Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-17

By the report of Secretary J. Ii. Townsend of the state board of health. if is shown that there were 46 deaths in Norwich town in the month of March. rate of 1S.4 in comparison with 1S.6 for the large towns, 15.4 for the small towns and .lS.b for the whole state.
 By mortality reports received there were 1881 deaths in the state dur ing the month of March. This was 20s more than in February and 127 more than in March of last year. and loo more than the average number or deaths during March for the five years preceding
 The deaths in Norwich included seV- en from lobar and broncho -pneumonia, two each from scarlet fever, grip ana tuberculosis of the lungs. one each from diarrhoea under five. cancer, ac- cidentS and Violence and 25 rom au other diseases
 There was, one death of non resi- dents in public institutions in Norwich, three in those of New London two in Putnam and three in Windham.
 In February Norwich had 40 nVlnS births. Groton had nine, Stonington 16 and New London B There were 27 marriages in this city in February, Groton four and New London P.
 New London had a death rate Of PA for fl deaths which included nine from lobar and broncho- pneumonia,
 
 each from grip and typhoid feTeT, one each from tuberculosis of the lungs and cancer and g from all other dis eases.
 Groton had 10 deaths including one each from erysipelas and cancer and eight from other diseases The nor tality rate was 1S0. The death rate for Stonington was 19.2 for 10 deaths The deaths included two from bron- chitis one from tuberculosis of the
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 Contagious Diseases.
 Cases of contagious diseases were reported as follows:
 MeaSleS-DanielSon ?, Lebanon l, Pomfret ?, Sterling 1.
 Scarlet FeVer-East Lyme 1. Groton 4, New London A. North Stonlngton l, Norwich ?, Stonington l, Wflliman- Diphtheria and Croup-Putnam l, Groton | Norwich. 4, WiIlimantic f. Whooping Cough-Jewett City 5 New London [, Putnam s. Typhoid Fever-Groton ?, Montville l, New London 1, Putnam i, Stoning- ton l. Holland 1.
 Tuberculosis- l, Colches- ter l, New London 2 Norwich ?, Put nam 2, Wilhmantic B. r Secretary Townsend prints the fol- lowing with his bulletin for April.
 The Open Window School. During the past winter all the pub l lie schools of Middletown have beer l conducted as open window schools | MT. W A Wheatley. superintendent | there writes that having known fol | some years of the good results obtain | ed in outdoor schools for sickly chil- | dren, he wished from the first to mod | fly and apply the principle to norma children, but Dr. w. ". Roach's ac- 1 count of an open window experiment rl..T-z zI,.s Inla Ont nam's book School Janitors, Mother. and Health" were the immediate cause of trying the open window school 1T 1 MiddletOwn. The schools include 8 | graded rooms, accomm odating abou ! 1900 pupils.
 Permission was first secured iron | the Board of Education and the fol | lowing circular letter then sent tc | the parents:
 To the Parents of Middletown Schoo Children:
 l In a matter of great importance t ! your children we ask your hearty co 1 operation.
 Until quite recently sanitary au l thorities had un5ounded confidence il l heating and ventilating systems whicl were supposed to supply proper ali l for forty-fve or more children in 1 open windows. It was also suppose' 1 that a temperature of from 6S to T | degrees was about ideal. As for tn | moisture in the air or lack of it, tn 1 shrinking and cracking of woodworI | in the room was noticed. but n l thought was given to the effect O this dry air upon the mucous linin of the nostrils and threats of the pu pils.
 Many recent invest igations hay | proved beyond any doubt that tn l latest and best ventiiating systems un l a Gfo mt STInnl | sufficient fresh air for even thirty fiv | children in 8 fair-sized school room 1 and that unless the open windows ar
 used freely or an expensive humidity