Seventeenth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Rhode Island PDF Download

Author: Rhode Island State Board of Health
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332048991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 674

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Excerpt from Seventeenth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Rhode Island: For the Year Ending December 31, 1894, and Including the Report Upon the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths in 1893 The work performed by the State Board of Health during the 3 ear eighteen hundred and ninety-four has been a continuation of the methods of study of the various conditions pertaining to the health of the community, and with a view to the prevention of disease. The report differs from previous reports in the omission of reports from various medical correspondents located in different parts of the State. Heretofore it has been customary to obtain the opinion of a single practitioner as to the prevalence or increase of different diseases in certain limited areas. From a comparison of the return of deaths from certain diseases with these reports it was frequently observed that an increased mortality of certain diseases actually existed, while the report from the correspondent would indicate that this disease was not especially prevalent. To those familiar with a general medical practice this result is readily understood, inasmuch as it frequently happens that one practitioner will have a large number of cases of a particular disease, while from no apparent reason his colleagues may not have a single one, the conditions being reversed at other seasons of the year and with other diseases. It is apparent, therefore, that a report from one individual cannot give the actual prevalence of any disease, even over a limited area, unless the disease is present in epidemic form. The only positive means whereby reports of this kind may be made reliable is by the report of the actual number of eases by each practitioner, and this, for obvious reasons, is impracticable, not only from lack of time on the part of the busiest physicians, but also from a natural reticence as to the private concern of the physician. Inasmuch as most of the towns are now provided with ordinances and health officers controlling the special contagious diseases, reports of these diseases are available and have been made a part of the study of the Board during the year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.