The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-14
DEATHS IN. THE ARMy
ruBERcuLosis LEADING CAUSE
s WITH TYPHOID NEXT.
Facts Cleaned from Annual Report OF
Surgeon General o'ReiIIy--Enect
Of Abolition Of the Can.

washington = interesting tnfOrma-
tIon regarding the health of the army
last year is contained in the annual
report Of Surgeon General O'Reilly.
The total number Of admissions to
sick report was 72,07i, equal to an ad.
mission rate Of i,276.sS compared with
l,2O5.O7 for the previous year and
l,S3311 for the septennial period
1898 to 1904
There were 35S deaths from all
causes, equivalent to rate OF Gil
per 1000 of strength, compared with
6.2S and 14.02 per 1860. the CORE.
spending rates for the previous year
and the period from 1898 to 1904 re.
spectively. The death rate for dis.
ease, 3.2S. Is the lowest attained since
the occupation of tropical countries,
prior to 1898.
For disability there were ! 1923 men
discharged. equal to rate of 25 per
1000 of strength. compared with 25
per 1000 for the preceding year and
22.S1 for the septcnnial period 1898
to 1904.
The constantly non.effective rate of
1919 for the year was q slight In.
crease compared with 1898. the non
effective rate for the preceding year.
AS cause Of death tuberculosis
again led. with rate of 0.77 per 1000
compared with 0.6S, the corresponding
rate for 1905. Typhoid fever was sec.
ond. Pneumonia. with death rate
OF 0.24 showed a decided improve
ment. The mortality rate foI
diarrheal diseases was not quite hall
as great as for 1905.
There were 229 admissions for gun
shot wounds, with G5 deaths. and
2,053 admissions for wounds Other
than gunshot. with 12 deaths. Twenty
one enlisted men we're killed in action
and rs wounded, of whom died as
result Of their wounds. and com
mitted suicide. OF the killed 16 were
by gtnshOt and 8 by bolo. There were
3S deaths from drowning. 1916 pei
cent. of the total deaths from all
causes. a slight increase compared
with the proportion of last year.
Thirty-nine suicides and 0 homi
cides were recorded during the year
compared with 81 and 20, respectively
the corresponding figures for 1906
| There were 3 admissions for snake
bite in the year 1906 with no fatal re
| suit.
| Alaska as usual had the lowest ad
mission and constantly non-effectivt
rates. and. next to Cuba, the loves
discharge and total loss rates.
The discharge. death, total loss
and, next to Alaska. the constant non
effective rates, were lower In Cuba
than any other country where Ameri
can troops were serving.
! The United States proper had the
highest discharge rate, but. next Il
Cuba, the lowest death rate, and tho
lowest death rate for disease which
has been heretofore recorded
The Philippine islands had as usua
| The highest admission, death and con
! stantly non-effective rates, and all the
rates weer little higher than fol
| 1905.
| The rates for Hawaii were not a.
| rood as for last year
! The admission rate was highest II
he field artillery and lowest In the
| hospital corps. while the death rate
was highest In the infantry and low
est In the engineers.
/, The high admission rate of 30.2.
| per 1000 men recorded in 1905 for al
coholism was increased TO 32.27 II
1906. Gen. O'Reilly says that his OF
fee concurs iD the opinion expressed
by most medical officers of the arm!
that the abolition of the sale of bee
in post exchanges has as much to d.
with the increase of disreputable dis
eases and alcoholism in the army b!
driving the soldiers to disreputabl'
resorts outside of the post and beyont
the control of the post authorities.
As usual, all rates for coloret
troops, except the death rate, were
considerably lower than those fo
white soldiers. All the rates for col
ored troops, except the non-effectivt
J figure, were much lower than those
for the previous year.