The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-06
Health Report Shows Six
Deaths From Contagious
Diseases-One Reported
DEATH RATE ON INCREASE

LlcS IOr henOSna county covering the
months of October, November and De-
cember of last year was issued by the
State Board Of Health today and this
report shows slight increase in the
death rate of the county for the
months covered by the report. The re-
port is featured by the large number
OF people of advanced age who died in
the county during the three months
and it shows that of the 103 deaths in
the county in the period rs were of
people over IS years of age. Of the
total number 81 were under one year
Of age, ten were from l to years of
age and the remainder of the deaths
were of people of ages between these
two limits. During the quarter there
was decided falling off in the num-
Der of deaths caused by tuberculosis,
the total number being five. Only one
death resulted from pulmonary tuber
culosis. Pneumonia leads the list of
fatal diseases with total of ten
deaths. There was one death from
measles, one from scarlet fever, eight
from acute stomach and bowel com
plants, five from meningitis, three from
cancer and five from violence. Six still
births were reported for the period.
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ence of contagious diseases shows that
Kenosha is still remarkably free from
these diseases so far as reports made
to the health department. are concerned
But one case of contagious disease was
reported to the state from this coun-
ty and that was a case Of diphtheria.
The old enigma is apparent again in
the fact that death is reported from
scarlet fever Notwithstanding the fact
that the report of contagious diseases
fails to show the existence of a single
case Of the disease in the county. Five
deaths were reported from meningitis
but not single case of the disease
had been reported to the health depart
ment
During the months of October, No
vember and December, 1910, 6,8S7
deaths were reported to the state bur-
eau of vital statistics from the various
townships, incorporated villages and
cities throughout the state. This is
exclusive of 437 still births and cores
ponds to an annual death rate of 112
per thousand estimated population
Comparing this rate with the rate of
100 pr thousand for the months of
October, November and December, 1909
we find that there is a slight increase
in the number Of deaths for 1910.
During the months of October, No
vember and December, 1909, 6,444
deaths, exclusive of still-births were re-
ported. This gives an excess of deaths
for 1910 of 443 and is accountable for
largely, by the increase in the number
of deaths among persons sixty-fve
years of age, or over, and slight in
crease in the number of deaths under
one year of age. There was very,
pronounced increase in the number of
deaths from typhoid fever and also
diphtheria. 1t is to be expected tha5
there would be an increase in the num-
Der of deaths from diphtheria on ac-
count Of the danger of contracting the
disease due to school attendance.
Tt is expected that the maximum mum.
Der OF deaths from typhoid fever
would be reached during the months
of July and September. The statistics,
however, show an increase of forty in
the number of deaths reported for Oc-
tober to December as compared with
the preceding quarter. There has been
an increase of forty-seven in the num-
Der of deaths reported from typhoid
fever for the last quarter of 1910 as
compared with smaller report for
1909.