Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
PNEUMONIA CLAIMED ALMOST
AS MANY VICTIMS AS WHITE
PLAGUE.
lNFANTlLE PARALYSIS KILLS
500 DURING PAST YEAR
Census Bureau Declares That Increase
In This Disease Calls For New Meas
ures-N umerous Outbreaks in Years
Past-Seems to Thrive in Rural
Communities.

Washington, Sept 26.-There was a
count of grip amounting to almost one
third, when compared with the figures
for 1908, according to the census bu-
reau's mortality report. In the area
United States the deaths We're 6,649 as
compared With 1888 deaths in 1908.
ON the other hand, there vas d
marked increase in deaths due to pneu-
monia, the numbering charging from
6l,259 to 20 O33 This was an Increase
OF more than nine in each 100000 OF
population. The pneumonia deaths
came within seven OF OF the number
credited 10 tuberculosis OF the lungs,
which was 10000. Tuberculosis re-
NAMED at the top OF the ila;, out only
Dy TINS narrow margin.
There also was ii le,rSer number Of
deaths III 1903 than III 1908 from as
eases of the nervous, circ ulatory and
genito- urinary systems. a lower rate
from meningitis is recorded than in
former years There was. too, fall
ing Off in The death rate due 10 diar-
rnoea and enteritis, when chiefly at
fects children
infantiIe Paralysis.
There We're 569 deaths from acute
anterior poliomyelitis or infantiie
paralysis. 1l6 from pellagra. 80 from
rabies, or hydrophobia, and deaths
from leprosy in 1909, III the death reg
istration area of continental United
States, which comprises over 50 per
cent of the total population, according
to the bulletin.
1t is reported that, of the $50 deaths
from infantile paralysis, 552 We're Of
white and only II of colored persons
There was a somewhat greater in
crease of disease among males and an
increased mortality in August, Sep
TENDER and October.
The bulletin states that no statisti-
cal segregation of infantile paralysis
as 4 cause OF death has been made
heretofore, but the increasing import
ance of the disease and its wide pre-
valence thruout the country III the
form of local epidemics render state
nent of the mortality important
Like meningitis, which it somewhat
resembles, it is difficult TO obtain an
exact separation of the deaths from the
specific infectious disease. acute an
of similar nature Acute anterior
poliomyeliiis is described by the bull
letin as an acute infectious disease
chiefly affecting children in the first
five years of life. and while not nfre-
quently fatal, is of even more serious
consequence as the cause of more or
less permanent paralysis and atrophy
of muscles.
ntt$H all Ma
Numerous outbreaks 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 $50 deaths compiled for the
registration area for 1909 We're widely
distributed and Indicate endemic or
the country.
1t should be remembered the bulletin
points out. that the census data relate
only TO registration sources. and that
for the nonregistration states the
deaths are only those returned from
the registration cities contained there
in. The deaths from acute anterior
poliomyelitis in the registration states
numbered as follows: California, -
q in San Francisco; Colorado, q in
Denver); Connecticut, 6 q in New
Haven); District of Columbia Getty OF
Washington, /; Indiana IA; Maine, 6;
Maryland, 4 q in Baltimore); Massa
chusetts. GO (21 in Boston and / in
Worcester); Michigan, is C in De
troiD New Hampshire, IL: New Jer
sey. "a CO in Jersey City. 6 in Newark;
New York 115 g in Buffalo. GA in
Greater New York in Rochester in
Syracuse) Ohio. Is u in Cincinnati,
p in Cleveland); Pennsylvania, IS CS
in Philadelphia, s in Pittsburg l in
Scranton); Rhode Island, 4 G in Prov
idence): South Dakota, 6; Vermont, 9;
Washington, 5; and Wisconsin. 81 q in
Milwaukee).
The disease does not seem particular
ly to affect the large cities Of 100000
and over population in 1900. as given
in the preceding list