Biennial Report of the Board of Health of the State of Iowa Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... any appeared. 17. Small-pox. cholera, typhoid fever, cerebro-spinal meningitis. 18. Cholera infantum from July to October; the others were scattered all through that time. 19. Nothing but hog-cholera in the spring and summer. 20. Nothing unusual, except dryness. 21. They were about alike all through. 22. April, May and August. 23. There was no unusual moisture here at any time during the year. 24. About forty feet is the average. 25. There are no facts to note, only a gradual decrease of water all the year; old wells were made deeper, or new ones dug. 26. There is no comparison to be made. Yours, with respect, Wall Lake, Sac county, April 14, 1881. 27. June, July, August, September, October and November. 28. As for this, there are no facts to be stated. This question will be answered in different ways, but certain it is that persons seem to make a business of scattering carcasses of hogs that have died of cholera, especially in the vicinity of farms where there are known to be large droves of hogs. These persons are Tenderers of lard, or soap-makers, etc. People should be compelled to bury out of sight the carcasses of all animals that may die on their premises. For example: the Boyer River no doubt washed hundreds of dead bodies down to the Missouri River with the spring freshet which had been thrown into it to get rid of them. You can readily see the evil that may result from this to the warmer countries south of here. It should be prohibited by law. A. E. Stevens, M. D. REPLIES OF ALLEN A. RAWSON, M. D., OF CORNING, ADAMS COUNTY. 1. Incorporated town; population, June, 1880, 1,522, adding one mile in vicinity about total, 1,675. 2. Ten. 3. Town and one mile in vicinity. See No. 1. 4. The average (opinion). 5. Same as No. 4. 6. None. 7. See No. 18 below....