2. WARWICK AND COVENTRY. 3. Taking sickness of all kinds, the general amount has been rather less than usual during the past year. 4. The following zymotic diseases have prevailed: Cholera Infantum. Sporadic. Mild. Summer. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Sporadic. Severe. November, December. Measles. Epidemic. Mild. November and December. Whooping Cough. Epidemic. Severe. September. 5. Influenza or La Grippe. Epidemic. December. Mild. Other diseases: Pneumonia. No unusual number. Rheumatism. About as usual. 6. No other diseases had unusually large prevalence during the year. 7. None attended with unusual fatality. 9. I see no advance in public sentiment, or views of individuals, in regard to the importance of sanitary surroundings. 10. No generally believed source of ill health in my circuit. NEWPORT COUNTY. J. WINSOR, M. D. 2. NEWPORT, MIDDLETOWN and JAMESTOWN. 3. The general amount of sickness, including all kinds during the past year, about the average, with less zymotic disease, 48 deaths having occurred, against, I think, 68 last year. 4. The following zymotic diseases have prevailed during the year. Cholera Infantum. Sporadic. Moderate. July, August, September. Principally in thickly settled and poor localities. Croup. Less than usual. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Dysentery almost epidemic. Severe. September. All about the city, but principally in unsanitary localities. Diphtheria. Less than usual. Spring months. Fever, Malarial, alone. Fever, Typhoid. Less than usual, except that 13 cases, causing five deaths, came from U. S. T. S. New Hampshire. Average severity. August, September and October. 23 cases originating in the city, from all quarters. Measles. Three cases only in city reported; two of them were imported. Mild. Scarlatina. 16 cases only, with one death. Mild. Whooping Cough. Small number. 5. No zymotic disease epidemic, except a very unusual amount of dysentery in the late summer; probably caused by the extreme moisture; constant rain. Other diseases : Brain, Inflammation and Congestion of. Average number. Bronchitis, Acute. Usual amount. Cool months. Pneumonia. Average. Spring months. Rheumatism. Average. Mostly spring months. Stomach, Acute Diseases of. Average number. 6. No disease had unusually large prevalence during the year, except dysentery. 7. None attended with unusual fatality. 8. In regard to facts that seemed to indicate that Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Typhoid Fever are communicable from one person to another, do not doubt communicability of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, and think Typhoid Fever contagious, but not to the degree that the others are. 9. Believe a constant advance is made in the belief in the necessity for local boards of health, and in the acquiescence to their demands. 10. No well known or generally believed source of ill health in this city. H. E. TURNER, M. D. 2. TIVERTON. 3. Taking sickness of all kinds, the general amount has been about as usual during the past year. 4. The following zymotic diseases have prevailed : Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Sporadic. Severe. August. Fever, Malarial. Sporadic. Mild. August. Fever, Typhoid. Sporadic. Mild. September. Measles. Sporadic. Mild. May. Scarlatina. Sporadic. Mild. April. No particular locality. 5. No zymotic disease epidemic. 6. No diseases had unusually large prevalence during the year. 7. None attended with unusual fatality. C. H. YALE, M. D. · PROVIDENCE COUNTY. 2. CUMBERLAND and LINCOLN, LONSDALE and vicinity. 3. Including sickness of all kinds, the general amount has been rather less than usual during the past year. 4. The following zymotic diseases have prevailed during the year : Cholera Infantum. Sporadic. Mild. Summer. Villages. Croup. Sporadic. Severe. Autumn. Villages. Chiefly associated with Diphtheria. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Sporadic. Average. Summer and Autumn. Diphtheria. Epidemic. Mild. Autumn. Lonsdale. Marked cases of the disease covering tonsils and often extending beyond; but, except when Croup supervened, very answerable to treatment. Fever, Malarial. Epidemic. Mild. April to November. Everywhere. Less Intermittent Fever than last year; less last year than in 1887, when the disease in Lonsdale and Berkeley reached its height. Fever, Typhoid. Sporadic. Prolonged. Summer and Autumn. Village and country. Measles. Sporadic. Mild. Winter. Village and country. Scarlatina. Sporadic. Mild. Whooping Cough. Epidemic. Severe. Autumn. Berkeley. 5. Epidemic Influenza began in December. At first scattered cases, soon followed by a multitude, amounting in all to a majority of the population. Cases in adults more protracted than in children as a rule. Indications of contagious ness. Other diseases : Bronchitis, Acute. About as usual. Pneumonia. Spring and early summer. Seemingly epidemic. All Croupous Pneumonia, especially in children. Few fatal. 6. Of diseases that had unusually large prevalence, see question letters, d, 1, j, and question 5. 7. No unusual fatality. L. F. C. GARVIN, M. D. 2. VALLEY FALLS, LINCOLN and CUMBERLAND. 3. Taking sickness of all kinds during the past year, there was about the average amount. 4. Zymotic diseases prevailed as below during the year : Cholera Infantum. Sporadic. Mild. Summer. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Sporadic. Diphtheria. Sporadic. Mild. Fever, Malarial. Sporadic. Mild. Mild. Summer and Fall. April to November. Whooping Cough. Sporadic. Mild. November and December. Other diseases: Bronchitis, Acute. Moderate prevalence. March, April, October and November. Pneumonia. Moderate prevalence. February and March. Rheumatism. Moderate prevalence. March, April and May. Stomach, Acute diseases of. Small prevalence. October and November. 6. No diseases had unusually large prevalence during the past year except the Influenza. 7. No unusual fatality. 8. Nothing new occurred within my observation that seemed to indicate that Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, or Typhoid Fever had been taken or communicated from one person to another. 9. No apparent advance in public sentiment in my circuit, in regard to increased interest in means of preventing diseases. 10. Have no knowledge of any generally believed source of ill-health in my circuit. G. B. HAINES, M. D. 2. GLOCESTER and vicinity. 3. Taking sickness of all kinds, there has been the usual amount in this circuit during the past year. 4. The following zymotic diseases have prevailed during the year: Cholera Infantum. Sporadic. Severe. Summer. Near Mapleville. Croup. Sporadic. Severe. November. In a small cabin in the woods, three miles west of the village of Chepachet. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Sporadic. Average severity. Summer and Fall. Diphtheria. Sporadic. Average severity. Throughout year. Outside the village. Fever, Typhoid. Sporadic. Mild. September and October. Measles. Epidemic. Mild. November and December. Around Harmony. Whooping Cough. Epidemic. Average severity. January to October. Chepachet and vicinity. 5. "La Grippe" or Influenza. December. Other diseases : Brain, Inflammation and Congestion of. Small prevalence. December. Pneumonia. Small prevalence. Beginning and close of year. Rheumatism. Small prevalence. All seasons. Stomach, Acute diseases of. Small prevalence. 6. No diseases had unusually large prevalence except as stated above. 8. Nothing new that seemed to indicate that Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, or Typhoid Fever had been taken or communicated from one person to another. 9. Do not see any advance in public sentiment in regard to the importance of sanitary surroundings. 10. No known special source of ill health in this circuit. G. A. HARRIS, M. D. 2. SMITHFIELD, GREENVILLE CIRCUIT and parts of adjoining towns. 3. Taking sickness of all kinds, there has been at least one-third more sickness than usual during the past year in my circuit. 4. The following zymotic diseases have prevailed during the year: Cholera Infantum. Very little. Sporadic. Average severity. Usual season. Croup. Few cases. Sporadic. Severe. Fall. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Diarrhoea-very prevalent nearly every Summer and Fall month. Dysentery-Epidemic. Very severe. August and September. Diphtheria. Very little. Average severity. Spring. Fever, Malarial. Not so much as last year. Average. Summer and Fall. Measles. Epidemic. Severe. Fall and Winter. Whooping Cough. Average. Mild severity. 5. No other zymotic disease epidemic, with the exception of the prevailing epidemic of so called Influenza, or "Grippe," which has visited nearly every family in my circuit, and in very many cases been very severe. December. Other diseases : Brain. Inflammation and Congestion of. Average number and severity. Spring and Fall. Bronchitis, Acute. Large number. Average. Spring and Fall. Rheumatism, Acute. Average number. Quite severe. Summer. Stomach, Acute diseases of. Average number and severity. Summer and Fall. 6. No other diseases have had unusually large prevalence. 7. No diseases have been attended with unusual fatality. 8. No noticeable advance in public sentiment in regard to means of prevent ing disease. |