The official report of illness in the University for the year 1900-1901, prepared by Doctor M. H. Bailey, shows a total of 4603, cases, which is an increase of about 200 over last year. In addition to the usual tabulation of cases, statistics have been prepared for the various departments, showing the proportion of men signing off to the total number of men in the departments. In the College this percentage for the Freshman class was 175, for the Sophomores 210, for the Juniors 197, and for the Seniors 173. In the Scientific School the percentage for the Freshman was 106, for the Sophomores 85, for the Juniors 69, and for the Seniors 74: The percentage for the Divinity School was 50, for the Graduate School 46, and for the Law School 27.
The following table gives the number of cases of the various diseases, arranged by months. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Total Appendicitis, 4 4 5 1 4 3 5 6 1 33 Chicken-pox, 4 1 1 6 Colds, 1 136 190 165 277 168 248 115 91 5 1396 Constipation, 4 8 1 1 14 Diarhoea, 47 39 26 20 7 18 18 9 184 Diphtheria, 1 2 6 1 1 1 12 Ears, 4 5 5 5 4 7 11 2 43 Eyes, 29 42 32 29 38 28 23 25 13 259 General Debility, 3 10 13 11 10 8 19 6 10 5 95 Headache, 14 23 28 19 14 21 12 15 1 147 Indigestion, 63 70 90 42 36 46 29 27 8 411 Jaundice, 4 1 1 3 6 2 17 La Grippe 1 3 10 9 129 41 50 20 13 276 Malaria, 12 2 4 1 1 3 9 32 Measles, 1 1 Miscellaneous, 5 90 122 92 125 53 85 62 71 14 719 Mumps, 4 6 22 8 4 13 9 66 Neuralgia, 5 9 12 5 11 11 10 5 68 Overwork, 6 13 11 12 10 6 9 6 7 80 Pneumonia, 2 1 1 1 1 6 Rheumatism, 1 10 4 7 3 2 8 10 6 2 53 Scarlet Fever, 1 1 1 1 4 Skin Diseases, 11 12 5 5 6 4 9 17 10 79 Surgical, 2 85 80 54 44 31 40 40 43 10 429 Tonsilitis, 8 27 12 17 19 32 21 22 15 158 Typhoid, 4 4 3 2 1 1 15 Totals, 13 553 687 596 763 468 650 414 382 77 4603 Visits, 1326 Office consultations 2279 Total number of consultations, 3605 Calls on students not found in (not included in above) 424 Cases not seen by the Medical Visitor, 2186
