[Fourth] annual report of the secretary of the State Board of Health of the State of Michigan, for the fiscal year ending Sept 30, 1876.

  • Michigan (State). Board of Health.
Date:
1876
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Credit: [Fourth] annual report of the secretary of the State Board of Health of the State of Michigan, for the fiscal year ending Sept 30, 1876. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vi r^m.ni'''^,Vf ''^^ mildew-excellent season for Harvesting. iJ. oannot, as 1 kept no record. TTcSoJi'ii^^'- 7,^-^ Climate we are all sufferiuo- for want of pure air in cold weather Especially IS this the case m our public schools and public ]ialls,-in neady a 1 Saces ^umilT'^r^^^^^ exception, in the constructioJof either ?i I L. P i^te buildings, that any consistent regard is had for the admission of a;4Sow%ilent,Z.rf^^^^^^ ''^ '''^ ^vi^dows. The results r, T Yerv truly, &t. Johns, Mich., February 17,1S76. q_ CORBIIs REPLIES BY WM. C. WEST, 31. ])., OF MONROE, MICH. Secretary of the State Board of Health : Dear Sir:—In reply to Circular No. 11: * ' 1. Sickness about 80 to 85 per cent. 2. Deaths about the same as the average. 3. None. 4. Fevers. 7. Small-pox, 1. Scarlet fever (probably) 15 to 20; typhoid fever (probably) 20 to 2o; ccrebro-spinal meningitis (probably) 3 to 4. (I have no figm-es but my own, therefore can only give an opinion.) 8. Cholera, measles, whooping-cough, diphtheria,—so far as I have seen or have any knowledge. 11. Bronchial. I have heard of no comiilaint among animals or crops. I hope next year to be able to make you a better report. Shall try and gather some facts as the year goes by from those about me. Very trulj'-, Monroe, Mich., Feb. 16,1876. WM. C. WEST. REPLIES BY E. Jf. HUME, M. D., OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Secretary of the State Board of Health: Dear Sir:—Enclosed find report from your humble servant, for the city of Grand Rapids. I have spent several days' time altogether in trying to get facts, but it is almost impossible to get anything satisfactory,—some physicians think it a leading question to ask them how many cases they have had of this or that disease, and either refuse or give false answers in order to give impression of large amount of business; and there seems to be nobody who keeps a record of diseases, and so can only give guess statistics. Answers to Circular No. 11, from Grand Rapids, Mich.: * 1. ljess,—2}robably 15 to 20 per cent. less. 2. Less among the young,—greater among the old, considering the increase in pop- ulation it will probably average about equal. 3. Whooping-cough, measles, lung troubles. 4. Scarlet fever, infantile diarrhea, malarial, typhoid fevers. 5. Consumption, whooping-cough, measles. G. Typhoid fever, summer complaints. 7. Small-pox, 2 cases; cholera, none; diphtheria, few cases; cerebro-spinal meningi- tis, very few cases; measles and whooping-cough, quite extensive; typhoid fever, oO cases, perhaps. 8. Cholera, scarlet fever. 9. Cannot. 10. None. 11. Inflamation of lungs and air passages, measles, diphtheria. 12. Measles and consumption,—inflammation of lungs. 13. None, to any great extent. 14. None. 15. Corn soft, small, and mouldy. ■ *Tlie fignrea beginning paragraphs refer to questions in Circular [11], printed on pages 152-3 of