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Health In Michigan

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
April
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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Reportsto the State Board of Health, Lansiig, by 51 observers of diseases in different parts of the state, show greater number of causes of sickness during the week ending April 1, 1882, to have been neuralgia, rheumatism, bronchitis, intermittent fever, consumptioh of lungs, and pneumonía. Tor the week ending April 1, 1882, the reports indicate that rheumatism, inflammation of bowels, and neuralgia ncreased, and that diarrhea, scarlet fever, tonsilitis, consumption of lungs, and membranous croup decreased in area of prevalence. While seven diseases increased, seventeen decreased in area of prevalence, the average increase and decrease being by afoout the same per cent. of observers, so that the decrease was apparently more than doublé the increase in sickness. At the SUte capítol, the prevailing winds were southwest: the average temperature was greater, the average absolute humidity and average day ozone, were slightly more, the average relative humidity, and the average night ozone were slightly less, during the week endmg April 1, than during the preceding week. Including reporta by regular observers and by others, diphtheria was reported present during the week ending April 1, and since, at 17 places, scarlet f ever at 7 places, and small-pox at 6 places, in all as follows: in Everett township, Newaygo Co. (3 cases), and at Grand llapids. March 28; at Milford (4 new cases), March 30, and one new case reported April 5; LnGeneva, Van Buren Co., at Battle Creek (2 new cases), and at Detroit (2 cases), April 1, 1882.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat