. Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland for the Year Ending December 31, iir ^. STATE B(M1!D OP HEAI/IH. 41 INFECTIONS OF ORGANS. The succeeding table and chart (cliart 16, table XI), showthe comparative susceptibility of the several organs to infec-tion. In general, the table and charts have been arranged so asto show infections of the specified organ and systemic infec-tions, principally of the specified organ. The total number ofdeaths considered in this table is 10,514, or about one-half ofthe total mortality. Certain other important classes of diseases,such as dege
. Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland for the Year Ending December 31, iir ^. STATE B(M1!D OP HEAI/IH. 41 INFECTIONS OF ORGANS. The succeeding table and chart (cliart 16, table XI), showthe comparative susceptibility of the several organs to infec-tion. In general, the table and charts have been arranged so asto show infections of the specified organ and systemic infec-tions, principally of the specified organ. The total number ofdeaths considered in this table is 10,514, or about one-half ofthe total mortality. Certain other important classes of diseases,such as degenerations, congenital diseases and accidents arenot considered in the tabulation. It will be seen by reference to the table and cliart that themass of the inflammatory diseases affect the lungs and alimen-tary canal, infections of the lung ranking very much higherthan those of the other organs. The special predilection of the tubercule bacillus for thelung has been previously recognized, but the fact that themajority of pathogenic organism find in the lungs their mostfavorable habitat is not so wel
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