Communciable Disease in Texas: 1940 Page: 5
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NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED BY DISEASES AND BY YEAR IN TEXAS
DISEASES 1940 1939 1938 19A7 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930
ANTHRAX 1 2 8 8 8 8 I 10 1 3 7
CHICKENPOX 5,939 7,221 6,628 6,035 2,694 4100 5,514 3,650 2,247 2,252 2,340
DENGUE 7 56 143 257 30 107 133 100 35 16 17
DIPHTHERIA 1,1450 1,643 2,348 2,205 2,155 3,512 3,9 43 5,756 4,304 2,276 1, 936
DYSENTERY 3,320 1,685 937 2,003 383 446 1,344. 780 90 52 277
INFLUENZA 57,289 24,384 16,219 40,962 15, 273 14,421 12,573 15,208 11,275 1,952 2,617
LEPROSY 12 21 16 15 10 19 27 5 0 2 0LETH. ENCEPH.
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MALARIA 6,606 4, 540 4,400 19,026 25,373 26,304 21,790 17, 124 7, 132 7,756 8,958
MALTA FEVER 351j $27 238 198 43 46 21 43 33 11 5
MEASLES 19,939 8,365 5,710 11,768 8,119 4,073 28,632 22,146 4,694 2, 424 4,fl
MENINGITIS 73 87 90 241 273 148 93 86 20 44 50
MUMPS 2, 199 1,616 2,204 8, 177 9,659 3, 610 1,.14O 11,357 574 1,183 935
OPOITHALMIA 13 30 53 72 27 27 55 22 5 4 10
PELLAGRA 1,367 1,308 1,926 1,676 589 546 782 528 19 54 33
PNEUMONIA 6,752 4,900 .5,156 6, 104 3,892 3, 489 1,190 1.885 953 682 711
PQLIOMYELIT I S 187 232 63 635 68 79 152 53 72 33 134
RABIES 34 19 109 75 154 182 173 54 18 7 20
RELAPSINGOFEVER 15 36 37 43 3 12 8. 5 0 0 .0
SCARLET FEVER 1,824 2,426 41,445 1,378 2,982 2,792 3,484 3,004 2,601 1,893 1,716
SMALLPOX 121 502 636 166 76 547 886 859 1,035 I,v819 2,718
TRACHOMA 74 82 101 152 73 60 400 171 42 69 65
TUBERCULOSI S 2,906 3,033 3,600 3,362 2,6143 3,029 3,018 3,017 1,268 1,066 1,186
TULAREMIA 35 71 83 44 18 15 24 16 4 1
TYPHOID FEVER 965 1,153 1,612 1,729 918 1,389 1,796 1,831 941 836 669
PARATYPHOID 38 40 71 103 71 68 108 101 55 24 14
TYPHUS FEVER 410 538 497 453 327 265 1465 398 227 43 13
WHOOPING COUGH 10, 152 4,735 9,8846 10,091 1,7641 3,009 9, 145 6, 019 1,967 1,251 788
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Texas. State Department of Health. Communciable Disease in Texas: 1940, report, 1941; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1418623/m1/5/?q=%22Science+and+Technology+-+Biology%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.