaning OF cell
lars and yards. Fresh lime should be
freely used 10 the former. This, with
free ventilation every pleasant day twill
hasten the drying process, and give as
| good protection against disease as can
be secured. A strong solution OF cop
peras-four pounds in a wooden buck
etful of water, with or without carbollc
ac~id-should be occasionally used in Of
fensive drains, sinks, vaults and sewers.
THE city authorities should lose no
time In putting the streets and alleys In
the best possible condition, for much Of
fenslvc material has doubtless been
washed into these from vaults, garbage
heaps and other unclean places. I'm
less the public places are promptly
cleaned and purified we fear that much
sickness may be looked for. A thorough
cleaning now OF all parts of the city,
public and private. will prove both
healthful and economical"