Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
Significant Figures On Danger
Gus Diseases of Childhood.
Diphthcrin Most Prolific Cause of Nor
tniit,-Mcnsies Claims a Greater
ron Than the More Dreaded
scarlet Fever.

reference to various childron's diseases,
some Of which are far more deadly than
Is commonly supposed.
among epidemic diseases the most pro-
Life cause of child mortality is diph-
,hc'ia. IN 1913 this malady resulted in
ll.s.o deaths throughout tho registrat ton
area-thc population of which in that
year was abou, c. per cent. of the total
for the country-and OF this number TO-,
'l3, s. per cent. were deaths of child
ron under 10 Infants appear to b" much
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N'F.NSl,f.S
II viii surpris. many to- learn that
measles-often thought of as a necessary
but comparatively unimportant malady
of hildhood-caim"d a greater number
Of victims in 1913 and fol that matter.
| in numbcr of earlier wears. including
1910. lHil and 1872 than tho more dreaded
scarlet fever The total mortality for
| measles in the registration area in 1911:
was >'n. Of this number. 9oIl deaths.
or about onc-fourth. were Of infants
under year OF age: 45,2. or Sc yer cont.
were Of children under .: and 7.a36 or 6,
| per cent. were of children under 10 II
Is a popularity of thi disease that the
deaths due to it arr most numerous in
the second year If age rather than in
| . T.
however the mortality from measles de
| creases rapidly with each added year:
and after a child has passed the age Of
! 10 the prospect Of his succumhing ia this
diseas" is very slight indeed.
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'" '',"Nn''N p''"'"H E'' ana I'i"' rea'h'
| ~" ','N '""vN' point per '""' IN WI
NV ''9 '''1''o,' 40 i'' '''"N III ''i''
"' "r =" '' """''''' - "'"e'''
! Wy '''N''E nom '''' III H''' IN inc
,"' ''e'' was "'.'"St It" ei"u'mc
" .'""Rl"ul wa mica states
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! ~" Wv ''N'S' l.
''''N' "."N' "'"'" rate
i''"' al aus commune" IS ab""t 4"
80. "'e' '""I' 'n'' vi "n'toS'
~, are S.'-H''N less s"S''P-
e"'c ~ '"o"s'oN !" '"." ne death rat"
, ,,% 'l' VIM P"I"'aU"n from th's
vas '--' per P"'''' "hle among
'.. Vu tt was NV
NV 'i''''' ''i''e an" s'ri"uShosS ~ ms
, W "s"''H '"'Siuere" ma any ana
' '''I"i'''l"is tha' may result
'ro'' IT, are now pe'hs more widely rec
@'''," W ''"''" ""t""'i''oH' with the
NS',' ''''' III ''''s' '''ieS '"S's OF meas
'''"' '.h'" 'h''"'"h az" quaran-
""'u ~ IN '"o''lN" manner
NlipDPINti COUGI
! Whooping cough like measles takes 81
greater toll of child liz. than is pener-
ally supposed This troublesome. ailrent
caused total of 6S32 deaths throughout
| the registration area in 1918. Thu, deaths
Of infants unde, year of age numbered
| sac, or a per cent. of the total; of child
rem under @ 1853. or IS per cent. and Of
children under 10. 6,@3. or 90 per cent.
The death rate from whoopinr cough.
| 10 per 5000. was materially lnwer in
1918 than in 1870 when ii was l2l. but IT
! 49," UNIV" N'"'eh'F curing 'he lhterN"n-
| ,"S lars its h'Shes' ana lowest points
n.'"e 10, NJ i'" ana 30 III HA'' IN ''il'
''- an" ''i'' as "e'' DIS III seNera' carrier
| ""''p"N 'o"s" '""S'" more
20, .''' ''''' s'"'''' lever
NC nv, ''''s ia.e ir"" thlS d's'aS"
"'u''' =" ui'e'eht ''"teS' pul IN
20 '"'"'' '''She' III S"uth'rh than
~ nv '"e'" "'" "'S!e'h localities The
| lo"na' i"'V' - P' '''o"' vas round in
"'r' WINE '''o sec"io ana tmrd
| 49,, "!'" ''' "o't FeP"rteh by
| anu "''''' 9o'"' reSpe' HNeN' Inc
's"''i '"''" rates. I'D 'oi' ana 49,
w., mus VI \eh'c'N!' MarNland ana
'o9l'''''Ne''
"o'p's NouSh IL cohsioeraoly more
i'''"''''t !" rural 'ha'l III urhan local.