The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-17
18th officers Bulletin for October,
1910,

49, 1910, as compared Win ~ 10
UcIo.anth OF September. Typhoid
the A cansed but 80 deaths, as com
teYeid with AZ in September. How
paleu .hare we're 6 deaths from ante
ever ,rn1imvelitis, as compared with
rloL pSantember. Seven additional
y of sickness from this latter
51~ease we're reported.
dlseaS death occurred from an excep-
.tonaIIv rare cause-namely, mumps.
I rSis Is the first death from mumps
!: ~ he wear 1910. The decedent. was
III uhite male infant, aged nearly
oars The disease mumps, was
!onnIicated by pneumonia.
eO TTnhoid fever is On the Wane: ln
octoher. 40 cases were reported, as
ooomnared with 49S in September.
Hinhtheria shows decided increase
aTar the September cases. II sep
Vnrnbar there were 63 cases OF dlph-
tSnria reported, while in October there
~ere reported 10 cases. This in
araase in the number OF dlphtherla
casas is due to the commlngllng OF
chiIdren at the public schools.
the two cases Of pellagra treated
ar The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the
@nring and summer of 1910 were i'm
nprted ones, and are therefore not in
pInded in the Maryland statistics.
Tvphoid fever has been the most
widely prevalent disease in the month
Of october, 1910.
SCARLET fever has been quite pre-
vaIent in LibertytoWn, Frederick
county I'll cases., and in Westmlns-
Ter Carroll county q cases.)
Chickenpox is an epidemic at Key
nl
county Us cases.)
Summary if cases OF contagious
and infectious diseases reported III
october, 1910 Typhoid fever, 42O
cases: scarlet fever, 50 cases; diph-
tberia. 10 cases; whooping cough,
"a cases: measles, % cases; influen-
" cases; humps, cases; malaria,
, cases: chickenpoX, 10 cases, and
anterior poliomyelitis, cases. Total,
$50 cases.
summary OF the cases if contagious
and infectious diseases reported in
September, 1910; typhoid fever, 498
cases; scarlet fever, 58 cases; diph-
iberia, 60 cases; whooping cough, 27
cases: measles, cases; chickenpox,
. cases; malaria, 3 cases; mumps, u
cases; and anterior poliomyelitis. IL
cases. Total, $50 cases.
Total deaths, all causes, October,
1g1O-g0S, as follows Infectious
and communicable diseases, 1853 (plus
2 cuIled from belated returns, making
q total of 1861; general and noncom-
municable diseases, and accidents,
7J5.
Of the 155 deaths caused by infec-
rious and communicable diseases, 81
resulted from tuberculosis, 30 from
typhoid fever, 3 from scarlet fever, 3
from diphtheria, 10 from whooping
cough, S from meningitis, l from
humps, 3 from influenza, l from
malaria. from erysipelas, and 6
from anterior polimyeletis. Ninety
were white and S. colored; rs were
males; IS were females, and in in
stances the sex is not stated.
OF the 1855 deaths due to general
and noncommunicable diseases and
accidents, $40 were white, and 215
were colored Ala were males, and
341 were females.
tuberculosis. Number of deaths
reported 60, as compared with So in
September.
Influenza. Deaths reported 3, as
compared with none in September.
Mumps. One death, and 4 cases Of
sickness reported, as against no
deaths and II cases of sickness in
September.
ChickenpoX. No deaths and 19
cases of sickness reported, as COM
pared with no deaths and 2 cases of
sickness reported in September.
Whooping Cough. Deaths reported
10, additional cases reported rs, as
compared with deaths and 81 cases
reported in September.
Measles. Number of deaths report
ed none, as compared with l in Sep
TENDER.
Scarlet Fever. Three deaths re
ported, as against in September.
Diphtheria Number of deaths re
ported 8, as compared with II in Sep
TENDER.
Smallpox. No deaths and no cases
Of sickness reported, as for the month
of September.
Pellagra No deaths and no cases
of sickness reported, as compared
with | death and no cases of sickness
reported in September.
Anterior Poliomyelitis. Six deaths
and cases of sickness reported, as
against deaths and II cases of sick
ness reported, in September.
Erysipelas. Deaths reported 8, as
compared with none in September.
Meningitis Eight deaths and no
cases of sickness reported, as against
similar figures in September.
Malaria. One death and 2 cases OF
sickness reported, as against deaths
and 3 cases of sickness reported in
September
Septicemia. No deaths and no cases
of sickness reported as against 8
deaths and no cases of sickness re
ported in September.
German Measles. No deaths and
no cases OF sickness reported, as
against deaths and no cases of sick
ness reported in September.
Typhoid Fever. Deaths reported
30, as compared with AZ in Septem-
Der. Additional cases reported 420,
as compared with 49S in September.
On the Patapsco River Watershed.
Carroll county: Sykesville, cases !;
Springfield Hospital, cases; Union
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