Miscellany

1898 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal  
erysipelas and fevers) 237, acute lung disoases 421, consumption 257, diphtheria and croup 78, diarrheal diseases 35, scarlet fover 29, measles 24, typhoid fover 23, erysipelas 10, malarial fever (i. Form scarlet fovor Now York 24, Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Brooklino and Woburu 1 each. From measles New York 17, Baltimore and Pittsburg 2 each, Washington, Cambridge and Lynn 1 each. From whooping-cough Now York 11, Baltimore 3, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and (¡ballestón 1 each. From erysipelas
more » ... . Iu the thirty-three greater towns of England and Wales, with au estimated population of 10,1)1)2,524, for the week ending February Kith, tho death-rate was 20.4. Deaths reported 4,384; acute diseases of tho respiratory organs (London) 437, measles 18',), whooping-cough 108, diphtheria 71, fover 34, diarrhea 33, scarlet fover 29. The death-rates ranged from 13.
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