Health In Michigan

[bulletin 19.] Keports to the State Board of Health Lansing, by 55 observera of diseases in different parts of the State, show causes of sickness during the week encling Feb. 4, 1882, as follows: Numoer and por cent. diseases, ik ohdek üi' of observers by whom greatest area of ench cüsease was rcprevalenck. ported. Ñumher. Per cent 1 Bronchitis 41 75 2 Neuraiifia 89 71 8 Rheumatisai 36 64 4 Influenza 60 5 Consumptiou iof lunge). .. 38 60 6 Tonsilitis :l 56 7 Intermittent ferer 30 55 8 Pneumonía 28 61 9 Remittent fever 2 88 10 Diphtheria 20 30 11 Diarrhea 16 28 12 Typho-malarial fever 13 24 13 Typhoid fever i.'nteric). . . 12 22 .4 Scariet fevt'i 12 22 15 Erysipelas 11 20 ö Whooping cow:;!i 9 16 7 Inflainmalion (ïBowels.. (i L6 8 MembranouB Crou 6 11 9 Puerperal fever 8 11 0 Cerebro-splnal Meningitis. 4 7 ISmall-pox 4 7 2 Inflammatlon of Brain 8 5 3 Cholera morbus 3 6 8 Dyseatery 3 5 4 Measies 2 4 5 Peritonitis 2 4 8 Cbiclcec-pox 2 4 7 SpasmoOic oroup 2 4 Por tho week ending Feb. 4, 1882, ;he reports indicate that influenza, carlet fever, and tonsilitis considera)ly increased and that rheuma;isin and pneumonia considera3ly decreased in area of prevaience. H addition to the reporta by 4 regular observers, as shown in the table, peciai reports have been received howing sruall-pox present during the week ending Feb. 4, and since in nine other places in Michigan, making hirteen in all as follows: On a vesel at St. Joseph, Berrien Co. (1 case), reb. 2; in Park township, St. Joseph jO., Feb. 2; in Spalding, Menominee 3o. (14 new cases), Feb. 3; in Elkland ownship, Tussola Co. (1 case), Feb. 3; at Kalamazoo, Grand Eapids, Saginaw City, Detroit (2 new cases), and Marhall (1 case), Feb. 4; in Port Huron ownship (8 cases), Feb. 5; in White 31oud, Newaygo Co. (3 cases), near "VLenominee (1 case), Feb. 6 ; in Kimball ;ownship, St. Clair Co. (4 cases), Feb. 7, 1882. Other contagious diseases are eported at places too numerous to "aention,- scariet fever at twelve laces, diphtheria by 20 observers, at iighteen places. Henkt B. Baker, Secretary. Lajísing Mlch., Feb. lo, 1882