The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-11
THE TERRORS OF TYPHOID
1T STANDS AT III HEAD or THE
LIST OF PREVALENT DISEASES.
Statistics for September Prepared Inv
the Secretary of the state
Board of Health.

n gratifying showing Of decrease in sick
ness and death i'm Indiana is made by the
statistics for the month of September, made
public by the State Board of Health yes
terday. Typhoid fever, as usual, stands
at the head Of the list Of most prevalent
diseases. Next comes diarrhoea, followed
In succession by intermittent fever. rheu-
matism, tonsilitis. bronchitis. cholera in
fantum, dysentery, cholera morbus, diph-
iberia, scarlet fever, influenza and pneu-
monia. Typhoid fever increased Is per cent.
in m~alignancy in September over August.
Other diseases that show increases are:
Tonsilitis, about 10 per cent; diphtheria,
about 10 per cent; influenza, about : per
cent; pneumonia, about 8 per cent.
The diseases that showed decreases were
diarrhoea, rheumatism, cholera infantum,
dysentery, cholera morbus, measles. whoop-
ing cough and puerperal fever. Diseases
of the. intestines. with the exception OF
typhoid fever said Secretary Hurry, al
ways decrease in September, for the reason
that fermentation is less active in that
month than in the warmer month of Au-
gust. There is no special reason TO assign
Tor the decrease I'm puerperal fever except.
possibly, that there were fewer births i'm
September than in August; or, possibly,
greater care was taken in handling pa
TENTS"
SMALLPOX
Smallpox was reported to the state board
in September as follows: From Dearborn
county, s cases; Wayne, 10; Upton. =:
Wells, 10; Knox, 5; Daviess, 20; Hendricks,
Is; Jay, 1; Randolph. 4; Delaware, 1: Grant.
2, and Warrick, 3, a total of Il cases. one
smallpox sufferer died in Daviess county,
which also reported a death from the same
disease i'm August.
According to the September report. there
were 2,S25 deaths i'm Indiana that month.
This is 17 less than occurred i'm August.
and 1S9 less than in September OF 1900.
The annual death rate, if the September
figures keep M. will be 1876. The rate for
1900 was 144. Deaths in September by i'm
portant ages were: Under one year OF
age, 465; one to five years, &4; five TO sixty
five years, 657.
The pulmonary form of tuberculosis
caused 24 deaths in September. other
forms of the disease killed 81 Typhoid
fever claimed lS victims; diphtheria. 80.
whooping cough, 16, and scarlet fever, 4.
II Health Board again called attention
to the fact that whooping cough, although
children than does scarlet fever.
carried of % persons in Sep
TENDER, and diarrhoeal diseases killed 300,
all OF whom were under five years Of age,
thus maintaining what the State Health
ter OF the lnnOcents in Indiana"
The number OF deaths from cerebro-
spinal meningitis was IL; from influenza.
4; cancer, los, and from violence. lib. The
mortality of state institutions was III for
the month.
White county had the lowest death rate
for September. the rate being 5. and Scott
county the highest, O12.
indianapolis reported l9S deaths during the
month, which would make an annual rate
of 14.2. Evansville, belonging in the same
class, reported 50 deaths, which is also an
annual rate Of 142.
PATE
The cities that showed the highest death
rates for September were: Tell City. "a:
Vevay, Pa: Delphi, 2S5; Aurora, 2s.4;
Washington, 22S; Princeton, 222. and Bed
ford. PIG. Attention was called to the fact
that all of these except Delphi belong in
southern Indiana. This does not neces-
sarily mean that these cities have bad
sanitary conditions" explained the secre-
tary, for this high death rate might very
well be due to a sudden drs'pping off OF
old people"
The total number Of urban deaths was
gives a rate of ISL, and the total rural
deaths were LIB. a rate Of 1919.
The tuberculosis death rate for cities was
9S for each 10000 population. and i'm the
country ii was l66. The typhoid rate in
cities was 50. and in the country l35. IL
was explained that typhoid fever is always
more malignant in the rural than I'm ur-
ban districts. No explanation could be
given OF the greater rural death rate for
tuberculosis.
Diphtheria was worse In cities than in
the country last month, the city rate being
- and the country rate II. The diarrhoeal
rate IN cities was ll3 and I'm the country 243.
There were more deaths from violence
IN cities and towns last month than in the
country. which is by no means always the
case The city rate from this cause was
b3 and IN the country 81.