Indiana Health Reports, 1900
| Doctors & Midwives tables: these list the doctors by name,
Postoffice, Type of school attended, and Basis of license. The midwives
are listed by town, with no other information. While there is no
genealogy information, it may be nice to have a hard copy for your
genealogy files. They are arranged by county, (Order by doctor's or
midwife's name & we will send the correct county) The cost is $2.00 per county. Item # 10258A A-G Surnames H-P Surnames Q-Z Surnames Midwives |
The following reprinted booklets give a glimpse of a time with
outhouses, epidemics and a much tougher life than we face today.
| Statistical Tables for the state. (All 4 tables included in the
booklet.) First Table , "Death from all causes by ages" Causes included Typhoid Fever, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough and many, many, more. Second Table, "Deaths...with rates per 100,000 Population". Typhoid fever (1,329 deaths) rate was 52.8 per thousand, while homicide (27 deaths) was 1 per 100,000. In total there were 35,516 deaths with dozens of causes listed. Third Table, "Deaths in Indiana, by County" Showing number of deaths, and number from "Important Causes". Fourth Table, "Births, Number of Children born to each Mother, Ages of parents, Still, Plurality and Illegitimate Births". Arranged by county. For the state, 377 women had child #10, 260 had child #11 and 282 had child #12 or more. There were 95 fathers over age 60, and 53 mothers over age 50. The cost for this 22 page booklet is $4.50. Item # 10258B |
| "Reports of County Health Officers". 22
counties submitted reports, and they vary in length. Some are only one
paragraph, but some are several pages long. They cover topics such as,
sanitation, epidemics, sewage systems and outhouses, county jail and
poorhouse inspections, etc... They are a fascinating look at a time
completely different from today. See the table below for details on
counties listed. The cost for this 52 page booklet is $6. Item # 10258C |
| "Reports of County Health Officers on Schoolhouses".
23 of the counties submitted reports, covering topics such as, the
common drinking cups, outhouses (water closets, closets or privies),
heating and ventilation, etc. See the table below for details on
counties listed. The cost for this 24 page booklet is $4.50. Item # 10258D |
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The price for all three booklets separately is $15.00. Order all 3 as Item # 10258E for $10.00. |
The table below shows the details for the, "Reports of County Health
Officers" Item # 10258C
| County | Health Officer | Towns (mentioned separately) | Health Officer (for the town) |
| Adams | Costello, H. F. | ||
| Bartholomew | Arwine, J. S. | ||
| Blackford | Cronin, W. N. | ||
| Clark | Sheets, W. H. | ||
| Dearborn | Fagaly, A. T. | Dillsboro | Brown, E. L. A. |
| Dearborn | Cochran | Marshall, C. C. | |
| Dearborn | Aurora | Henry, W. C. | |
| Dearborn | West Harrison | Willette, W. H. H. | |
| Floyd | Harris, R. W. | Georgetown | Harmon, T. J. |
| Floyd | Greenville | Williams, W. R. | |
| Fulton | Gould, Chas. E. | Rochester | Crosby, W. S. |
| Gibson | Critchfield, J. S. | ||
| Grant | Powell, A. E. | ||
| Jackson | Cummings, David J. | ||
| Knox | Beckes, Lyman M. | ||
| Montgomery | Barcus, Paul J. | Crawfordsville | Taylor, John N. |
| Ohio | Stevenson | ||
| Owen | Cox, Nathaniel D. | ||
| Randolph | Bosworth, R. | Union City | Commons, Wm. |
| Randolph | Lynn | Cox, C. R. | |
| Randolph | Parker | Rogers, A. G. | |
| Randolph | Ridgeville | Farquhar, A. H. | |
| Randolph | Farmland | Nixon, John | |
| Randolph | Winchester | Chenoweth, F. A. | |
| Ripley | Olmsted, R. T. | ||
| Scott | McClain, W. L. | ||
| Vermillion | Newport | Hall, M. L. | |
| Vermillion | Clinton | Washburn, A. A. | |
| Vermillion | Cayuga | Darroch, W. P. | |
| Vermillion | Dana | Loomis, E. C. | |
| Vigo | Talbott, John M. | ||
| Warrick | Wright, T. | ||
| Wells | Horne, Brose S. | ||
| Whitley | Schuman, O. V. |
The table below shows the details for the, "Reports of County Health
Officers on Schoolhouses". Item # 10258D
Some of the quotes from the reports include, "I find our
schoolhouse much too small to accommodate the numbers of pupils who
attend," "...if politics could be eliminated...and competent persons
carefully selected, it would work a much needed reformation for good."
(Clark County) Many other quotes dealing with outhouses, smallpox, etc...
| County | Health Officer (for the county) | Towns (mentioned separately) | Health Officer (for the town) |
| Adams | Costello, H. F. | ||
| Benton | Mavity, J. S. | ||
| Blackford | Cronin, W. N. | ||
| Boone | Fitch, A. P. | ||
| Clark | Sheets, W. H. | ||
| Crawford | Luckett, C. D. | ||
| Dearborn | Fagaly, A. T. | ||
| Decatur | Alexander, J. H. | Greensburg | Riley, E. T. |
| Floyd | Harris, R. W. | ||
| Fountain | Rowland, George | ||
| Gibson | Burton, A. R. | ||
| Howard | Smith, R. H. | ||
| Jay | Ross, John G. | ||
| Lawrence | Hunter, F. S. | ||
| Martin | Long, E. E. | ||
| Perry | Hendershot, C. T. | Cannelton | Robinson, O. P. |
| Perry | Tell City | Newman, Professor | |
| Perry | Troy | Whitmarsh, Hardin | |
| Pike | Basinger, T. W. | ||
| Pulaski | Thomas, J. J. | ||
| Shelby | Stewart, J. B. | ||
| Tipton | Dickey, A. S. | Union City | Commons, Wm. |
| Vanderburgh | Pritchett, W. S. | Armstrong, Center, Knight, German, Pigeon, Perry, Scott & Union Townships | |
| Vermillion | Loomis, E. C. | ||
| White | Didlake, M. T. | Big Creek, Burnettsville, Brookston, Cass, Jackson, Honey Creek, Liberty, Monon, Monticello, Prairie, Princeton, Reynolds, Round Grove, Union, West Point & Wolcott |
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