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–35 Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin…[U.S.] Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1820, pp. 61-62.[1]

California ( 2)

–1 Fresno, April 3. Farm laborer handling cattle and cattle hides, 25. Anthrax, bacillus anthracis.

–1 Kings County, Nov 26. Laborer, 56. Anthrax on back of neck; exhaustion.

Colorado ( 1)

–1 Fort Morgan, March 29. Child, 1-year-old. Anthrax and measles.

Connecticut ( 3)

–1 Hartford, June 7. Carpet factory mill hand, 35. Anthrax infection from initial neck ulceration.

–1 New London, Sep 3. Printer, 57. Malignant anthrax pustule; convulsions.

–1 Willington, Dec 5. Student, 9, at school. Malignant pustule; general septicemia.

Indiana ( 1)

–1 Hartford City, April 4. Merchant, 69. Malignant anthrax.

Louisiana ( 1)

–1 New Orleans, July 8. Laborer. Acute nephritis; edema of lungs; bacillus anthracis; septicemia.

Massachusetts ( 4)

–1 Boston, July 4. Stevedore working in hold of vessel unloading dried hides, 50. Anthrax.

–1 Boston, July 8. Laborer unloading dry hides at wharves, 38. Anthrax; neck infection.

–1 “ Nov 27. Tannery worker, 31. Anthrax.

–1 Chelsea, Nov 27. Freight handler, 40. Anthrax; malignant pustule.

Minnesota ( 2)

–1 Blue Earth County, Oct 22. Housewife, 35. External and internal anthrax.

–1 St. Paul, Dec 27. Farmer, 60. Malignant anthrax (carbuncle) on back of neck.

Montana ( 1)

–1 Lewiston, Nov 21. Farm hand, 16. Anthrax infection; septicemia.

New Jersey ( 1)

–1 New Brunswick, Nov 26. Laborer working in clay pit, 25. Cellulitis of neck; sepsis; anthrax.

New York (14)

–14 State. Blanchard tally from US BLS. Bulletin…[US] Bureau Labor Statistics. 1820, 61-62.[2]

— 1 Bainbridge, Nov 12. Helper on father’s dairy farm, 24. Septicemia; probably anthrax bacillus.

— 1 Brentwood, Sep 29. Post office clerk, 23. Malignant anthrax edema.

— 1 Brooklyn, June 29. Child, 6. General asthenia from anthrax infection of nose.

— 1 “ Dec 18. Laborer handling hides at docks, 45. Anthrax; edema of glottis.

— 1 Endicott, June 1. Tannery worker, 22. Bacillus anthrax; septicemia; anthrax.

— 1 Johnson City, Nov 20. Tannery laborer, 49. Anthrax.

— 1 Madison, Oct 12. Occupation not noted, 52. Poison from anthrax; cardiac paralysis.

— 1 Manhattan, July 29. U.S. customhouse weigher, 34. Anthrax infection of neck.

— 1 “ Aug 30. Work not noted, age 20. Pustula maligna on under lip, pyemia; anthrax.

— 1 “ Oct 7. Laborer unlading hides from vessel, 52. Anthrax.

— 1 “ Oct 15. Retired lawyer caring for his home, 71. Anthrax.

— 1 “ Nov 18. Candy packer, 17, Anthrax.

— 1 “ Nov 28. Medical student, 25. Malignant anthrax; edema.

— 1 Nunda, May 24. Schoolboy, 14; did chores around farm home. Septicemia; anthrax of back.

–9 NY State (Out of 12 reported cases.) Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1920, p. 37.[3]

–2 Hide, skin, and leather workers.

–2 Transportation workers.

–1 Farmer

–2 Miscellaneous

–2 Not in industry

Pennsylvania ( 4)

–1 Coudersport, May 12. Laborer, 31. Anthrax, internal.

–1 Condersport, May 18. Laborer, 29. Septic infection; typical case of true anthrax.

–1 Philadelphia, Nov 20. Cake baker, 69. Septicemia due to malignant pustule on hip.

–1 Williamsport, April 25. Laborer, 53. Anthrax causing edema of larynx; facial anthrax.

Utah ( 1)

–1 Salt Lake City, Aug 24. Carpenter, 65. Anthrax.

Narrative Information

Bureau of Labor Statistics: “A sudden and startling increase in the number of illnesses and deaths from anthrax in the United States drew public attention to this occupational disease during the closing months of 1915 and the early part of 1916. Most of the increase took place in seaports and tannery towns in the three States of New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. New York, for instance, reported more deaths from the malady in 1915 than had previously occurred in any State in any single year since the Census Bureau began to give anthrax a separate place in the mortality statistics.” (p. 5)

Sources

New York State Department of Health. Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the State Department of Health of New York For the Year Ending December 31, 1917 (Vol. 1). Albany: J. B. Lyon Co., 1918. Google preview accessed 6-3-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=XE49AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (Bulletin No. 267). “Anthrax as an Occupational Disease,” by John B. Andrews, and “Table 6. — Deaths from Anthrax Reported in the United States, 1910 to 1917 {Data drawn from official certificates of death.}.” Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, July 1920. Google preview accessed 6-4-2018 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=7rRIAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=anthrax&f=false

[1] “Table 6. — Deaths From Anthrax Reported in the United States, 1910- to 1917. {Data drawn from official certificates of death.}.” This number reflects the minimum of anthrax deaths. The authors note they were continuing to receive updates on fatal cases from the Census Bureau and other channels. In addition, given the ignorance concerning anthrax and confusion concerning deaths due to anthrax and other causes, not all death certificates of anthrax victims would have been recorded as such.

[2] Tally differs noticeably from that noted on page 37 (noting nine).

[3] Table 1. — Cases of Anthrax Reported to the New York State Department of Labor Under the Occupational Disease Reporting Law, September 1911, to March, 1916.