possibly be of some interest to you, I am taking the liberty of sending it. Births: White, 92; colored, 24; white, 72; colored, 44; total, 116.. 43. Deaths: White, 35; colored, 8; male, 25; female, 18; total, Contagious Diseases: Diphtheria, 28; scarlet fever, 16; measles, 6; chickenpox, 11; typhoid fever, 9; total, 70. White, 51; colored, 19; male, 32; female, 38. Houses fumigated: school house and kindergarten each fumigated twice. Shanties inspected in April, August and November, and recommendations as to improvement in their sanitary conditions made to the Real Estate Department. Unsanitary conditions of closets and drains were reported to the Real Estate Department at various times, and the conditions were improved. During the spring and summer the greater part of the town has been supplied with covered garbage cans, and the number of flies during the summer was noticeably lessened. Oil applied to marshes and pools in the spring did not seem to be as effective as formerly, as mosquitoes were quite abundant during the summer, and in consequence much malaria prevailed during the fall. This is for Sparrows Point alone, the population of which at the last police census is 5,743. Very respectfully, G. C. MCCORMICK, M. D., TAKOMA PARK. TAKOMA PARK, MD., February 11, 1913. Dr. Frederick V. Beitler, Registrar of Vital Statistics, 6 East Franklin Street, Dear Sir: In reporting the vital statistics for the Town of Takoma Park for the year 1912, the attached statements indicate that there were twenty deaths in the town during the year, ten of these persons being transients, patients at the Washington Sanitarium. The remaining number constitute a death rate of 6.01 per thousand, or considerably less than half the average death rate throughout the country. The total number of births was twenty-six. Of infectious diseases there were twenty-eight cases reported. Of this number, thirteen were cases of whooping cough, eleven of measles, two of scarlet fever and two of typhoid fever, the latter disease in both cases being contracted outside this jurisdiction. All cases requiring fumigation were promptly attended to at the required time. The number of cases of infectious diseases was larger than in former years; but these were uniformly of a light character, no fatalities occurring. The following were the deaths, with the date, name, age, and cause of death: January 3, Elizabeth Collins, 86, Arterio Sclerosis. April 22, Albert Thomas Riddle, 53, Cerebral Hemorrhage. June 30, *Ida J. Vance, 54, Mitral Regurgitation. August 3, *Mary Ford, 65, Arterio Schlerosis. August 8, *Sophia L. Roberts, 47, Valvular Heart Disease. August 10, *Helen V. Corson, 59, Intestinal Obstruction. October 25, *Fannie Cohen, 74, Esophageal Stricture. October 29, *Julia Squiers Barker, 82, Dysentery. November 1, *Charles Frederick Larabee, 69, Chronic Endocarditis. The following were the births, with date, name, sex and name of father: January 23, Evelyn Lucille White, female, James M. White. March 29, Margaret Ella Brensinger, female, Howard D. Brensinger. September 5, Barbara Doris Kirstein, female, Wm. Kirstein. September 28, Huron Maybee Smith, male, Clarence Beaman Smith. October 13, Chas. Andrew Hite, male, John W. Hite. October 28, Amos Burgess Blackburn, male, Geo. M. Blackburn (colored). November 6, Dorothy Studt, female, Ray Nash Studt. November 23, George Griffith, Rabbitt, male, George G. Rabbitt. December 22, Lewis Kinter, male, W. M. Kinter. Total births during 1912, 26. The following infectious diseases were reported, with date, diseases, name of person, and when and by whom fumigated: January 10, Typhoid Fever, Mrs. Harriet A. Jeffers, by Washington Sanitarium. February 20, Typhoid Fever, A. J. Bennett, by Washington Sanita rium. (Both cases above were contracted outside this jurisdiction.) May 6, Whooping Cough, Edward Payne. May 6, Whooping Cough, Helen Findlay. May 6, German Measles, R. L. Hendrick. May 16, German Measles, Alfred Ashley. May 16, German Measles, Winnie Bowen, May 22. May 31, German Measles, Mabel Bowen. June 7, Measles, Eva L. Boyd. July 2, Measles, Genevieve Town, July 11, at expense of N. Z. Town October 14, Scarlet Fever, Marian Jack, November 12. October 15, Measles, Glanville Thompson, October 31. November 20, Scarlet Fever, Pearl Roggenkamp, December 13. December 2, Whooping Cough, Robert Ashley. Respectfully submitted, H. E. ROGERS, Local Registrar. Aberdeen.. Annapolis. Brunswick.. Cambridge. Crisfield.. Cumberland. Easton.. Frederick. LIST OF TOWN HEALTH OFFICERS. Frostburg. Hancock.. Laurel... Lonaconing. Midland.. Mount Ranier. Olney.... Pocomoke City. Takoma Park. Westernport.. ......Harford County. Dr. Chas. R. Kriete. .Dr. Wm. H. Welch. ..Dr. Levin West.. .Dr. E. E. Wolff. .Dr. C. E. Collins. .Dr. F. E. Harrington. Dr. Jas. B. Merritt. ...Dr. Ira J. McCurdy. .... Anne Arundel County. .Frederick County. .Dorchester County. Somerset County. Allegany County. Talbot County. . Frederick County. .Dr. Timothy Griffith.......Allegany County. .Through Co. Health Officer. Montgomery County. .Dr. W. F. Steiner.. ..Dr. E. H. Tabler. .Dr. Wm. L. Lewis. ..Dr. W. F. Taylor.. ..Dr. James O. Bullock. Dr. T. H. Charles.. ..Dr. J. C. Ohlendorf. .Dr. Chas. Farquhar. .Dr. R. Lee Hall. .Dr. H. E. Rogers. Dr. A. B. Kalbaugh. .Harford County. Washington County. Montgomery County. Prince George's County. ..Allegany County. Allegany County. Prince George's County. ..Montgomery County. Worcester County. Montgomery County. ....Allegany Count. Sanitary Surveys and Investigations. TYPHOID FEVER AT CATONSVILLE, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1912. Dr. John S. Fulton, February 13, 1912. Secretary, State Department of Health, Baltimore, Md. Dear Dr. Fulton: I have the honor to submit herewith my report of an epidemic of typhoid fever at Catonsville, Baltimore County, occurring in January and February of the present year. My investigations were made on February 1 and 12. There is a total of ten cases of sickness, details of which will be furnished later in this report. PREVIOUS TYPHOID. The first recorded epidemic of typhoid fever at Catonsville occurred in late summer and early autumn of the year 1898. There were twenty-four cases of sickness. From that day down to the present time a few sporadic cases have occurred. For purposes of comparison the Catonsville morbidity and mortality for the last four years, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911, will be arranged under an appropriate table. (See Table No. I). By referring to this table it can be readily seen that no real epidemic of typhoid fever prevailed in Catonsville from 1898 down to the present time (January-February, 1912). The present epidemic is a very unfortunate occurrence, manifesting itself as it has done in the families of persons whose sanitary surroundings are of the best. |