The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-16
CONDITIONS
in LEON COUNTY.
The Death Rate Is Only About Ten
Per Cent. Per thousand POpuIa-
ton. d.. Clifton Moor Makes

ton. Dr.. Clifton Moor Makes
Report.
From the annual report Of the State
Board Of Health, The True Democrat
takes the following in reference to Leon
county:
LEON COUNTY.
=. CLIFTON MOOR, n. D., AGENT.
In submitting this, my annual report,
as local representative In Leon county,
for the State Board Of Health, beg 10
state that the collection Of tull data has
been practically impossible on account
Of the several physicians failing 20 re-.
port contagious and infectious diseases.
In the midsummer and fall there were
several cases Of typhoid fever In Wood
vile, in the extreme southern part Of
this county. know Of only five cases,
and four Of these were In one family.
These cases were more or less directly
traceable TO the village Of Vereen, IN an
adjoining county.
During the late summer there was
considerable scarletina In adjoining
counties in Georgia; but know Of only
two cases IN this county. One OF these
cases was seen on the first day Of the
eruption, but the other was seen one
month after the illness on account OF
severe post. scaTletina nephritis and
although there is absolutely no doubt
expressed 40 to the diagnosis, and there
were twenty children intimately ex-
posed, not a single case Of cOntagion
occurred.
In September and October, there was
an epidemic of diptheria in Tallahassee,
q total Of ten cases being reported
nine Of these were In the city limits
or these cases, two we're fatal and one
had q severe multiple neuritis ~ q se-
quel.
Malaria, positively diagnosed, has not
been prevalent In the city limits of
Tallahassee; but there have been many
cases in the rural districts. The disoaHe
was most common In the fall months.
/ have heard Of no cases OF q severe,
pernicious type.
During the month Of December there
were several cases Of typhoid fever In
the cOlOred Normal and Industrial
School, which IL situated Just south Of
Tallahassee. ! learned Of these cases
through DR., Byrd. First Assistant 30 The
State Health Officer, who came up %
investigate; and later through Dc.
Thayer, State BacteriolOgist, who spent
= week hare examining suspected OF
suspicious cases In the institution.e
None Of these cases we're ever reported
70 me officially and |. therefore, can
not give the particulars Of the cpl
demic.
So far as know there have only been
seven deaths from tuberculosis during
the past year. This data IL obtained
from the registry Of inteFment In the
city cemetery and there have been, no
doubt, other fatal cases, both IN the
city and country.
The subject Of UnclnlaFiasis has been
causing q good deal Of interest among
both physicians and laymen during the
past year but q WOetul stata 81 igno-
rance concerning the disease IN the
very sections OF the county where Il u
most prevalent. The southern half Of
Leon county is fiat and sandy, and Ia
some parts Of this section 75 per cent.
of the entire population Of school age
are infected. But m the northern half
of the cOunty the percentage Of cases
Is very small.
During the latter part Of 1908 there
have been some cases OF lagFiDpe. The
number OF cases Is not nearly 80 large
" In the two preceding winters but
he percentage Of severe cases with
more or less serious complication has
been high.
There 10 no obtainable record Of the
1umber Of deaths In the county, but the
lily cemetery register shows inter
nenta 20 the number Of 81, n Of whom
we're white and 40 cOl0red These hg-
ares represent about so per cent Of the
white population Of the county and
about 20 per cent. OF the eOlored, which
would give an approximate mortality
" 10 per 1000 for the whites and 10
Der ! 200 for the eOlored.
The cause Of death. In those cases
where a cause is given, IL a. follows;
tuberculosis. z nephritis, z heart
lisease, 4 seniiity, 4 typhoid fever.
lancer, paralysis, diphthsrin. each, g;
lathma, meningitis, erySipelas, lagrippa
md purpura, each, / infants, still
,Orn,. 5 cholera infantnm, ! not
tated, 10.
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