Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey . which was the lowest re-corded up to that time. The 1921 death rateis per cent, lower than that for absolute figures representing deaths in-stead of rates, the low mortality record for19 21 means that 18,661 fewer deaths occurredamong the policyholdei-s during 1921 thanwould have occurred had the rate for 192 0prevailed, and 54,942 fewer deaths than wouldhave occtirred if the Ill rate had obtained. The annual death rate in thia selectedgroup, from 1911 to 1920, has varied between74 and 8 7 per cent, of the rate ioi the registra-tio
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey . which was the lowest re-corded up to that time. The 1921 death rateis per cent, lower than that for absolute figures representing deaths in-stead of rates, the low mortality record for19 21 means that 18,661 fewer deaths occurredamong the policyholdei-s during 1921 thanwould have occurred had the rate for 192 0prevailed, and 54,942 fewer deaths than wouldhave occtirred if the Ill rate had obtained. The annual death rate in thia selectedgroup, from 1911 to 1920, has varied between74 and 8 7 per cent, of the rate ioi the registra-tion area of the United States, Marked declines in the mortality from tu-berculosis, pneumonia, and influenza were, asin 192 0, a large factor in the improvementnoted in the total mortality. In a period of11 years the death rate for tuberculosis hasbeen almost cut in half. There were also de-clines in mortality from Brights disease andorganic heart disease. 93 Journal of The Medical Society of New Jersey Published onthe First Day of Every Month. Under the Directionof the Committee on Publication Vol. XIX, No. 4 ORANGE, N. J., APRIL, 1922 Subscriptton, $2,00 per YearSingle Copies, 25 Cents SCOLIOSIS AS IT CONCERNS THEGENERAL PRACTITIONER * Barclay W. MoflFat, ^ New York The general practitioner on diagnos-ing- a case of lateral curvature is con-fronted by these questions : 1. Is this a case of scoliosis or simplyan habitual postural defect? 2. If a true scoliosis, is it secondaryto some discoverable cause or is it idio-pathic? 3. Is the nature of the curve and theage of the patient such that the condi-tion will tend to progress ? 4. What measures must be taken tocheck or correct the deformity? The general practitioner is more aptto see the curves in their incipient stagethan is the orthopedic surgeon for whomare reserved the more advanced and in-tractable cases. Thus many of the casesapplying to the practitioner presentcurves which are the result of an habit-ual faulty posture a
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