REPORT

OF THE

Bureau of Vital Statistics

OF THE

STATE OF WISCONSIN

FOR THE PERIOD

From October 1, 1906, to December 31, 1908.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND BUREAU

OF VITAL STATISTICS.

C. A. HARPER, M. D., Secretary and Supt. of Vital Statistics.... Madison

L. W. HUTCHCROFT, Chief Statistician.

Madison

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

OFFICE OF THE

STATE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS,

MADISON, December 31, 1908.

To his Excellency, JAMES O. DAVIDSON,

Governor of the State of Wisconsin.

SIR: In compliance with the requirements of law, I have the honor to submit to you a detailed abstract of the Births, Deaths,

Marriages, Accidents and Divorces that were registered in Wisconsin from October 1, 1906 to December 31, 1908.

Very respectfully yours,

C. A. HARPER,

Secretary and Superintendent of Vital Statistics.

prehend why the short so called emergency intake pipe should play such a prominent part in furnishing water for citizens. Especially is this true when the laboratory analysis of this water almost invariably showed pollution and marked pollution.

If a filteration plant were installed at Sheboygan and received no greater care than the present water plant has received since it has come to the notice of the State Board of Health, we strongly question the safety and serviceability of such plant. In view of the situation at Sheboygan and the history of the plant there in the past, this Board feels constrained to offer to the citizens of Sheboygan permission to extend the intake pipe. at least 3500 feet so as to obtain purer water than they now have, believing that by granting this permission the health of the citizens of Sheboygan will be better protected than by the establishment of a filtration plant with possibilities of carele s handling.