The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-12
HEALTH REPORT
FOR SEPTEMBER
SHOWS a REMARKABLY Low
DEATH RATE AND CITY
HEAlrH GOOD.
huS,esr % Births Exceeded Deaths and
y the Report Shows Exeeiient
Health Situation.

City Health Commissioner Or. w.
H. McLain has Just made public the
health report for the city for the
month OF August and u 10 a very
comprehensive resume OF the health
condition OF the city for the month.
The complete report Is as follows:
Death Rate.
The low death rate OF June and
July was continued curing August
Forty-four deaths occurred. IL OF
these being non-residents. The resi-.
dent death rate for the month H..
therefore 20 per thousand. which Is
equivalent 20 an annual rate of $50.
This is the lowest rate for August
during the past ten years.
Including all deaths the rate for
August Is los per thousand. which
gives Us the low annual rate Of 1865.
One hundred and twenty-six deaths
occurred during the three months OF
June. July and August. In the month
OF December. 1907. 101 deaths oc-
CURED
Twelve deaths occurred in hos
pitfalls and three were returned by the
county coroner. Five deaths occurred
from pneumonia, four from organic
disease OF the heart. three from vio-
lence and three from tuberculosis.
These were the leading causes Of
death.
Deaths by Ages.
Under one month. 4: one month to
one year. z; one TO five years. 4: FIVE
TO twenty. 8; twenty TO forty. 10;
forty TO sixty 4: sixty 10 seventy. 3:
seventy TO eighty. 5: eighty to ninety.
3; unknown. ]. Total, ~.
Deaths Under Five Years.
Fifteen deaths occurred among in
fants and children under FIVE years.
Pneumonia and whooping cough to-
gether were responsible for four
deaths. Meningitis caused two, diph-
iberia caused two. and two were pre-
maturely born. living only a few
hours. Only one child died OF d.
arrhea and enteritis. compared to
eight deaths for August. 1911. Two
deaths were due TO congenital NAL
formation. one to an accident OF la
Dor, and two from malnutrition.
Birth Rate.
Eighty-four births were reported
for August. making a monthly rate OF
2.Ol per thousand. equivalent 10 an
annual rate of 24.20 per thousand pop
ulation. The birth rate for August IL
therefore more than twice the resi-
dent death rate for the same period.
Seventy-four births were reported
by the following physicians: Doctors
Armbrecht. Bair. Barnett, Caldwell, J.
A. Campbell, Cole. Dalbey. Drinkard,
Gaydosh. Glass. Hall. Haning. Her
riott. Hildreth. Keay. Megrail. NJ. p.
Monroe, Myers. McColl. Mccoy. Nc
Millen. Noome, Plant, Reed, Spragg
and Taylor.
Midwives Amerhine. Barton. Gross.
Kitsberger. Kulpa. KIzenski and
Parelhey reported ten births, making
a total of 81.
Contagious Diseases.
Twenty-four cases were reported.
or these IS were cases OF diphtheria.
two were of scarlet fever and four
were or measles.
DIphtherIs.
Two deaths were caused by dlph.
iberia. One death was due TO laryn-
geal paralysis following diphtheria.
reported early in June, death occur
ring seven weeks after case was re-
ported.
The second death was due 20 nasal
diphtheria In a child III only three
days and who had been exposed TO
another child who had a sore throat"
All sore throats'' should be regard.
ed with suspicion. Many, a case OF
so-called sore throat" which recovers
communicates a case Of diphtheria 10
another child. who dies OF the disease.
In plains words. many cases OF diph-
iberia are not recognized as diph-
iberia.
Communicable DIseases-TyphoId
Fever
Seven cases were reported. All
were residents OF Wheeling ana All
we're under twenty-one years OF age
One death occurred in a case OF
nonresident foreigner who was sent
In from Elm Grove. This case was
practically moribund when he reached
the hospital.
Tuberculosis.
Six new cases were reported Thraa
deaths occurred. all residents OF
Wheeling
Death rate per 900 per month.
1910 census a
Death rate. excluding II non-rcsi-
Births reported durins the month IA
hii,,h rate per 1000 per month .... 7.0i
Nunbsr % bodies received Tor In.
>,g,5 lit,,.nt ron elsgwher. ....... -
terment 90 other places ........ 81
Sanitary worf
Complaints received from citizens -
insrectionH made .............. 81