Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-12
STATE DEATH RATE
FOR THREE MONTHS
Report of Health Board for July,
August and September.
OVER 5000 PERSONS DIE
Increase Seen From Few Contagious
Diseases - InfantIle Paralysis :.
Claims II In Same Num-
Der Of Counties.

Madisoa.-The report OF the state
health board shows that during July,
August and September. 1913, there
were 6,432 deaths reported by the va
rious local registrars. This CORE
spends to an annual death rate of 10.6
per thousand Of estimated population,
and represents fair average for the
five-year period.
AS compared with the 1912 report,
there is slight increase in the num-
Der of deaths of persons under one
year of age. one to four years of age,
and sixty-five and over.
There is also a small increase in
the number of deaths reported from
the various communicable diseases
with the exception of typhoid fever,
scarlet fever, whooping cough, di-
arrhoea. meningitis and influenza.
There was increase in the number
of deaths from the following diseases:
Pulmonary tuberculosis, 9; other
forms of tuberculosis, %; diphtheria,
10; measles, 5; pneumonia, Al; can
Ger, SIS, and violence, 80.
The northern section of the state
has death rate for this period of 90
per thousend, estimated population,
while the rate for the central coun-
ties is 104 and the rate for the south
ern section 11.3.
Considering the deaths from vio-
lence, we find that SO resulted from
accidental drowning; 81 from rail-
road accidents; SO from suicides; 81
from accidental burns and scalds; rs
from heat prostr1tions and sunstroke;
is from lightning; Is from horse We
hicles and horses; II from automobile
accidents; IL from accidental poison
ing; II from homicides; 16 from &C
cidental gunshot wounds and 8 from
street car accidents.
There were deaths from Cetanus,
one from rabies, one from snake bite
and one from pellagra. The deaths
from infantile paralysis are distrib-
uted by counties as follows: Clark,
L; Douglas, 1; Grant l: JSneau. /
La Crosse. J.; Manitowoc, /; Mara
thon, /; Monroe, l; Pierce, /; Rock,
/; and Walworth, l.
Start Sale of Red Cross Xmas Seals.
THE Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis
association wants 1,400 local campaign
managers to take care of the sales of
Red Cross Christmas seals in the diff.
ferent parts of the state" said Otto
+. Bradley, Milwaukee. Mr.. Bradley is
campaign manager Of the association
of Wisconsin.
This method is taken to raise
funds with which to fight the white
plague during the coming year and to
keep Wisconsin among the leading
states in the union. Last year we
had 1.169 managers in the state. but
we want more this year.
More and better care for chill
dren will be the slogan of the cam
paign. 1t is maintained by authori-
ties that this is the solution OF the
problem expressed in the former bat
tie cry. Wipe consumption out of Wis
consin.' This is a most important
factor in the control of all other pre-
ventable diseases"
nc opening udtS OF tue SAFE Oh THESE
seals this year has been fixed for
Thanksgiving, and it will continue till
Christmas. But one manager in each
locality is named, and he places the
seals with business men, organiza-
tions. schools, ETC.. for sale to the
public.
THE Christmas seal. campaign has
the prestige and the contagious infiu-
ence of being a nation wide move
ment," said Mr.. Bradley. There is
something inspiring in falling in
line with the whole country, especially
in the Badger state, which has led
the country in making the highest per
capita sale in past years. The accom-
plishments of the Wisconsin Ant Tu-
berculosis association during the last
year insures this support on the part
of the public being continued