Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-17


able that they would hardly be believed but the
cold figures that have been kept When we consider
$4,000 cases of vaccination measuring the number or
cases and the number of deaths in like number OF
non-vaccnated persons and then compare the re-
suits with the cases OF those who have been vacci-
mated, We begin what effect vaccination
against typhoid has been.
The same is of tuberculosis of diphtheria and
other contagious diseases The doctor does the work
and the stahstcian checks it up. When a man finds
that the death in tuberculosis is cut in twain
since doctors were introduced germ OF the
ease by DR.. Koch. that less than one-third many
children die from diphtheria since the advent Of the
anti-toxh treatment, typhoid fever is largely
robbed Of its errors through vaccination loses his
skepticism' and If he is lawmaker executor
OF the law he helps enforce these lessons Thus
medical statistics the conclusive and principal
aid Of medical science
Three principal kinds Of data are essential to q
proper checking up health conditions in any
try The first is the statistics births With
statistics data infant mortality makes its be-
ginning Without them accurate measure of health
conditions in infancy be taken We know that
infancy is the most fatal period OF human life and taa
infancy is the fatal period Of human fe and
without accurate about them Yet comparatively
few of the world adequate birth
statistics. In country very Of the states
have birth registration laws.
The second essential line of information needed
properly gauge the public health. tell of the
need Of repressive measures. and indicate the
suits that grow out OF the adoption of such
ures, is data concerning diseases Many states have
made certain Of the serious reportabs
that is doctors Obliged to report in their
practice to the local health officers In the majority
cities and also few OF the states all conta-s
gious diseases required be reported. without
such data Chicago never would have known the vide
extent Of typhoid fever prevailing there and the
drainage would not been built And with
out afterward wonderful result IN the cukting
down of the death rate from typhoid fever-the
economic saving being vastly in excess Of the In
terest the cost-cOuld not have been measured.
Death statistics also are highly essential One Of
the great problems has to get aunversa1 deatn
certificate and universal practice In the statement
Of death. An international congress
considered this matter and steps are being taken
looking to the worldwide use OF q standard death
certificate showing the OF death. This data
is given more thoroughly than any other knd
health statistics. More than half OF the populaI
in United States lives IN territory where
there is registration OF the oouses OF death The
census office is pushing the movement to have ALI
the states adopt such registration -sslsas
All of these matters win come before the con-
in the form Of reports upon results and dis-
cussions. One of the will be DIR. Grossly l.
Wilbur, chief satstIcian vital statistics Of the
census bureau. He will tell OF the remarkable strides
that have been made in development. vital sta-
tstcs in the United States since 1900 The discIs-
of state health statistics win be an inter
esting feature Of the proceedings 49,
speaker will tell about the success Of the
model law enacted by the state OF Pennsylvania.
while another will tell how Missouri Instituted it's
law and il effective There have been la~ge
number Of court decisions on matters affecting the
health laws Of the various states. and their bearing
the situation will hearing. Kentucky is the
first state south of the Ohio river to adopt ade
quate OF death registration and registrar
that state will tell about the operation OF the
results Virginia preparing for the operation
Of the model law. and DR.. W. Pecker win tell what
the virginians doing In that direction.
1t is well known that health conditions in TIE
districts better than those in cities,
reflected by the death rate Canadian authority
will bring a paper showing the relation OF rural ana
urban populations the public health while France
will bring message concerning the improvements IN
the classification Of the Of death. and 10
what further changes be made with advantage.
Everybody knows that doctors sometimes make wrong
diagnoses and Of them proposes to bring paper
telling the congress just how much of margin OF
error there this connection. showing that DIFF
fers different diseases and different localities
The training Of health and death statfsticians--
technically knows demographers-win receive itE
share Of attention. Germany has system Of train
ing men 10 statisticans just train to be
doctors lawyers and OF its leading officials
will tell the congress how Germany makes demogra-
piers. France will be heard from in this
necton and Cornell professor will tell how the
ply Of and demand statisticans be increased
The use of machinery the tabulaton of statistics
its advantages and Disadvantages also will be dis
cussed