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Show I JEALTH STATISTICS State Board Furnishes Valuable Infor- matioa Concerning Disease. Necessary Precautions for Prevention of Spread of Contagcous and H Inferiuous Diseases. B Roporto of oontogoous nud in footioua- disoaos to tho Stute Hoard of t Hoalth for tho month of May, ro- oerved from 113 local hoalth officers In 25 counties, 05 of whom roported their communities froo from all con- tngioua and infectious disoases. Prosont in I' , localities Cases Deaths Scarlet fover 13 41 Smallpox 14 87 0 K Diphtheria 12 31 C Typhoid fever 11 20. 1 Wh'ping cough 1 177 4 ! - -Mea9le9 22 410 4 i Obicken-poS 7 ' ri 0 Pneumonia 25 54 17 ' Tuboroulpsia if 7 4 -, 'y ' Total 337 3C , ' .'; " MORTALITY. '", .. Inoorriploto returns from lbooun- -4" - & witu 23oJtio.s 5 incorporated .- towns and 28 villigos, having an esti mated population of 144, HO report-wg, report-wg, show a total oflG0 death from all causes roprosentlng n death rate of 11.73 pro l'OOO olnssllod us fol-: fol-: . , lows: Oenroal diseased, 50; Nervuos diseases, 13; Oiroulatory djsoasoa, fl; Respisra'ory disoaos, 23 Digos- i tive diease 9; Gouita-urluary dia- P ousw ,14: The Puorporal Stato, 3; " t Disomse of tho- skin, l; Malform- '$" utions, 1; Diseases of infancy, 13; A Old age, 10, External, 10; 111- f)t ' dlflued diseases, 2; Total, 109. j It i cttromely important at this I !i&. .time of tho yoar to remember that L$& tiiea aro known to be1 ono of tho most V?V. common carriers pt typhod aud otbdr ICr --ul X?raf2 'They oome in contest; lyitti' if'F7 given oil bypersoaa 'suffering frofa t infootiuou diseases. They 8hould tbojpforo, be carefully prevented j from gaining nacesa to milk and 4 other foodB which they are likely to oontamiuato. Also overy monnB pos- jr siblo should bo used" to prevent thoir i propagation. Files principally brood I iu manuro heaps and othor fllth J. accumulations, whero thoy may bo observed aa maggots. Extra pro- f. fautions should bo insisted upon I during tho summor soason to provont I those and other unsanitary oondi- f ' ' tion. Moatslos aud whooping cough con j tinuo to prevail- extonisvoly through out tho' state, and tho utmost efforts of health oUlcera should be dlrootod - toward their suppression. In all yMi- ' cases quarantine should be striotly ' ,. enforced and disinfection performed in aooordanoo with the rules of tho t State1 Board of Health. Physicians and members of families should bo required to promptly report casosiu oomplianoo witb the Jaw. , Health officers and local registrars I who roooivo tbia bulletin are romiuod t that tho new law rioting to tho registration of blrtha aud deaths ? provides that original cortlflcatos bo I ' , went to the Stato Hoard of Hoalth bo- K fore - tho fifth of tho month, and not W' to tho oouuty olerk aa formorly ro- 1 1 j,, quired. (3 It ia further providod that whon I death occurs without modical uttoud- f " uuoe, tlio oflbo bhould bo referred to J MS ho health olfloer, iif a physician) 9s WJ0 8hn 8,8n tho certificate as I ' , health oltioer In the spooe provided I jjgte or e BBnftturo of the attending I P ' phyisoian ; if thero ia no such hoalth 1 fW' oiHcer iu tho precinct in which tho E 4 doatb oooura, aud only in suoh oasos, F the registrar mny sign the statomont of tho cause of-doatb, based upon r information received from rolativea ?S or friends hoving knowlodgo of tho f f .faots. Doatha ocourrnig undor uu- ic Inwful or.PuspioiouB oiroumstanoes . Mhould'ber refored to 'tho coroner. . v Certioflatoa Blgned 0 ubove shsould L( ' ' endorsed Mno physician in atend- " cuoc." followed by tho iguature of tho heultb otlloor or registrars. |