Of the total number of deaths-230, or 27 per cent., occurred between the ages of five and ten. After ten the drop is pro DIPHTHERIA AND CROUP. The total reported number of deaths from these causes was 843. April, May, June and July show slight mortality. It is the school months in which this disease flourishes. It always begins in August and increases rapidly until December, when it commences to decrease. October and November are the highest months in mortality for diphtheria and croup. DIAGRAM SHOWING DEATHS FROM DIPHTHERIA AND CROUP BY MONTHS, YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1900. nounced, and after twenty it practically ceases to be fatal. From birth until five years of age occur 48 per cent. of all deaths from these causes. DIAGRAM OF DEATHS FROM DIPHTHERIA AND CROUP BY AGES, YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1900. 200 TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INDIANA HEALTH OFFICERS. INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 8-9, 1900. The meetings will be held in Room 12, State House, Indianapolis. First session 10 a. m., Tuesday, May 8. An interesting and profitable program is prepared. There will be a Symposium on School Hygiene. This will be opened by a paper on "The Schoolhouse," by Mr. Louis Gibson, well known as an architect and writer on architecture. Mr. Gibson's paper will be illustrated by drawings. Following this will be a consideration of the various phases of school hygiene and papers upon various sanitary subjects. All county, city and town Health Officers are urged to attend, and the public is invited. It is lawful and customary for Health Boards to pay the expenses of Health Officers to this official meeting, as the same is purely in the interest of the people. For further information address the Secretary State Board of Health, Indianapolis, Ind. PROGRAM. First Session-Tuesday, May 8, 10:00 a. m. Third Session-Tuesday, May 8, 8:00 p. m. Fourth Session-Wednesday, May 9, 10:00 a. m. Fifth Session-Wednesday, May 9, 2:00 p. m. Welcome-W. V. Morgan, M. D., President Marion County Medical Society. |