The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-28
Report of State Department
Shows Reduction in the
Number of Deaths
MANY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Report Shows Many Cases Of Diphthe-
ria, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough
and Tuberculosis Latter Disease
Causes Many Deaths.

The death rate in Kenosha county
lhows large falling of; in the report
If the state board of health for the
months Of April, May and June just
issued by the state department. Dur
ing the three months there was total
of % deaths in the county, 20 of the
deaths were among children under
one year of age, Z from one to four
and Is of people over sixty-fve
years.
The principal cause of death in the
county was pulmonary tuberculosis
which claimed victims during the
quarter There was like number of
deaths from various forms of stomach
trouble, deaths from typhoid fever,
from diphtheria, 2 from whooping
cough and like number from scarlet
fever Ten deaths resulted from VIC
lence, this being the largest number
of violent deaths reported in three
months in some time.
The report shows that there were
many cases of contagious diseases in
the county in the quarter. The list in
Guiding cases of diphtheria, 4 of
typhoid fever, % of whooping cough,
16 Of scarlet fever, 2 of measles and
5 of tuberculosis.
In the report of conditions in the
state in general the state board says:
During the months of April, May and
June, 1911, 6,938 deaths were report
eli to the state bureau of vital Stats
tics This is exclusive of 405 still
births and corresponds to an annual
death rate of III per thousand, esti-
mated population. The estimated pop
ulation for Wisconsin, based on the
annual yearly increase from the state
census Of 1905 to the United States
census Of 1910, is 2,333,815.
The death rate for the second quart
er of 1911, when compared with the
death rate for April, May and June,
1910, of 11.6 per thousand estimated
population, and the rate of 1872 per
thousand for 1909, and the rate of ia
per thousand for 1908, indicates the
relative healthfulness of the state for
this period of time during the past
three years.
During the months of April, May
and June, 1910, 1884 deaths, exclusive
of still births, were reported. This
shows q decline Of 46 in the number
Of deaths recorded The decline in
the number of deaths is due, in large
measure, to the absence of any serious
epidemics of typhoid, diphtheria or
scarlet fever, which are apt to be pre-
valent at this season of the year.
Important causes of death with the
number of deaths from each disease are
as follows: Pulmonary tuberculosis
5SS; other tuberculosis 80; typhoid
fever 70; diphtheria So; scarlet fever
So; measles 81; whooping cough So;
pneumonia 738; diarrhea and enteretis
under two years ia; meningitis 149;
influenza 81; puerperal septicemia 40;
cancer 1858; violence AS and still
Iirths 4O5.
Comparing the number of deaths
from certain causes for the second
quarter of 1911 with similar report
for 1910, we find that there was a
decrease in the number of deaths re-
ported as follows: Other forms 81 tub
erculosis II; typhoid fever 45; diph-
liberia %; scarlet fever so; and cancer
20. There was q decrease of 73 in the
number of deaths under one year of
age, and a decrease in the number
among children from one to four years
of age.
There was an increase in the number
of deaths from certain other diseases
as follows: Pulmonary tuberculosis So:
measles as; whooping cough Il; pneu-
monia 40; diarrhea and enteritjs under
two years II; meningitis %; puerperal
scpt;cemia s; violence so; and still,
births LOG.
The northern section of the state had
Q death rate for this period of 1O.5
per thousand, while the rate for the
central section was liz and the rate
for the southern section was 1913.
The following deaths from violence
were reported: Suicide 81; accidental
drowning 90; railroad accidents So;
accidental burns "a; falls 20; gun shot
wounds IS; horse vehicles and horses
&; accidental poisoning s; automobile
accidents 7; street cars IL homicides
z; sun stroke 6; and lightning 5. Five
deaths from anterior pohomyehtis OF
infantiie paralysis were reported for
this period of time.
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