The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-13

sued to the public about the disease,
and advising vaccination. During the
last ten days of the month 1901 per-
sons were vaccinated by the health
department.
Two cases of infantile paralysis
were reported, one resulting fatally.
Two cases of typhoid fever, one OF
them brought into a local hospital
from outside the city, and one case
each of measles, whooping cough ana
influenza completed the number or
cases reported.
There were 222 fumigations by the
health department during the month,
1S9 in diphtheria cases, fifteen in
scarlet fever cases, three in smallpox
cases, and fifteen miscellaneous.
Twelve Cases of tuberculosis.
Twelve cases of tuberculosis were
reported, nine of them being residents
of the city and three non-residents.
suited in death. (Buy Christmas
ISealsD
In spite of the fact that some of the
free munici. al clinics have been dis
continued during the diphtheria cpl
t1emic, there were 254 persons in at
tendance at the skin, maternity, nerv-
I0us and mental, venereal and tubercu-
hosis clinics. The heaviest attendance
lHas at the venereal clinic, conducted
by Doctor Brown himself, where 1874
bases were examined. The tubercu
losis clinic was next, with thirty-seven
bases.
! There were a total of ninety births
reported during the month, which
makes it the second lightest month in
1921. OF the births reported, eighty
four were to white parents, two to col
ored and four to Mexicans. The num-
Der of colored births reported shows
a marked decrease. The lightest
Of he Nav TEI1au hut
seventy-six births were reported to the
department. There had been 1,12S
births in the city up to December l.
There were fifty-eight deaths dur
ing the month, which brings the total
for the year up to SAT on December 1.
OF the fifty-eight persons who died,
thirty-one were males, twenty-seven
females Forty-siX were of the white
race, eight were colored and four were
Mexicans. The figure of fifty eight
gives an apparent death rate of lis
persons per 1 900 population, but ten
of the deaths were of non-residents,
giving a death rate for the month of
IS per 1000 population.
Deaths by Ages.
Twenty eight deaths were of per-
sons more than so years of age.
There were but five deaths between
the ages of 10 and 80 years. There
were six deaths of children under 1
year u age DIS COIllpdISu Will ten 1OE
the previous month.
There were seven deaths due to
acute infections as follows: Diph-
iberia three. septicaemia one, pull
monary tuberculosis two, and abdOm-
inal tuberculosis one. All of the
deaths due to diphtheTia were in chill
dred under 5 years of age.
There were seven deaths from can
Ger, affecting five different parts of
the body. Four deaths resulted from
apoplexy. Diseases of the heart and
arteries caused six deaths. Diseases
OF the gastro-intestin tract caused
seven deaths, Chronic nephritis or
Bright's disease was the cause OF six
deaths, the largest number of deaths
from any one cause for the month.
Two deaths were due to old age as
compared with four deaths due to the
diseases of early infancy. Two deaths
were due to external causes, of which
one was a suicide by hanging.
According to occupation, housewives
stood first on the death list, seven
of them dying during the month.
The occupational list is as follows:
one banker, one barber, one black
smith, two carpenters, two children
under school age, one office clerk, two
engineers, two farmers, one Insurance.
agent, six laborers, one machinist, one
painter, one printer, one student, one
teacher, and six of all other occupa-
tons.
The death rate in Topeka this wear
| is sure to be less than it was last
year, according to DR.. Brown.
The report has been transmitted to
/ Robert d. McGiffert, commissioner OF
| health, and will be laid before the
| city commission in due time.