The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-09-24
HEALTH REPORT STATE BOARD
tuberculosis Being Eradieated, Now
Fourth on List-lnteresting Figures


tuberculosis Being Eradieated, Now
Fourth on misunderstanding Figures
The seventh biennial report of the
state board OF health contains many
items of interest and importance. Ae-
cording TO the report, there were 5S7l
deaths in Vermont in 1909, one-half
Of them being from the following eau
SEES: Pneumonia 61S, organic heart
disease, 591, Bright's disease 435, tu-
berculosis 1926, apoplexy, 419. cancer
1896, seni'e debility 1860, also that there
were as many deaths from whooping
cough as from diphtheria, scarlet fe-
yer and measles combined The eff
fort to eradicate tuberculosis. the
board feels Is making Roadway, as
that disease is now fourth on the NOR
tality list, instead of first.
Toward this end the sanatorium at
Pittsford is doing much The report
made to the state board from that in
stitution, giving a summary of the
work from the time II was opened in
December, 1907. to January, 1910,
shows that during that time 1871 pat
tents were admitted, of which 80 were
cured. rs had the disease arrested, 20
were improved in health and only 21
were unimproved Rutland and Chit
tenden counties, the former with "A
and the latter with 26, furnished the
most patients as they contain the two
largest cities in the state while
Washington county is third furnish
ing % patients the granite industry
being largely responsible for it's
representation.
1t Is interesting to note the occupa-
tons Of the 1917 patients and to OBJ
serve that of the men, farmers and
granite cutters rank side by side each
numbering ten, clerks coming next
with and students third, with 6. OF
the women, houseworkers supplied
65 of the total number, 109, the next
highest being teachers. numbering
only nine. The occupations in the
list were given as follows
Men, baker, bartender, blacksmith,
bookbinder. bursar. dentist, engineer,
hotel keeper, painter, piano tuner,
slate worker, undertaken and weaver
each; bookkeepers, drivers; electric
ians, laundrymen, statesmen and teach
ers, 2 each: BARRIERS and marble cut
ters, 8 each; carpenters and machin.
lists. each. merchants, each; stu
dents 6, clerks s, farmers and granite
cutters 10 each
OF the women, librarian. musician,
photographer, shirt operator, tailor
ess, telephone operator and wool op-
orator, ! each; nurses 2, seamstress 3
stenographers and bookkeepers 4,
teachers Q, students Is. houseworkers
65.
In the last two years the state
board reports that the following per.
sons reached the age Of one hundred
years or more:
Eunice Staples Hoyt, Manchester.
103 years. mo-. 90 days: Leonard
Dolph, Bra Ion, 100 years. 4 mo-, Is
days: Air res HAYNES. Middletown
Springs, 100 yrs. mo-, 10 days. Mary
Ann Tamh'ing. Plymouth, 100 years,
2 mo-, d"vs: Freelove Elizabeth
Mace, W stock. 100 years. mo. 6
DAYS; Pee Therien. Burlington. 105
years; Eleanor II. Knight, Newbury.
1Ol years. 10 mo-. 3 days: Charles
Taylor Snider. Hartford. 100 years. 10
mo-, l6 DAYS. Leo Muzzy. Johnson.
100 years. mo-, rs davs Barnard Le.
Vi Nichols, Springfield. 100 years 2
mo, 2 days Eliza Murphy, Burllng.
ton, 1902 years.