SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE Territorial Board of Health TO THE Governor and Third Legislative Assembly OF THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA For 1893 and 1894. DEMOCRAT, EL RENO, OKLA. B OFFICERS TERRITORIAL OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. HON. E. D. CAMERON, PRESIDENT, EL RENO. JAS. A. RYAN, M. D., VIICE PRESIDENT, OKLAHOMA CITY. C. D. ARNOLD, M. D., SEC'Y AND SUPT., EL RENO. I134 REPORT OF THE TERRITORIAL BOARD OF HEALTH. EL RENO, OKLA. TER., December 1, 1894. To His Excellency, W. C. Renfrow, Governor of Oklahoma Territory, and the Legislative Assembly of Oklahoma Territory: In accordance with the provisions of Section Thirteen (13), of Chapter Eight (8), of the Statutes of Oklahoma, under which the Oklahoma Territorial Board of Health was created, I beg leave to herewith submit the following as the Second Biennial Report of the Board, covering the bienniel period from April 1, 1894 to December 1, 1894, also including such proceedings of the old Board as are matter of record: The Territory has been free from epidemic diseases of a serious kind among the people since last April. Cholera has existed among the swine of Clevelan and Pottawatomie counties with a mortality of 50 per cent to 65 per cent, but has subsided. About a dozen cases of glanders in horses have been reported from Oklahoma and "O" counties. Sporadic cases of membranous (or diptheritic) croup are reported to have existed in a number of the counties during the autum with considerable mortality. Eigh deaths have occurred from the above cause in Oklahoma county, and two in "O" and one in Canadian. Malarial fevers reported from several counties with a variable per cent of mortality, ranging from 5 per cent to 17 per cent. Typhoid fever in Oklahoma, Canadian, "O" and "P" counties with a good death percentage, but aside from typhoid fever the people have been unusually well. Measles of a mild type have been reported from Cleveland and Payn counties; also whooping cough of a light type in some of the counties without any fatalities. In the absence of systematic sewerage in our towns and cities and considering the great amount of virgin soil exposed during last spring and early summer on our prairies, the Territorial Board of Health congratulates the people of Oklahoma on having passed, so far, a healthy year, and the death rate from all causes is exceedingly low. There has been a total of 445 physicians registered by diplomas since the creation of the Territorial Board of Health; 255 of these have been registered since the last biennial report was issued: 85 of the latter have been registered since April 9, 1894. 4589 |