196 –3,809-3,900

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1860

— 3,900 U.S. Census. Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census 1860. Senate, p. 116.[1]

— 3,809 U.S Census. Ninth Census – Volume II. The Vital Statistics… 1872, p. xvii.[2]

— 62 AL Statistics U.S. “Table III – Deaths in the Year Ending June 1, 1860.” 1866, p. 34.[3]

— 51 AR “ p. 37.

— 16 CA “ p. 40.

— 85 CT “ p. 10.

— 2 DC “

— 4 DE “ p. 23.

— 47 GA “ p. 32.

— 109 IL “ p. 20.

— 196 IN “ p. 19.

— 44 IA “ p. 21.

— 2 KS “

— 153 KY “ p. 28.

— 216 LA “ p. 36.

— 31 ME “ p. 5.

— 120 MD “ p. 24.

— 141 MA “ p. 8.

— 53 MI “ p. 12.

— 3 MN “ p. 14.

— 180 MS “ p. 35.

— 247 MO “ p. 30.

— 3 NE “ p. 15.

— 5 NH “ p. 6.

— 76 NJ “ p. 16.

— 746 NY “ p. 11.

— 126 NC “ p. 27.

— 448 OH “ p. 18.

— 217 PA “ p. 17.

— 3 RI “ p. 9.

— 49 SC “ p. 31.

— 121 TN “ p. 29.

— 135 TX “ p. 38.

— 10 VT “ p. 7.

— 140 VA “ p. 26.

— 55 WI “ p. 13.

Narrative Information

Measles: “Measles is a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing. Also, measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed. If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected. Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected. Infected people can spread measles to others from four days before through four days after the rash appears. Measles is a disease of humans; measles virus is not spread by any other animal species.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Transmission of Measles. 2-5-2018 last review.)

Measles: “The measles virus can live in the air for two hours after an infected persons leaves the room. People can also get measles if they have direct contact with fluid from the nose or mouth of an infected person. Once introduced into a person’s respiratory system, the measles virus proceeds to attach itself to the lining of the airways. Drawing energy from this new host, the virus begins to multiply and spread throughout the body.” (Rosaler, Maxine. Measles. NY: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2005, pp. 7-8.)

Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Transmission of Measles. 2-5-2018 last review. Accessed 4-12-2019 at: https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/transmission.

Rosaler, Maxine. Epidemics: Deadly Diseases Throughout History – Measles. NY Rosen Publishing Group, 2005. Preview Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=4hQwgOcKEBUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

United States Census Office, Department of the Interior. Preliminary Report on The Eighth Census, 1860 (Senate, 37^th Congress, 2^nd Session). Washington: GPO, 1862. Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=R08UAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

United States Census Office, Department of Interior. Ninth Census – Volume II. The Vital Statistics of the United States, Embracing The Tables of Deaths, Births, Sex, and Age. Washington: GPO, 1872. Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=GssqAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

United States Department of Interior. Statistics of the United States (Including Mortality, Property, &c.,) in 1860; Compiled from the Original Returns and Being the Final Exhibit of The Eighth Census. Washington, GPO, 1866. At: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html

[1] United States Census Office, Department of the Interior. Preliminary Report on The Eighth Census, 1860 (Senate, 37^th Congress, 2^nd Session). Washington: GPO, 1862.

[2] United States Census Office, Department of Interior. Ninth Census – Volume II. The Vital Statistics of the United States, Embracing The Tables of Deaths, Births, Sex, and Age. Washington: GPO, 1872.

[3] U.S. Department of Interior. Statistics of the United States (Including Mortality, Property, &c.,) in 1860; Compiled from the Original Returns and Being the Final Exhibit of The Eighth Census. Washington, GPO, 1866. Data reflects 38 reporting States and DC. To keep to one page the following were omitted – WA (0), FL, NM, OR, UT (1 each).