Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-05

ARCHAEOLOGICAL examination OF both
stools and urine have shown whether the
case is to remain in the carrier" class.
, If this proves to be the fact such case
should be given explicit instruction about
the danger OF communicating the disease
to others and the precautions necessary
| to prevent this. ont of 80 cases reported
in 1912 there were 80 deaths and 80 deaths
! in li4 cases in 1913.
SMALLPOX
The scourge. smallpox is fortunately
confined to restricted areas and is usually
/ brought under control by wholesale
vaccination in the afflicted districts. The
tendency to omit vaccination until q case
| actually occurs is responsible for the
spread of the disease. When an infection
is brought to family or community ex-
posures are often made before the disea Sc
is recognized and the unvaccinated per-
sons succumb The unfailing remedy Is
the systemic practice of vaccination
which. If followed out prevents the dis
ease from gaining even a foothold. The
fatality OF the disease is small, due to its
modified form, but its loathesomeness re-
mains practically unabated There were
Z
1917 and one death out Of 13S cases IN 1913.
MEASLES
The experience of the year lHi3 should
he q lesson TO the people Of Vermont In
tho necessity Of Keeping cases Of measles
under proper restraint. Tho number of
deaths from this disease was far greater
than during any year since the records
have been kept. and Is due entirely to
the allure TO observe the simple preCau-
tion of isolatng children who have the
symptoms of a common cold during the
prcvalcnC" Of an epidemic of measles.
Nor docs this death rate alone tell the
whole story for without doubt. many
deaths classified under pneumonia and
other causes We're due primarily to meas
! los, although not SO stated on the death
certificate. In contradistinction to scar
: let fever. this disease continues to be re-
-arded as mild infection. and until the
/ public can be aroused to its dangers, It
| will continue to take it's toll of young
useful lives. The magnitude OF the cpl
demic which occurred In 1913 Is shown by
the Ia BILE and chart. There were 3,057
cases with p deaths in 1912, and 6,7ls cases
with so deaths in 1918
WHOOPINCi COUGH
| The same conditions prevail in regard to
| whooping cough as are mentioned above
concerning measles. The severity of the
epidemic of whooplng cough in 1918 was
less than that of measles, but. unless pre-
, cautions are better observed, We may at
any time expect a more persistent and
widespread attack These diseases are
undoubtedly amenable to control but this
can only be accomplished through con-
scientious instruction by physicians and
teachers, and the oduca ton of parents and
children in regard to the risk incurred by
a victim Of this disease. A comparison of
deaths from dphthera and scarlet fever.
/ regarded as severe diseases, and those
from the so-called mild diseases, measles
and whooping cough, cannot fail to en-
tighten those who would know the true
situation. Out of sol cases reported in
1912 % resulted In death, and out of 1,7i0
cases in 1913 there We're Al deaths
| OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
More cases OF chicken-pox german
measles and mumps We're reported In 1918
than In 1912. There was undoubtedly some
increase in the number of cases, but some
Of the increase is due to more general
reporting OF cases by physicians and
health oihcers' vermont recognizes these
diseases as dangerous to the public health
and therefore reportable.
ON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
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"i9e'9es as '"i'cr' "poP'o~S' o,sa''O
mart u'seaseS anu i''ish' u''ea'e' ineHe
are 'hc Hlaiauies "hose oh""iu Hiareh Is
mus lar lrres'sto!e' III spite Vi an t"at
can De zone IN the way Oh prevention Ut
treatment Deaths from all these causes
nave reached the maximum during the pi-
| emma term While these 40 not usnailv
'"' on "arlN MANHOOD ana "oInanhood'
~ 40 IN" pr"Nehtanle diseases they take
| the'r ION OF llves much petore the aiio'''o
spun Oh years mas beeh reached ana we
can only nope that methods or prevention
VIII ne discovered Tor al I"aSt som" III
| th'se dlfhculties
me deaths from old age or 'senile de-
| hlIltN show decreasing number as the
years go by This, however, does not
necessarily mean that fewer people sur
| NiVe to finally die of old age. The class
ihcation is largely due to better methods
OF diagnosis, whereby deaths are put
down as occurring from definite diseases
| rather than under the more general term
'old age