Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-12-09
MILD EP|DEM|CS or
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Otherwise, Health Conditions in
Vermont Not Bad for This
Time Of Year-State Labor.
atory Has One of It's Busiest
Months

Health conditions in Vermont are not
bad for this time Of year. although there
were several mild epidemics of contagious
diseases in the State during the month of
November, according to the monthly re-
port Of Dr. c. f. Dalton. secretary of the
Vermont State Beard of Health. present.
ed at the monthly meeting of the board
Friday evening. A number OF cases of dip
iberia in the vicinity Of Newport and al
so near White River Junction and 81
cases of streptococcic sore throat in
Poultney kept the State Laboratory busy
examining throat cultures.
The smallpox situation in the vicinity
Of Rutland is clearing up satisfactorily.
only 2s new cases being reported during
the month from all Rutland county.
LABORATORY HAD BUSY MONTH
November was very busy month for
the State laboratory. about as busy as
any the laboratory has ever had. During
the month an average of more than 90
examinations a day We're made there. and
those who know about such matters will
realize that that means something Of q
job. The biggest item in the report Of
TIVE state laboratory for the month Ia
1857 throat cultures TO determine whether
or not diptheria was present
In addition to tire diptheria examna-
lions. the state laboratory report shows
the following examinations conducted
during the month: Typhoid fever 70; ma
laral fever. one: tuberculosis. 1893:
svrhilie. 1S5: gonorrhoeal. II: water, s.:
milk chemical examinati ton only 6s:
food 1S: drug, four. nredico-iegal autop-
sizes five: miscellaneous examinations
for the courts 1s: autopsies where no
foul play was snsoected five mscellane
Gus, 11j: total 2775.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Or. nalton's report Of CONTAGIOUS dis
eases in the State during the month Of
November shows these diseases distrb-
uted as follows
Ch.cken-pox 1876 cases. Windham coun-
tv has the largest number. ~, OF which
81 are in Brattlrboro. Washington county
has 81 cases. with 10 of them In Mont
pelier. Lamoille county. 90 with 1S in
Wolcott: and Chittenden county has sew
en- cases. four In BURLINGTON. two In
HnesburG and one in St. George.
Streptococcc sore throat. S. cases In
Poultnev This Epidemic was found to
have originated from the milk supply.
and when the health authorities located
the trouble the epidemic was soon stop
ped. 1t lasted for about three days.
county had the largest number, 70; we'll
scattered Chttenden county had II
cases, four in burlington, one in Col
chester. five in Essex and one In Willis
ton.
Tvnhoid fever. IA cases, we'll scattered.
There were none in this county.
Diptheria q cases. Orleans county had
nine. Of which eight were in Newport
city and one in Newport Town. Chitten-
den county had four. Of which three were
in Burlington and one in Colchester.
whoopirg couch. 900 cases. Orleans
county led with 81 cases. 20 in Glover ~
in Barton and 70 in Irasburg. BENIN gton
county had 80 cases. q of them being in
Arlington; There was one case in Burling
ton. The town of Springfield in Windsor
county had 90 cases.
Numns 50 cases Lamoille county had
the largest number, a. of which IS were
in Hyde Park. Chittenden county had
only eight cases. five in Charlotte and
three in South Burlington.
Measles 43 cases Rutland county is
ahead here, with 26 cases. of which West
Rutland had % and Rutland City one.
Chittenden county had seven cases, five
in Colchester one in Burlington and one
in Hinesburg.
Pneumonia, 10 cases. scattered all over
tenden county.
: Smallpox, &c cases. Rutland county had
"a of these, distributed as follows: Rut-
land City, 10; Poultney, three; Castleton,
one and West Rutland, one. There was
one case in Burlington and one in Thet-
ford
There was one case Of erysipelas, in
the town of Bristol.
tuberculosis. 70 cases. Chittenden coun-
~ had six. all in Burlington. St. Adams
! had three cases, Brandon one: Rutland
one; Barre five; Montpelier, two; and
Windsor. one.
: Gonorrhea, 81 cases. distributed owe,
= 10 counties. Windsor county reported Il
cases from 10 towns Chittenden county
l had five cases, four in Burlington and
one In Underhill Center.
Syphilis. Al cases. Rutland county had
Z - cases, with seven in Rutland City
: Chittenden county had six cases. distrib
uted among four towns. Windsor coun
r ty had four cases. distributed among foul
= towns.