Typhoid fever, 8; erysipelas, 5; mumps, 4. Fifty-three deaths occurred, from the following causes: Puerperal mania, 1; septicemia, 1; chronic melancholia, 7; senile dementia, 7; erysipelas, 1; chronic mania, 9; paresis, 7; phthisis pulmo. nalis, 6; acute mania, 2; cardiac disease, 3; epilepsy, 2; typhoid fever, 1; suicide, 1; cerebral hemorrhage, 1; shock, 1; apoplexy, 2; angina pectoris, 1.-T. C. BIDDLE, M. D., Superintendent. State Hospital at Osawatomie. At the close of the year there were 1127 inmates in this institution. During the year, there were no cases of contagious disease. One hundred and nineteen deaths occurred, from the following causes: Senility, 5; phthisis pulmonalis, 20; melancholia, 5; suicide, 2; acute mania, 5; fracture of femur, 1; cardiac disease, 2; nephritis, 4; alcoholic dementia, 2; hepatitis, 2; Bright's disease, 1; senile dementia, 9; paresis, 4; gangrene of foot, 1; apoplexy, 3; chorea, 1; pneumonia, 2; chronic insanity, 15; epilepsy, 12; paralysis, 3; typhoid fever, 1; cancer, 1; ovarian tumor, 1; dysentery, 1; multiple sclerosis, 1; acute dementia, 2; gastritis, 2; pericarditis, 1; uremic poison, 1; enteritis, 1; unknown, 4. The sanitary condition of buildings is good. We have a very good sewage system. We should have a stand-pipe.—L. L. UHLS, M. D., Superintendent. School for Feeble-minded Youth, at Winfield. At the close of the year there were 310 inmates in this institution. There were no cases of contagious diseases during the year. Thirteen deaths occurred, from the following causes: Consumption, 2; epilepsy, 2; septicemia, 2; bronchitis, 1; spinal meningitis, 2; inflammation of bowels, 3; brain fever, 1. The present health of inmates is good. The sanitary condition of the building is good.-C. S. NEWLON, M. D., Superintendent. Industrial School for Girls, at Beloit. At the close of the year there were 139 inmates in this institution. During the year there were twenty cases of chicken-pox. No deaths from any causes occurred. The present health of the inmates is good.—JULIA B. PERRY, Superintendent. State Industrial Reformatory, at Hutchinson. At the close of the year there were 293 inmates in this institution. During the year there was one case of smallpox. No deaths occurred from any causes. The present health of the inmates is good. State Soldiers' Home, at Fort Dodge. At the close of the year there were 459 inmates in this institution. There were no cases of contagious diseases during the year. Eleven deaths occurred, from the following causes: Dropsy, 2; paralysis, 2; hemorrhage of lungs, 1; phthisis, 1; debility from age, 2; cancer, 1; suicide, 1; heart failure, 1. The present health of the inmates is good.-G. L. NEAL, M. D., Home Surgeon. Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Atchison. At the close of the year there were 170 inmates in this institution. No cases of contagious diseases occurred during the year and no deaths. The present health of the inmates is good. An improvement should be made in the disposal of sewage, which all runs upon the open ground, not over 500 feet from the buildings, and some day we will have contagion.-E. L. HILLIS, Superintendent. State Penitentiary, at Lansing. At the close of the year there were 1059 inmates in this institution. There were no cases of contagious diseases during the year. Ten deaths occurred, from the following causes: Malarial remittent fever, 1; pneumonia, 1; neuralgia of heart, 2; concussion of brain, 1; consump. tion, 3; catarrh, 1; inflammation of bowels, 1. The present health of the in mates is good. New water-pipes are needed in the buildings.-E. B. JEWETT, Warden. Kansas School for the Deaf, at Olathe. At the close of the year there were 245 inmates. There were three cases of scarlet fever during the year. No deaths occurred from any causes. It is very hard to quarantine, as there is no hospital. The need of one will be urged upon the coming legislature. The present health of the inmates is very good. In regard to improvements in buildings, when the present plans of sanitation have been completed, all will have been done that modern sanitary measures require. These plans involve fully equipping lavatory buildings now only partly equipped.-H. C. HAMMOND, Superintendent. VITAL STATISTICS FOR KANSAS, COMPRISING RETURNS OF MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS; ALSO, ANNUAL REPORTS OF COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS. VITAL STATISTICS RETURNED BY ASSESSORS. Returns of vital statistics by assessors for the years ending March 1, 1901, and March 1, 1902: ALLEN COUNTY. 1900. Marriages. Total number of marriages, 83. Color: White, 81; not stated, 2. Births.-Total number of births, 255. Sex: Male, 135; female, 120. Color: White, 253; colored, 2. Deaths. Total number of deaths, 81. Sex: Male, 37; female, 43; not stated, 1. Color: White, 79; colored, 1; not stated, 1. 1901. Color: Marriages.-Total number of marriages, 78. Color: White, 77; not stated, 1. Births. Total number of births, 397. Sex: Male, 197; female, 200. White, 358; colored, 10; not stated, 29. Deaths. Total number of deaths, 82. Sex: Male, 60; female, 24. Color: White, 80; colored, 2. ANDERSON COUNTY. 1900. Marriages. Total number of marriages, 65. Color: White, 64; not stated, 1. Births. Total number of births, 146. Sex: Male, 80; female, 66. Color: White, 144; colored, 2. Deaths. Total number of deaths, 62. Sex: Male, 36; female, 23; not stated, 1. Color: White, 57; colored, 4; not stated, 1. 1901. Marriages.-Total number of marriages, 83. Color: White, 83. Births. Total number of births, 184. Sex: Male, 90; female, 94. Color: White, 182; colored, 2; not stated, 2. Deaths.- Total number of deaths, 49. Sex: Male, 26; female, 23. Color: White, 47; colored, 2. ATCHISON COUNTY. 1900. Marriages. Total number of marriages, 59. Color: White, 52; colored, 3; not stated, 4. Births. Total number of births, 76. Sex: Male, 40; female, 36. Color: White, 76. Deaths. Total number of deaths, 47. Sex: Male, 28; female, 19. Color: White, 46; colored 1. 1901. Marriages.-Total number of marriages, 32. White, 63; colored, 4. Color: White, 31; colored, 1. Male, 38; female, 29. Color: Deaths. Total number of deaths, 36. Sex: Male, 20; female, 16. Color: White, 30; colored, 3; not stated, 3. |