Health In Michigan

Repoits to the State Board of Health, Lansing, for the week ending Oetober 1, 1881, by 50 observers of diseases in different parts of the state, show causes of sickness a3 follows: Number and per cent of observDiseases, IN ordee of ers by whom GRBATB9T abea of each diseaee pbevalence. was reported. Narobor Per cent 1 Intermittent fever iague) 46 92 2 Diarrhea 45 90 S Cnneumption f of Inngs). . . 3 70 4 Bemittent lerer 32 6t 4 Typho-malarihl fever 32 Ot 5 Dysentery 30 60 11 Bheuinatism 28 5ö 7 Neuralgia 27 64 8 Bronchitis 24 48 9 Cbolera niorbus " 10 Cholera intantum 22 44 11 Tynhoid fver (enteric) . . . . 20 40 12 Diptithflria 16 s 13 Tousilites lo 30 14 Influenza 10 20 15 Pneumonía 16 Whooping cough Jo 17 Erysipolaa 7 } 18 tícarlatina ....... a 18 Cerebio-epiual rnemag'tis. 5 10 19 Bowels, iuflamination oí.. 4 lt) Brain, inflammation of 4 20 Croup, membranouB 3 b 20 Measlös 3 ' 21 Puerporal lever 21 PbaryDgitiB 2 22 Paralysis, (iiphtheritic 1 It will be seen tkat the most widely distributed disease wa9 not often fatal, naniely, intermittent fevcr (agüe), 92 per ceut of all the -observers having reported that disease under their observation. jSTinety per cent of the observers reported diarrhea, which thus apiifav3 to be unusually prevalent frthe season of the year. About one-third (32 per cent) of all the observers report diphtheria, 10 per cent report scarlet fever and the same proportion cerebro-spinal meningitis. No small-pox was reported from any part of the state. The five places froni which scarlet fever was reported in this manner were: Detroit, East Saginaw, Saginaw City, Muskegon and Pontiac. lf this disease is present at any other place in Michigan the secretary of the state board would be glad to be informed. Diphtheria is known to be present in ofchnr nlaces than the 16 from which it was reported on the weekly report plan. Tamphlet documenta on the restriction of diphtheria are being sent iïom the office of the state board of health to such places as fastasthey are reported. It frequently happens, however, that diphtheria occurs in localities that have not placed themselves in communication with the state board as the law requires, by reporting the name and address of their health offlcer and by reporting outbreaks of diseases dangerous to the public health, as required by the state board, under the law. In order to make these weekly bulletins as complete as possible, local health authorities should make their reports to the state board, promptly, and regular observers are respetfully requested to send in reports as soon as possible after the close of eacu week.