The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-04-14
Health Officers Bulletin for January,
1911.

The editor OF the Bulletin is pleased
to proclaim the fact that in no section
OF the State did typhoid fever prevail
as an epidemic during the month of
January, 1911. This Ia the first time
he has been able to make such an as
sertion for period Of eleven months
(February, 1900
Whooping cough Is mildly epidemic
at Homecoming, Allegany county 40
cases); at Hampstead, in Carroll
county; at Cambridge, in Dorchester
county, and at BrinkloW, in Mont
gomery county.
Influenza is epidemic in the 9Th and
9th districts of Carroll county; at
Kensington, in Montgomery county,
and In st. Mary's county.
Summary Of the cases OF contagious
and infectious diseases reported in
January, 1911: Typhoid fever, 73
cases; scarlet fever, 81 cases; diph-
iberia, 80 cases; whooping cough, SO
cases; measles, 1873 cases, chicken
pox, 20 cases; mumps, SO cases; in
huenza, cases; smallpox, s cases;
erysipelas, cases; anterior poliomy-
elitis, 2 cases, and pellagra, 2 cases.
Total, 563 cases.
Summary of the cases of contagious
and infectious diseases reported in
December, 1910: Typhoid fever, 1873
cases; scarlet fever, 70 cases; diph-
iberia, 100 cases; whooping cough, "a
cases; measles, IS cases; chickenpox,
rs cases; influenza, 2 cases, and
mumps, Is cases. Total, 492 cases.
Total deaths, all causes, January,
1911-966, as follows Infectious and
communicable diseases, 204; general
and noncommunicable diseases and
accidents, 762.
or the 204 deaths caused by infec-
uous and communicable diseases, 81
resulted from tuberculosis, 10 from
typhoid fever, from measles, IL from
diphtheria, from scarlet fever, IS
from whooping cough, 81 from in
duenza, IL from meningitis, from
erysipelas, 3 from septicemia, / from
malaria, from anterior poliomyelitis,
J. from mumps, and ! from chickenpox
One hundred and thirty-nine were
white, and 65 colored; los we're males
and 80 were females.
OF the 762 deaths due to general and
noncommunicable diseases and acct
dents, 573 were white, and 1879 color
ed; 378 were males, and 1884 were fe-
males.
tuberculosis. Number of deaths
ACPOllCu o. % COApdISu Will 1Ul III
December.
Influenza. Deaths reported 81, as
compared with 10 in the month of De-
cember.
Mumps. One death, and So cases of
sickness reported, as against no
deaths and Is cases or sickness In De
cember.
Chickenpox. One death and 20
cases Of sickness reported, as COM
pared with no deaths and Is cases OF
sickness reported In December
Whooping Cough. Deaths reported
Is; additional cases reported 80, as
compared with 16 deaths and "A cases
OF sickness reported In December.
Measles. Number OF deaths report
ed 2, as compared with an equivalent
number in December.
Scarlet Fever. Three deaths re
ported, as against l in December.
Cases OF sickness reported 81, az com
pared with 10 in December.
Diphtheria. Number of deaths re-
ported IL, as compared with % in De
cember.
Smallpox. No deaths and s cases
OF sickness reported, as against no
deaths and no cases of sickness re-
ported in December.
Pellagra. No deaths and cases of
sickness reported, al against one
death and no cases of sickness report
ed i'm December.
Anterior Polimyelitis. Two deaths
and 2 cases OF sickness reported, AZ
against 2 deaths and no cases OF sick
ness reported i'm December.
Erysipelas. Eight deaths reported,
as compared with in December.
Meningitis. Eleven deaths and no
cases or sickness reported as against
8 deaths and no cases of sickness re
ported I'm December.
Malaria. One death and no cases
OF sickness reported, as against sim
liar figure for December.
Septecemia. Three deaths and no
cases of sickness reported, as against
deaths and no cases OF sickness re-
ported In December.
German Measles. No deaths and no
cases of sickness reported, as against
no deaths and no cases Of sickness re-
ported In December.
Typhoid Fever. Deaths reported 19,
az compared with SS I'm December.
Additional cases reported 73, as COM
pared with 1888 i'm December.
On the Patapsco River Watershed
Carroll county Sykesville, cases;
and Westminster, cases Total, 5
cases.