Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-13
WORK OF THE HEALTH
BOARD IN DECEMBER
Good Control Of Commune able
Diseases; Many In
spections Made.

A brief resume cf the Board OF
Health work for tho month Of Deccm-
her. is interesting. as there have been
some cases of contagious diseases.
There were % deaths from organic
heart disease. l3 males and . females.
90 of the deceased being past IS years
OF age. Pneumonia follows next. with
Fl deaths. IL males and females.
IS about a. years of age; 20 deaths
from Bright's disease. 10 of which were
65 years and over. There was n total
Of 1871 deaths. % of which were un-
der Ave years OF age. Twenty OF these
deaths were reported by the coroner.
There were 227 births. 70 marriages.
10 colored marriages and rs colored
births There were II nonresident
births and nine nonresident deaths.
and 10 still births. which were not in
cluded In the total dcathe.
The ninth ward leads with n total
OF 81 births, the seventh il second
with 80. The seventh ward leads with
20 deaths. one hundred and seventy
two permits were ISSUED for burial
Under the report for communica able
diseases there were 81 cases OF chick
en- poS reported, with 30 reported for
the ninth ward. There were 81 cases
of influenza reported. with 10 from
the ninth ward. There were 100 casee
OF measles reported. with the seventh
ward leading with 80 caeoe: the ninth
ward had u and the eighth ward Il.
| Thirty-fve scarlet fever cases
were reported. 10 Of which were from
the tenth ward. 10 from the NTH ward.
| and seven from tho seventh ward. with
only four from the ninth ward
There were four deaths from tuber-
p, culos!S and no cases reported. There
was ono death from typhoid fever. the
J doctor saws. which wac death in n
hospital shortly after admission and
! which had never been reported 10 the
| Board Of Health until the death GER
| tincate was presented. Only II cases
of whooping cough were reported. To-
tai number OF cases reported of re.
portable diseases which are communi-
| cable and contagious were 1853. 81
these l5S communicable diseases. ther,
were seven deaths.
The ninth ward leads with a tota
Of q communicable diseases reported
the seventh with a total OF 81 Thes,
arc large wards. but IL is also tru,
that the people living in these ward,
employ physicians in most cases %
illness. while IN some Of tho otheI
wards several cases Of measles, whoop
Ing cough. chickenpox. perhaps scar
let fever are prevalent without at
tention ~ a physician.
1t would be 20 the credit Of tn.
. physicians Of this city and to tn
credit Of tho health department. II re
portable diseases were reported at ono
20 this office the report SAYS. Unit
lrccenily IL was necessary for the ply
s!Cians u make out a specified posta
card form OF communicable disease
and report Il 10 tho state Board u
, Health. At a recent meeting of In
: state Board Of Health Il was agree
that It would be unnecessary for tn
, physicians to make this report, an
that II they would call tho Board q
Health office by telephone in the CIT
Hail and report any case Of communi
cable disease that they may come /
: contact with that a postal card woul
= be made out in this office and forward
= ed TO the State Board Of Health. 5
that the reports going 10 the sta;
Board 81 Health would go through tn
: Office
several cases OF repor;abie disea :,
q have been picked up in the past mont
q that We're not reported by the phi,
: sician. Il is a State law and reguls
? ton that anyone who knows OF r,
portable d.seasc-and there are
such diseases existing AT any hon,
or place can call the attention OF n
Tloora 90 Hath ., q.