The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-24
10 Main ST. Brattleboro

OF the diseases mentioned in the above
list three do not have to be quarantlned.
They are typhoid fever. pneumonia and
erysipelas They should be reported to
the health officer, however, but because
the regulations do not require them to
be quarantined some of the physicians
have not reported them as completely as
they are now doing. This explains the
absence of any figures in the above table
showing the prevalence of pneumonia
in 1921, of which disease it is known
there were a good number of cases.
Chicken pox has had a run through
several years, although at no time has il
reached epidemic proportions. At the
present time, it is under much better
control than it has been formerly
Nhooping cough, il will be noted, bad an
epidemic run last year, but due to the
excellent cooperation of both physicians
and those afflicted the number of cases
this year thus far has been kept down to
four. The increase in the number of
measles cases this year is due to i'm
ported" eases, that is, eases which have
developed by children associating with
children in other states. Many of these
cases have been contracted on trains
They are now well under control and
are in no wise likely to assume epidemic
proportions
Scarlet fever has been unusually prev
alent throughout the district and the
state. Most of the eases have been of a
very mild type, the illness being so brief
and the eruption either absent or so in
distinct that suspicion was not aroused
| The existence of most of the cases was
learned only when desquamation was TAX
ing place. These mild unrecognized
cases are believed to be the reason for
the continued prevalence of this disease
The standing of Brattleboro with re-
gard to the contagious diseases thus far
reported this year is as follows: Chicken
! pox 46; scarlet fever, IA; erysipelas, ) !;
whooping cough, /; measles, 81 pneu-
monia, 3.
Regarding the 80 cases of measles thus
\ far reported. nine cases existed at one
1 time in West Wardsbero A family of
\ Is, including one or two married daugh-
| tiers and their children. found that one of
the children had contracted the disease
and before the case wass under control
nine members were afflicted.
Thus far this year Health Officer
| Leach has examined between 800 and
2.G00 children in the schools in the va
rioqs towns with the exception of Gull
ford and Brattleboro the latter having
! its school nurse who looks after the ex-
animation of the children. In addition
\ he has been called upon TO investigate
various cases of nuiSanceS. one of the re-
| cent ones being that of a dead COW
which was found near one of the brooks
! feeding a water supply reservoir.
An innovation that has been instituted
| in Springfield tVt.) and which is excit-
| ing interest throughout the state. partic-
! ularly in Brattleboro, is the recent regu-
lation adopted by the board of health in
| that town requiring tuberculin tests for
| all cattle from which milk is retailed.
| These tests are made through the state
| board of agriculture. The scheme, which
l Is now in effect. was at first opposed by
some of the farmers, but it has worked
50 well that about every farmer favors
| the plan, SO that now no milk except
that which comes from tested herds is
retailed
Many prominent people in Brattleboro
have registered their approval of a SINH
lar plan here and it is expected that
Health Officer Leach at some future
time will suggest that Brattleboro Join in
this forward movement.