Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-01-15
Report of City Health Officer
Dr.F.E,Tryon Shows 81 Deaths,
us Births, and But 81 Marriages

DR.. F. E. Tryon, city health Off
Ger, has prepared some interesting
statistics concerning Baraboo's
health during the past year.
The object of the local board OF
health is the prevention and con.
troll of dangerous communicable
diseases, to maintain all conditions
Of sanitation in the city at the high
est possible standard, and thereby
protect the lives Of its citizens. BY
doing this it is an established fact
that needless suffering and death
have been avoided; to keep and
maintain this standard has been
the aim of the local board OF
health.
The local health officer in order
to render the most efficient service
must require that all cases Of com.
municable disease be reported to
him as the law requires. Unless
the health officer knows of the ex-
istence of these cases he cannot
effectively prevent the further
spread Of the disease.
Wherever a dangerous commtln-
icable disease has occurred quar-
antine has been established and
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cessary for its control have been
strictly enforced, every contagious
disease has been Investigated and
traced to it's origin, properly pla-
carded, and quarantined. With
the excellent cooperation Of the To-
cal physicians, and by the prompt
and efficient help of the public
school teachers, who, by promptly
excluding from school all pupils
who showed signs Of illness and by
the health officer refusing permits
to any one who showed signs OF
incomplete recovery, the contagious
diseases have been kept down to
the very minimum. There are 1900
pupils attending the public schools
and not one pupil attending the
schools has died from an acute
contagious disease in the past
three years. Only three deaths
occurred in the city between the
ages Of and 20. These are the
school ages when children come
in direct contact with one another,
and are subject to more contagioh
than at any time of life. There is
not another city in Wisconsin, with
as clean record as Baraboo.
During the past year the city
water has been of excellent quality
and abundance. Each month a
sample has been drawn from the
city's mains and sent to the state
laboratory for chemical analysis.
OF the IL samples submitted not
enc was reported in bad condition
or any suggestions made for
improvement. Baraboo has reason
to feel proud of it's water supply
and the members of the board who
keep and maintain the same in q
highly satisfactory manner.
During the last years Clean UP
week more garbage, ashes, and re-
fuse was hauled away than had
been in the past 10 years The
result was a cleaner city, cleaner
alleys. and cleaner yards.
During the past year there were
81 deaths, lis births, and 81 mar
riages, slight increase in births
and deaths over last year, and a
decrease in marriages.
The principal causes Of deaths
were heart disease, q; apoplexy.
Is; cancer, 8; nephritis, s; pneu.
monia. 4
The ages In which the deaths
occurred are as follows;
] to So
5 to 10-2
10 10 Pol
20 to 800
80 to 400
40 to Coo
so to CO.
so to co.'s
20 to S0--16
so to sO--21
80 to 1902
DEATHS
Jan. Age
5 Chauncey NJ. Blake 80
s Horace B. Simmons so
II Ronald Ankenbrandt Infant
16 Henry Meyers 81
q Louisa Stanley 81
81 Geo. A. Gardner SIS
% Amanda ziegler aS
20 Flora Astle IS
Feb.
John f. Coleman 70
10 Edgar Beardsley So
90 Mrs. Chas. Nieman ~
25 Jefferson Payne Il
rs May Douglas IS
% May Douglas So
2S Edmond NJ. Terry 81
R4orop,