DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CITY OF CHICAGO

1895-1896

CONTENTS.

PAGES

PART I. REPORTS OF DIVISIONS AND BUREAUS.

REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES: 1895-1896.

BY E. GARROTT, M. D., CHIEF MEDICAL INSPECTOR.....2-16

Vaccination and the Vaccination Corps-Glycerinated vaccine

lymph-Cicatrices from "points" and from lymph-Care of

the quarantined and isolated-Heterogeneous population of

Chicago-Vaccinal inspection of schools-Contagious-dis-

eases inspection of schools-Medical inspections of insanitary

areas.

ANTITOXIN TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA: 1895-1896. PREFATORY

NOTE AND TABLES BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER... 17-26

Establishment of antitoxin stations-Summary of antitoxin
work, October 5, 1895-March 31, 1896-Tabulation of Ad-
ministrator's reports and results, October 5, 1895-January
10, 1896-Diagram showing diphtheria mortality before and
under antitoxin treatment-Summary of antitoxin work to
December 31, 1896-Money cost of antitoxin treatment and
results-Diagram showing diphtheria mortality between 1885
and 1894; during the antitoxin year 1896; during the tran-
sition year 1895.

WORK OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL CORPS (ANTITOXIN STAFF)

OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT: 1895-1896. BY E. P.

MURDOCK, M. D., MEDICAL INSPECTOR AND CHIEF OF THE

ANTITOXIN STAFF

.27-40

Increase of diphtheria in August and September, 1895-Sources
of infection and agencies of spread-Notes from daily regis-
ter-Organization and personnel of staff-Equipment, rules
and instructions-Necessity of bacterial examination-Tech-
nique of antitoxin administration-Dosage-Sequelæ of
antitoxin administration-Rise and subsidence of diphtheria
epidemics Precautions against spread of diphtheria.

THE ANGINAS OF 1896. BY W. K. JAQUES, M. D., IN CHARGE OF

SUB-LABORATORY FOR THE BACTERIAL DIAGNOSIS OF

DIPHTHERIA...

.41-48

Modifying effect of environment on bacilli-Recognition of in-

vading germ essential-Table of clinical symptoms of the

diphtheritic diseases: Staphylo-diphtheria; strepto-diph-

theria; Klebs-Loeffler diphtheria-Frequency of pseudo-

bacilli in 1896-Diphtheria mortality due to the Klebs-

Loeffler.