The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-24
Census Reports Slow tie
Death Rate from G Other
Ailments Too.

1 r
There were 565 dsa5t from etite d1iz
tgriof b0Ii5inyesIitis Or TIE p..ifS
aiysis. lie from pellagara, 81 from
ileprosy In 1903. IN the death
ton fea 81 Continental emit
which comprises over So per cent Of
the total popui ation. aceordiftg 70 the
Census Bureaus fort coming bulletin
on mortality statistics Tor 1909 sub
mItted to Census rtrector Durand BY
DIR. Cressy u wilbur, chief sattsti-
dan tor Vital statistics.
1t is reported that, Of the $50 deaths
from infantile paralysis, 500 we're q
white and only II Of coIored persons.
There was a somewhat greater inci-
dence 81 disease among males and an
increased mortality in August, Sep
TENDER, and October
The bulletin states that no statis-
teal aggregation Of fnfantile paralysis
as cause Of death has been made
heretofore, hut the increasing impor-
lance Of the disease and It's wide pre-
yalence throughout the country in the
form Of local epidernics render :
statement OF the mortality important.
Like meningitis, which it somewhat
resembles, It is difficult to obtain an
exact separation OF the deaths from
the specific fnfestious disease. acute
anterior poliomyelitis, from other In
fections Of similar nature Acute an
terror poliomyelitis is described by
the bulletin as an acute infectious dis
ease chiefly Affecting children in the
first five years OF life, and while not
fnfreouent1y fatal Is Of even more se-
rfous consequence as the cause Of
more or less permanent paralysis and
atrophy OF muscles. Numerous OUT
breaks have occurred in this country,
the most important Of which were
those in Vermont, in 1894, and In New
york and Connecticut. in 1907 The
500 deaths compiled for the registra-
ton area for 1909 were widely distrib-
uted. and indicate endemic or epi-
demfc prevalence in many parts of
the country. 1t should be remembers
ed, the bulletin points out. that the
census data relate only to registration
sources, and that for the nonregistra-
ton states the deaths are only those
returned from the registration cities
contained therein. The deaths from
acute anterior pollomyelitis in the
states numbered as fol-
lows: California, 70 l in San Fran
cisco); Colorado, q in Denver);
6 Il in New Haven) :;
District of Columbia, Getty of Wash
fngton), i; Indiana. IA; Maine, g.
Maryland, Il in Baltimore); Massa-
chusetts, GO (21 in Boston and l in
worcester); Michigan, 16 e In De-
troit): New Hampshire, IL; New Jer-
sew. "a q in Jersey City, in New
ark); New York, 115 G. in Buffalo, Ga
in Greater New York, 2 in Rochester.
/ in Syracuse; Ohio, 16 u in Gin
cinnati, 2 in Cleveland); Pennsylvan-
Ia. 76 Is in Philadelphia, in Pitts
burg, 1 in Scranton; Rhode Island
a g in Providence; South Dakota
6: Vermont, 2; Washington, 5; and
wisconsin, 81 Il in Milwaukee).
The disease does not seem particuT
larlv to AFFECT the large cities of 1907
900 and over population in 1900, as
given in the preceding list.
For the nonregistration states there
we're. in the registration cities only,
deaths numbering as follows: Ala
hama. Q: Illinois, 10 (17 in Chicago);
kentucky Q q in LOUISVILLE; Loutst-
ana, New orleans); Minnesota, 50
(21 in Minneapolis, 50 in st. PAUL. +;
Missouri. s Il in Kansas City, 4 in
St. Louis); Nebraska, (omaha};
North Carolina. 1; Oregon. Port
land); South Carolina, Charles
toni; Tennessee, Il; Texas, 2; Utah. D.
and Virginia 3.
The duration of illness prior to
death was reported only In 292 of the
$50 cases. In 10 of these it was
vear or more. j each being reported
as Of 10. IA, 16. 10 and 90 years dura-
ton. These may represent the results
OF old attacks or perhaps may include
deaths from other forms OF poliomye-
Tits. There are 40 cases of duration
of Illness in excess of month but
less than q year, 81 OF which were un-
der 2 months. The great majority
Of the fatal cases returned we're OF
vcrv brief duration, 253, or 81 per
cent being OF less than / month. OF
these there we're 90 stated to be OF /
day, % of 2 days, 80 of days, 81 OF
1 DAYS. % of S days, 10 OF days, "a
o Jo~ys nP q 6nVE. ~