The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-17

thlTlctu nOn-TetlQe0tS
seventy-nine deaths occurred in
Wheeling during March. making a
monthly rate OF is per thousand.
Excluding nou-residents. the month.
ly rate is Is. which is equivalent 10
an annual rate OF 1901 per thousand
population.
or b 79 d~ecedents. IS were males
n 81 were females. Eighteen deaths
occurred In hospitals and seven were
returned by the county coroner
was again the leading
cause with fourteen deaths, heart d.
sease was responsible for nine, tuber-
cuiosis n violence caused seven
c typhoid fever six and bright's
disease five. These six causes ac-
count FOR forty-eight OF the total num-
Der OF deaths.
VI the seven violent deaths. three
were due to accidental injuries. one
was drowned. n burned and two
committed suicide.
Deaths BY Ages.
Under one month, 3; one month to
u year. 8, one to five years. 6; five
10 twenty, 10; twenty 10 forty. s.;
forty TO sixty. -: sixty 10 seventy.
II; seventy 10 eighty, 6, and eighty to
ninety. 2. Total -.
peaths Under Five Years.
twenty deaths occurred among in
fants and children under five. This
Is an unusually large number and is
mainly due to pneumonia which
eight deaths. all OF the ~decedents be-
ing less than one year of age. Three
lntants were prematurely born. two
ueaths were due To violence, two were
caused by congenital debility and one
WAS dIa In "A nn,na,ts.I
Measles. scarlet fever. diphtheria and
coiitis each caused one death.
Birth Rate.
E~ighty-two births were reported
making a monthly rate ~ 10 or an
annual rate OF SO per thousand POD.
ulation.
Sixty-nve births were reported by
Doctors Armbrecht. Baird. Best Biz.
ney. Burns. n. +. Campbell. !. A
campbell. W. A. Cracraft, Jr.. Cole
DaIoey, EGler. Gillespy. Haning. Hen.
derson. Keay. Megrail. !. A. Monroe
VI. n. Monroe. Morrison. Myers. Nolte
Noome. Plant. Pronty. Reed. TAYLOR.
Iruschell, Vieweg. a. Wilson and
Yoho.
Midwives Amerhine. Baron. Gross
kltsbereer. Pervelhey. reported seven.
teen.
Contagious Diseases.
one hundred and ten cases were re.
ported. including eighty-four OF mea.
sles. eight OF diphtheria. eight of
mumps. six OF chickenpox. three Of
scarlet fever and one OF whooplng
cough.
Measles
t~ighty-four cases reported with
death occurring in one ease where the
disease was followed By pneumonia
In all cases where pneumonia follows
measles the death l. attributed 10
measles In accordance with the class.
ihcation adopted by the 4. : burea.i
Of ensus
Diphtheris.
Eight cases were reported including
one nonresident or this number
two we're adults Death occurred in
one case a few hours after the phv.
stefan was called. Thirty throat
smears were examined during March
Five of these wore d%iphtheritic. the
remaining twenty-five being negative
Five thousand unlts Of antifoxin
we're distributed.
Scarlet Fever.
While few cases of this disease
nave been reported ono death vas a..
tributed 20 IL and complaining ahec.
ton. during March.
Three cases were reported during
the month.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis caused eight deaths
including one due 30 tuberculosis %
the spine
This number includes two uon.rest
dents who died In tho cts.
Seven new eases we're reported and
tVenty.six specimens N sputum were