The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-25
dip" IN The LEAD
Eighty-One Cases Reported
During Month of October.
Scarlet Fever Was Second With
Twenty-FOur Cases.

Eighty-one cases of diphtheria were
reported last month, which is a de-
crease Of nine over the month of
September, when ninety cases vert re-
ported This is a decrease of oil
cases over the month of October,
1921. OF the cases reported seven
teen were children under school age,
eighteen were adults and the remain
der were students. One death was
reported during the month.
The total number of communicable
diseases reporte' for October, 1879,
was lie, six less than the previous
month. Twenty-four of the cases
were children. under school age,
twenty-eight were adults and the re-
mainder were students in the various
schools of the city
Scarlet Fever Was Second.
Scarlet fever ranked second among
the diseases with twenty-four re-
ported, an increase of fourteen over
the previous month. Two were chill
dren under school age and five were
adults. Ten cases Of scarlet fever were
reported in September
as follows: pneumonia, 4; chicken
pox. 4 humps, 3; erystpelas, z; W
phoid fever. 1.
-Four of the thirteen cases Of tu-
dents. five of them were male and
eight were female. Three deaths were
reported for this disease, one male
and two female.
A total of ninety-one fumigations
were made by the public health de-
partment, sixty-five of them being Tor
diphtheria. sixteen for scarlet fever
tuberculosis, :: typhoid fever, 4. ana
miscellanC Jus, g.
Thirty-two cases of social disease
were reported. Twenty-fOur of them
were male. and eight female.
Attendance at the clinics for the
month of October was 1885,
a total of PAS visits were made by
the three sanitary men at the health
department One hundred nuisances
were abated and 121 cases were Wis
tied on complaint.
Fifty skin diseases were reported,
according to Miss Alice NJ. Roche,
special nurse, and fourteen nervous
and mental cases were found by Miss
Roche. Sarah E. cellar. contagion
nurse. carded seventy-nine places for
diphtheria. and sixty-four were re-
leased She carded nineteen for scar
let fever and released five.
The city I MUSICIAN n,ade eighteen
calls TO the city Jail and eleven to the
Provident association.
Forty-seveil patients were treated
at the municipal clinic during the !
month. Fifteen of these were new {
cases and thirty-two were cases con-
tinuing from September.
Forty-Six Deaths in Month.
+ -SlA uCdl4lS were AEpOA AG0 GAA-
ing the month, a decrease of three /
over the previous month. Twenty |
eight were males and eighteen were 1
females. Uhirty-six were white, five /
were colored and three were Mexi- |
cans. The deaths recorded in Sep |
temher were forty-nine. Seven of the |
deaths in October were non-residents- |
The gross death rate by these figures |
is % per 1000 population OF the /
residents. the death rate is .76 per l.
600 population.
The second and sixth wards had |
the largest death rate, a total of /
twelve being reported from each of |
these two The first ward had the |
next highest number of deaths. with |
eight. Others We're: Third ward, F.; |
fourth. s: fifth. 1.
Five OF the deaths were from acute |
infection. one was from typhoid fever I
one from Diphtheria, and three from |
pulmonary tuberculosis. Cancer was 4
the cause of five deatrs during the 4
month, diabetes, two and pernicious /
anemfa. one. Eight deaths resulted /
teries andt five from diseases of the /
respiratory system
Five deaths We're caused by exter- /
nal causes Suicide by poison claimed i
in a railroad accident, one from a /
fracture of the hip. and one homicide, /
by firearms. was reported.
More persons died between the 4
ages OF % anu imam at OLnGE
period in life, according to DR. /
Browns report There were thirteen /
deaths between these ages The next /
largest ten-year period was from to /
10 years of age. the total deaths for /
that age being twelve (nine of them I
under years of age). Six died be-
tween 40 and so years of age, four
between so and 60. and four between /
20 and so years of age.
AS to occupation, twelve OF the 4
deaths were school children. The next |
largest number was housewives. nine /
of this class of occL patton having died /
during the month of October, accord
ing to the report.
The first six months of 1922 shows
an increase OF 81 deaths over the first
six months of 1921. But for the first /
ten months of 1922, or up until NO
vember 1, this year, the increase over
the fiEst ten months of 1921 was but /
"A deaths, thus showing a falling off 1
in the death rate this fall. DR.. Brown
estimated that the death rate prob
ably would run 20 cases higher than
IL did in 1921. Total deaths for the
first six months of 1922 were 42s.
The first six months O. 1921 there
were 341 deaths. The first ten
months OF 1922 the number of deaths
reached 6S3, while the first ten
months 1891 was $50.
Deaths by Months.
Deaths by months for the first ten
months 1922 and the first ten I
of 1921 follow:
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