The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-03-13
MAD DOG DAYS ARE
NOT IN THE SUNNI ER
rANIJARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH
pRODUCE GREATEST NUM-
Der. REPORT SAYS.

Almost doubling the number OF
..c1tmcnts given in 1919, 2,476 people
u ore treated by the state board of
Lnarrb for rabies in 1922, according to
~ report of the pasteur department.
III report of that department for the
.,,on+h of January, 1923, shows that
1 ~ persons, eleven dogs, four cows
and one horse, total OF l53, receiv-
al treatment during that month.
In the same month in 1919, "a pa
.;onts were treated, that being the
sT1slIest number of patients the de-
narfment has had in January for the
pa.t five years. The largest number
n January is shown to be 204 patients
i'll F i county claims the largest
lumber of patients for that month,
,svina had IS persons and one dog
ior treatment Macon county comes
second with twelve patients and Crisp
aod Coffee counties are tied for third
olace, each having eleven patients,
The other counties are rated as fol-
lows. Barrow, two; Berrien, one;
Rib. three; Bulloch, three; Burke,
one. Campbell, one; Gambler, one;
Chatham. one; Cherokee, one; Clarke,
ore. Cobb, one; Colquitt, three; De-
Cat1r. two; Douglas, one; Early, one;
FORSYTH, two; Gwinnett, two; Hall,
on U HARRISON, one; Harris, one;
Heard, four; Houston, two; Jackson,
one: Jefferson, one; Johnson, two;
Lamar. one; Laurens, one; Monroe,
one: Montgomery, two; Muscogee,
one: Paulding, one; Pickens, one;
Pike, seven; Polk, one; Putnam, four;
Randolph, two; Richmond one; Rock
dale, nine; Stephens, one; Sumter,
one; Tattnall, one; Towns, one; Tur-
ner, one; Twiggs. one; Watson, two;
Ware, three; Washington, five;
Wheeler, one.
Counties having animals for treat
ment were Chatham, three dogs;
Crawford, four dogs; Fulton, one dog;
Hancock, one COW; Lowndes, two
dogs; Putnam, one dog; Tattnall two
cows: Epson, one COW; Wilcox, one
horse.
One hundred and fourteen of the
human patients were white and seven
were negroes, according to the re-
mort. Of this number IS were male
land SO were females. Fourteen Others
were treated by the department but
they failed to return information
blanks.
The Youngest human patient was
two years old and the Oldest was Oh
wears. More than 81 per cent of the
|patients were between ten and twen-
Ity years of age; 2S.9 per cent OF the
lpatients Were between one and ten
Wears of age; PA per cent were be-
tween 20 and 30 3.3 per cent be-
tween so and 40; 90 per cent between
/ 0 and 50; IA per cent between SO and
loo, and 8 per cent between % and
Almost 90 per cent of the wounds
swere on the hands; 1871 per cent were
shbout the legs; 90 per cent about the
arms: per cent about the head; 10
Der cent on the body; and 10 per
tent about the feet.
OF the wounds 44.6 per cent were
Nbunctures, so per cent were scratches
knd IA per cent were caused from ex-
sposure of the wound or abrasion to
Ssaiva. Eight of the cases were Sc
Mere. 90 were mild and A were SUI
.pcrhcial wounds.
Among the animal heads examined
|50 per cent were declared positive
eases; 400 per cent did not have ra-
bies, and three per cent were unsatis-
Factory.
OF the four cows bitten, all were
|milch cows, two being bitten on the
head and two on the legs. All were
pronounced superficial wounds and
two of the animals received local
treatment. The horse was bitten Sc
verely through the upper lip and local
treatment was applied one hour after
the bite.