The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-06-17
Health Officers Bulletin For April,
1910.

1910.
Taken as a whole. the mortality and
the morbidity returns for April show
marked diminutIon as compared
with those for the month Of March.
There were, however, few localized
epidemies which are detailed below.
The deaths from tuberculosis num-
Der but ST. from measles, . from In
fiuenza. II. as against l3 in March.
. Three deaths from pellagra occurred
ut Mercy Hospital. Baltimore. IN the
month of April, 1910. Touching upon
the etiology OF pellagra, the secretary
of the English Peliagra Commission
. has received the following telegram
from DR.. sambon. dated Rome. May
! 10:
The pellagra field commission has
definitely proved thai maize IL not the
cause OF pellagra. The parasitic con-
yeyor Is the Simullum reptans."
SO far as the assistant editor of the
Bulletin has been able TO ascertain.
this species OF slmulIum tsImulium
reptans1 doe8 not occur in the United
|. States. Closely allied species. how
ever, abound In certain localities. For
example. the black fly tslmulium
molestum.) the buffalo Hy or buffalo
gnat (slmulium inYenustum1 and the
turkey gnat tSimulInm meriodIonale1
each of which has It's own peculiar
range or geographical distribution.
The black fly is small. Yenomous,
two-wlnged insect, exceedingly abund-
ant and troublesome I'm the wooded
regions Of the northern United States
and Canada. Their bite Is very pain
full and they sometimes swarm IN such
numbers as 10 become pest The
LARVAE md pupae are aquatic. and
generally live In shallow gxift-run-
ming streams.
The buffalo fly OF buffalo gnat Is al
lied TO the black fl Of the North IL
is often extremely abundant In the
Missouri Valley and IN the lover part
Of the Mississippi Valley and does
great injury to domestic animals.
often killing large numbers Of horses
and cattle
The turkey gnat i a small black ay
which attacks poultry in the southern
and western United States. particular
y in the Mississippi Valley.
In eastern Europe the edfumbaz
nudge Is 4 species q Simulinm With
similar habits TO the buffalo fly or
buffalo gnat OF the United States.
There vas house epidemic q
easesl Of whooping cough n Sykes
Vile, Carroll county.
Summary OF cases Of contagious and
infectious diseases reported n April.
. 1910: Typhoid fever. 30 eaaez. scar
let fever. 10 cases. diphthsfla, -
cases: Hhooping cough, . cases.
measles. 81 cases. ehickennox. p
cases: German measles. n eases:
mumps. 30 cases. aud influenza, /
cases. Total, 27s cases,
Summary Of the eases Of contagious
and infectious diseases reported In
March. 1910 Typhoid fafar. Il
cases: scarlet fever IS cases. diph-
iberia. = cases. NhoopinE cough, II
cases. measles, l6s eases. ehIekenpox.
Is cases. German measles. u cases;
erysipelaH. cases. and humps, !
cases. Total. 459 cases.
Total deaths. IL causes April.
1910--7a1. M follows infectious and
communicable diseases. i62 fnlus D
culled from belated returns. making
total Of 1881; general aud noncom-
munioabla diseases and accidents, 56s.
or the ffS deaths caused = infec-
tlous and communicable diseases, 81
resulted from tuberculosis. = from
typhoid fever, 2 from measles. from
diphtherIa. from scarlet fever, 10
from whooping cough. 10 from menln-
: gifts. from eryEinelas, 8 from sep
lleemia and II from influenza One
hundred and six we're white. 81 color
ed, and n instance the color IL not
given: 6G we're males and f02 females
OF the bgs deaths due to general and
4 - - aE5
dents. 41b we're white, 50 coI0red, and
In ! instance the color is not stated;
29G were males, 81 we're females. and
In l instance the sex Is not given.
tuberculosis. Number Of deaths
reported ST. as compared With % in
March.
Influenza Deaths reported II, as
compared with 43 IN March
Mumna No deaths. and IL cases
of sickness reported. as against no
deaths and Z cases Of sickness In
March.
! Chickenpox. No deaths and D cases
of sickness reported. as compared
with no deaths and Is cases Of sick
. ness reported In March
Whooning Cough. Deaths reported
. 70, additional cases reported %, as
. compared with II deaths and II cases
. reported IN March.
: Measles. Number of deaths report
! ed 2, as compared With 6 in March.
Scarlet Fever Four deaths report
ed, all white, l male and 3 females.
! as against deaths In March.
! Diphtheria. Number of deaths re-
! ported /. as compared with 10 In
. March.
ETysipelas. Deaths reported l, as
J against In March.
! Meningitis. Ten deaths and no
! cases Of sickness reported. a. against
deaths and no cases OF sickness re-
: ported IN March.
! Malaria. No deaths and no cases
J of sickness reported. as against 1
! death and no cases Of sickness report
/ ed in March.
! SeptIeemia. Five deaths and no
cases Of sickness reported. a. agains.
6 deaths and no cases OF sickness re-
ported IN March.
German Measles. No deaths, and
10 cases Of sickness reported names
not giYen.1 as against no deaths and
, 10 cases of sickness reported In
| March.
Typhoid Fever Deaths reported
. 10, as compared with 10 In March.
! On the Patapseo River Watershed
Carroll county: Union Bridge. case.