Malaria and malarial diseases / George M. Sternberg.

  • Sternberg, George Miller, 1838-1915.
Date:
1884
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    remittent fever should not exceed 2.86 per thousand cases, and from inter- mittent fever it should be nil. According to Dr. Simon Baruch, of New York, who has recently con- ti-ibuted a valuable paper upon Malaria as an Etiological Factor in New York, ' the deaths fi-om malaiial fevers in this city fi-om 1876 to 1878 were as follows : Eemittent fever 1 083 Intermittent fever 'gg^ Tj'pho-malarial fever 709 Congestive malignant intermittent fever 79 Congestive chiU ''' * 4. Dr. Baiiich remarks : This table demonstrates that the preponder- ance of mortahty is not in cases of congestive and mahgnant fevers but in the remittent and intermittent types. If we take the ratio of mortahty determined by our army statistics the number ot deaths recorded as resulting from remittent fever should repre- sent more than 378,000 cases. But what shall we say of 984 deaths from intermittent fever m two years in a city in the latitude of New York when not a smgle death occuiTed in 4,892 cases treated at mihtary posts m the Dmsion of the Atlantic ? Again, if we refer to the seasonal distri- « 1 ^^^ a^-e ascribed to malaria, we imd that iixe general inile does not hold good which apphes in re-ions recognized as intensely malarial, viz., that by far the largest number of cases occur during the warm months of the year, and that the inhabitants enjoy a compai-ative immunity during the winter season frn^i^ Tf^ following table and remarks, which we quote irom the author mentioned: . ' u ° Arera^e T^^Uures '^^^^-'Jl^-« 2^^. » ^» T^, OU, f„ 1877, Period. Average Temperature. Number of Deaths. January to April. 33.98° 60.06° 72.37° 46.14° 586 684 954 813 April to July July to October October to January. belJvf trat Ne'XlrtC^^^^^^^ above the freezing point, we are expected to to about Xmir mnlt^^^ mortality from malarial fevers is .is one t^^k^f'^'iv^r ' November 10, 1883. *N. Orl, M. & S. J., 1870, xxiii.