Health In Michigan

[bulletin 141 Reports to the state board oí health, Lansing, by 74 observers of diseases in different parts of the state, show cause3 of sickness cluring the week ending Dec. 31, 1881, as followa: Numtiör and per centM3E A3K9, IN order oï of observers by whom oreatest AREA ov each dtsease wss rePRETAfcENCK ported. Number. Per cent. 1 Bheumatism 66 74 2 Neuralgia 51 69 8 Consumption of lungs 48 05 i BronchiUs 47 64 5 TonBilitis 48 68 6 Intermittent lever, (agüe,) l 67 7 Pneumonía 38 51 8 Influenza 35 47 9 Kemittent tever 32 48 10 Dipbtherta 27 86 11 Erisipelas 27 36 12 Diarrhea 25 1G Trpho-nialarial rever .... 20 27 14 Scarlet rever 17 23 15 Typhoid tever (enteric).... 15 20 18 Whooping-couRh 1 18 17 Puerperal f ever 10 14 18 Meinbranous Croup 8 19 Inflammatlon of Bowele.. 8 11 20 Cereöro-spinal Meningitis. 7 '■ 21 Smallpox 7 9 tl Dysentery 6 " 23 Cholera morbus 4 o 24 InflammaUon of Brain .... 3 25 Gastritic 26 FeritoaiüB 2 4 27 Croup 2 ■; 28 Measlw 29 Drr.püy 2 o 30 Nepbritis 81 Djspepfiia 31 Exudative Phatyügilie. . . . 82 Asthma 82 Biliousfever 33 Cáncer 84 Nervous cardialgía 1 For the week ending Dec. 31, 1881 the reporta indícate that rheumatism and erysipelas increased and tliat intermittent fevor, diphtheria, and typhomalarial fever decreasert in área oí prevalence. At South Haven "30 vaccinations" were reported f or the week ending Dec. 24, and 40 for the week ending Dec. 31. Small-pox ia reported it Bay City Detroit, Grand Ilapids, Kalamazoo, South Haven, and Union City. The one new case at Grand Rapids was, believed to have been brought l'rom iSTorth .Carolina. The case at Union City was brought f rom Cincinnati. At Kalamazoo the disease was probably contracted by sorting paper-rags. At all of the the six localities (rom vvhich small-pox is reported it is believed to be under the control of the local health authoritios, being restricted by isolation of those sick or exposed to the disease, by vaccination, and by disinfection, to the first case qr cases which appear. If the people md the local boards of health would act as proinptlv and carry out as thorough measures for the restriction and suppression of dipbtberia and scarlet fever as they are anxious to enforce On the outbreak of small-pox, it is believed that scarlel fever and diphtheria vnight be nearly as well suppressed. The expense and trouble of such prompt suppression of these diseases would be much less than tbat of later efforts to put them down, life and health would be preserved, there would be a great Baring of expenses attendiug sickness, and no "loss of trade" would be occasioned. secretary. Lansing, Jan. 6, 1882.