48 –1,095

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–1,095 US Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I. 1927, pp. 88 and 315.[1]

— 14 Alabama Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 315-316

— ? Alaska (not listed)

— ? Arizona (not listed)

— ? Arkansas (not listed)

— 47 California Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 316.

— 15 Colorado Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 316.

— 14 Connecticut Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 317.

— 3 Delaware Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 317.

— 2 District of Co. Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 157.

— 5 Florida Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 317-318

— ? Georgia (not listed)

— 11 Hawaii Census. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, Table 5, p. 385.

— 6 Idaho Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 318.

— 56 Illinois Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 318.

— 27 Indiana Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 319.

— 15 Iowa Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 319.

— 14 Kansas Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 319.

— 44 Kentucky Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 320.

— 13 Louisiana Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 320-321

— 6 Maine Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 321.

— 27 Maryland Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 321-322

— 51 Massachusetts Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 322.

— 39 Michigan Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 322.

— 18 Minnesota Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 323.

— 9 Mississippi Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 323.

— 39 Missouri Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 324.

— 5 Montana Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 324.

— 13 Nebraska Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 324.

— ? Nevada (not listed)

— 6 New Hampshire Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 325.

— 48 New Jersey Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 325.

— ? New Mexico (not listed)

–148 New York Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 325.

— 24 North Carolina Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 326.

— 14 North Dakota Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 326.

— 53 Ohio Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 327.

— ? Oklahoma (not listed) Avg. 23

— 35 Oregon Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 327.

— 79 Pennsylvania Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 327.

— 6 Rhode Island Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 328.

— 13 South Carolina Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 328.

— ? South Dakota (not listed)

— 33 Tennessee Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 329.

— ? Texas (not listed)

— 27 Utah Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 329.

— 4 Vermont Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 330.

— 25 Virginia Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 330.

— 41 Washington Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 331.

— 18 West Virginia Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 331.

— 8 Wisconsin Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 331.

— 4 Wyoming Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1925…Part I, 1927, p. 332.

Narrative Information

US Army Medical Department: “….Meningococcal meningitis has always been one of the most serious and important of the various communicable diseases of man, insofar as the United States Army has been concerned. Apparently impossible to control in any practical sense and difficult to treat, it has been a constantly present and vexing problem for everyone responsible for the health of any of the branches of the Armed Forces. The gravity of this infection arises not because of its incidence, which has always been low when compared with other upper respiratory diseases, but because of the usually extraordinarily high case fatality rate….

“The sudden onset, the striking clinical picture, and the high case fatality rate have always served to delineate cerebrospinal fever sharply for the laity as well as physicians. Other important factors which distinguished this infection were the lack of a successful therapeutic program, the usual failure to demonstrate any degree of association between the clinical cases, and the fact that quarantine or similar control measures generally have proved ineffective. Therefore, the appearance of a single case in a command or in a neighboring civilian community was, and is, followed by an unwarranted apprehension and alarm on the part of all individuals who had had any possible degree of contact with the patient. The orderly flow of training, reception and shipment of personnel, and housing was usually disrupted immediately and completely. As a consequence, few illnesses were given more attention by line and medical officers….

“Meningococcal meningitis is an infectious disease caused by an obligate parasite of man, the meningococcus, a member of the genus Neisseria (Neisseria intracellulacis, Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis, Neisseria meningitidis)…. The host response…is similar to other types of purulent inflammation of the meninges and is characterized clinically by an intense headache, emesis, stiff neck…and in the more severe reactions by coma and convulsions….”

Sources

United States Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History. Preventive Medicine in WWII, Volume IV, Communicable Diseases, Transmitted Chiefly Through Respiratory and Alimentary Tracts. Chapter 11 — Meningococcal Meningitis (John J. Phair, MD). US Army, 1958. Accessed 7-1-2018 at: http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/PM4/DEFAULT.htm

United States Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1925 – Twenty-Sixth Annual Report: Part I, Summary and Rate Tables and General Tables for the Death Registration Area in Continental United States, with Supplemental Statistics for Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. Washington: GPO, 1927. Accessed 11-18-2013 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1925.pdf

United States Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1931 (Thirty-Second Annual Report). Washington: GPO, 1935. Accessed 10-24-2013 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1931.pdf

United States Census Bureau. Historical National Population Estimates: July 1, 1900 to July 1, 1999. Internet release date: 4-11-2000. Accessed 10-29-2013 at:

http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/nation/popclockest.txt

[1] Total death toll for 48 States. Table 10 shows data for 40 states, including DC, wherein there were 1,068 deaths.