Pneumonia lead all other diseases in causing death in Wake county, 13 being attributed to the cause in the monthly report of Dr. A.C. bulla, county health officer. Tuberculosis was second with 10 deaths, while eight were attributed to stillborn, seven to nephritis and five to apoplexy.
The deaths totaled 104 while 130 births were reported.
An active month was reported in Wake county clinic, in laboratory service, inspections under the food control department, school hygiene, sanitary improvements and in the dental clinic. There were 957 children examined in this clinic and 357 treated.
German measles led the list of communicable diseases, 208 being reported, while 67 cases of whooping cough, 19 cases of chicken pox, 8 cases of smallpox, and 3 of measles were reported.
From the front page of the Zebulon Record, April 16, 1926
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