1880 Mortality Schedule for Jackson County, Arkansas Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Velda Price <priceld@cswnet.com>. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Jackson County Mortality Schedule Persons who Died during the Year ending May 31, 1880 (June 1, 1879 – May 31, 1880) Name, age, sex, color, marital status, state born, state father born, state mother born, Occupation, month of death, cause of death*, how long a resident of this county If place of death is not where disease was contracted, state place BARREN TOWNSHIP Alexander, Perry Age 4 months, male, white, March, Brain Fever Church, Silas Age 26, male, white, single, VA, VA, VA, Epilepsy, 1 year 6 months Clevland, Jos. T. Age 4 months, male, white, AR, AR, KY, July, Hydrocephalus Dow, Julius C. Age 1, male, white, AR, TN, Unk, October, Scrofula, 1 year Gibbs, Aman Age 16, female, white, single, IL, AR, KY, April, Whooping Cough, 14 years Heffington, Elija A Age 1 month, male, white, AR, AR, KY, April, Whooping Cough Hooper, Lo. Lo. Age 2, female, white, AR, TN, TN, April, Whooping Cough McDougle, Moses Age 1 month, male, white, AR, AL, AR, August, Debility Ransom, Horace Y. Age 1 day, male, white, AR, AR, AR, March Scott, Cordie Age 1, female, white, Unk, KY, Unk, Fever Simson, Lue E. Age 7, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, Cause Unknown, 7 years Swick, Sarah E. Age 10, female, white, KY, VA, KY, July, Inflammation, 10 years Woods, Jullian H. Age 12, male, white, TX, TN, MS, Aug, Paralysis of the Bowels, 2 years BIRD TOWNSHIP Algee, Terry Age 3 months, female, white, AR, SC, TN, December, Disease Not Known Blakeley, Ben J. Age 41, male, white, married, Laborer, October, Malarial Fever Campbell, Mally Age 20 or 40, female, black, married, Field Hand, July, Metroperitonitis Carter, Morda May Age 7 months, female, white, AR, KY, KY, September, Brian Fever Clark, Mike Age 40, male, white, married, Rail R. Hand, December, Pneumonia Crump, Infant Age 5 months, male, black, AR, AL, AR, May, Don’t Know Eliet, Stephen Age 40, male, white married, Farmer, August, Erysipelas Faukner, William Age 35, male, white, married, Farmer, June, Malarial Fever Gibson, Drucila Age 59, female, black, married, Field Hand, April, Heart Disease Glass, Elisha R. Age 19, male, white, single, AR, IL, TN, At School, December, Consumption Gray, Elmire Age 6, male, white, MO, Unk, TN, March, Typhoid Fever Harrison, Euranious Age 3, female, white, AR, AR, TN, March, Meningitis, 3 years Henson, Mary Age 24, female, white, married, TN, Unk, Unk, Housekeeping, February, Brain Fever, 20 years Hill, James C. Age 1, male, white, TX, MS, AR, October, Remittent Fever Hobson, Not Given Age 33, male, white, married, Laborer, February, Poisoning Holford, Martha Age 54, female, white, NC, Unk, Unk, Housekeeping, March, Typhoid Fever Infant Eliza Nunn Age 0, female, white, AR, Unk, TN, August, Spasm Infant of D.&J. Webster Age 0, male, black, AR, Al, AR, June, Still Born Infant of Jack & L. Robinson Age 1 month, female, black, AR, TN, AR, February, Hives Infant of JK & C. Greenham Age 11 days, male, white, AR, AR, AR, January, Supposed to be Hives Johnson, Not Given Age 4 days, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, December, Convulsions Johnson, Ritta Age 1, female, white, AR, AR, AR, March, Bilious Fever Jones, Elizabeth Age 14, female, white, AR, TN, AR, March, Meningitis Lemones, Margaret Age 11, female, white, AR, AR, AR, December, Pneumonia Lemones, Silas F. Age 18, male, white, AR, TN, TN, Farmer, January, Congestion of the Brain Lewis, Fannie Age 10 months, female, white, AR, OH, VA, October, Not Known McDonald, Joshua Age 54, male, white, NC, NC, NC, Farmer, November, Pneumonia, 14 years Minga, Kate No information given Murray, Dolly Age 7, female, white, AR, GA, GA, June, Scarlet Fever, 7 years Nance, Sarah Age 28, female, white, married, TN, NC, NC, Keeping House, October, Consumption Plant, Susan Age 22, female, white, married, MS, MS, MS, Keeping House, April, Child Bed Fever Rawson, Matty Age 5 months, female white, AR, Unk, Unk, July, Malarial Fever Ridley, Drucilla Age 27, female, black, married, AR, Unk, Unk, Housekeeping, February, Meningitis Robinson, Sandy Age 53, male, black, Field Hand, October, Frac. Skull Smith, Not Given Age 6 months, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, December, Convulsions Spencer, Amelia Age 30, female, white, married, Housewife, March, Inflammation of the Brain Sprigg, Not Given Age 1 hour, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, December, Still Birth Stanfill, James E. Age 63, male, white, TN, Unk, Unk, Farmer, March, Pneumonia, 20 years West, Not Given Age 40, male, white, married, Farmer, January, Pneumonia Whaley, Lewis Age 3 months, male, white, MO, Tn, IL, November, Spinal Meningitis Wilkerson, Mrs. Age 23, female, white, married, Housekeeper, December, Pneumonia Williams, Nancy Age 28, female, black, married, laborer, June, ??? Exposure Young, Emily Age 45, female, black, married, Housewife, May, Spinal Meningitis BREKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP Bradford, Partheny Age 25, female, black, married, AL, AL, AL, Keeping House, April, Consumption, 10 years Burton, Ben Age 1, male, black, AR, VA, AR, Dropsy, 1 year Cook, John Age 13, male, white, AR Unk, Unk, October, Pneumonia Hall, Not Given Age not given, male, white, AR, AR, AL, February, Born Dead Harris, Not Given Age 0, female, black, AR, GA, AR, April, Born Dead Harris, Not Given Age 14 days, female, black, AR, GA, AR, June, Didn’t know, 14 days Harris, Not Given Age 14 days, male, black, AR, GA, AR, June, Didn’t know, 14 days (The above three Harris children were enumerated from the same household) Jones, Bint Age 77, male, white, farmer, April, Epilepsy Jones, William R. Age 55, male, white, married, TN, Unk, TN, Farmer, August, Erysipelas, 29 years Lemyers, Leua L. Age 3 months, female, white, AR, Al, AL, April, Pneumonia, 3 months Nance, Escar Age 1, male, black, AR, AR, AL, July, Fits, 1 year S(L?)aterfield, Unk Age 14 days, male, white, AR, TN, MS, August, Didn’t Know, 14 days Simmons, Jamie Age 21, male, white, single, AR, TN, AL, Farmer, April, Fits, 21 years Tapp, Malinda Age 24, female, white, GA, Unk, Unk, Keeping House, Child Birth, 8 years Taylor, Demallis Age 11, male, white, AR, MO, AR, Working on Farm, August, Horse Kick, 11 years CACHE TOWNSHIP Binnet, Likely Age 65, female, white, widowed, NC, NC, NC, At Home, June, Congestion of Stomach, 12 years Bray, Nancy E. Age 20, female, white, married, KY, KY, KY, Keeping House, March, Peritonitis, 2 years Bray, Thomas A. Age 1 year, male, white, AR, OH, KY, October, Fever, 1 year Burton, Emma Age 6 months, female, black, AR, MS, TN, April, Intermittent fever, 6 months Burton, Lethe Age 23, female, black, married, TN, Unk, TN, Keeping House, May, Consumption, 16 years Cooper, Catherine Age 35, female, black, married, KY, KY, KY, Keeping House, February, Pneumonia, 3 years Cooper, Samuel Age 1 month, male, white, AR, KY, MS, January, Hives Griffins, Not Given Age 1 month, female, white, AR, SC, AL, November, Inflammation of the Bowels, 1 month Haney, Elizabeth Age 25, female, white, married, AR, AR, AR, Keeping House, March, Dropsy, 25 years Horton, Sarah C. Age 21, female, white, married, TN, TN, TN, Keeping House, May, Consumption, 8 years Howard, Jackson Age 33, male, white, married, OH, OH, TN, Farmer, Pneumonia, 23 years Hughs, Not Given Age Not Given, male, white, AR, KY, KY, May, Still Born (Enumerated in the household of Hughs, Rebecca) Hughs, Rebecca J. Age 22, female, white, married, KY, KY, KY, Keeping House, May, Peritonitis, 10 years Narimore, Nancy Age 22, female, white, widowed, AR, Al, KY, At Home, April, Epilepsy, 22 years Pippinger, John H. Age 7, male, white, IN, OH, IN, November, measles, 7 years Rogers, Jane D. Age 60, female, white, widowed, AL, Ireland, VA, At Home, May, Chronic Rheumatism, 3 years Simmons, Elizabeth Age 28, female, black, married, AL, AL, AL, Keeping House, June, Apoplexy, 9 years Smith, Sarah A. Age 24, female, white, married, AR, AR, AR, Keeping House, May Peritonitis, 24 years Thomas, John Age 1, male, black, AR, GA, AR, January, Dropsy, 1 year Turner, Edward Age 78, male, black, widowed, VA, VA, VA, Farming, October, Bilious Fever, 45 years Wilkins, Mary Age 67, female, white, widowed, VA, VA, VA, At Home, April, Congestion of the Stomach, 14 years COWLAKE TOWNSHIP Beede, Baby Age 5 months, male, white, AR, NY, AR Breckenridge, ? Age 37, female, white, married, MO, Unk, Unk, House Keeping, August, Bilous Pneumonia, 25 years Brown, John A. Age 49, male, white, married, IN, Unk, Unk, November, Meningitis (Written next to his name – 4th Missouri E.D. 52) Cook, John Age 1 month, male, white Copeland, Malissa Age 1, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk Dennis, Catherine Age 60, female, white, KY, Unk, Unk, Consumption, 30 years Ford, Margret Age 32 or 22, female, white, married, TN, Unk, Unk, 11 years Frazier, Baby Age 1 month, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk Garland, M.C. Age 3, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, August, Dropsy Hammons, M.K. Age 14, female, white, MS, Unk, Unk, Pneumonia, 8 years Howard, Silas Age 41, male, white, married, TN, Unk, Unk, Pneumonia, 30 years Love, Barney Age 8 months, male, black, AR, KY, Unk, Cause Unknown Nance, Alexander Age 3 months, male, black, AR, AR, SC, April, Worm Fever, 1 year Not Given, ?? Age 27, female, white, married, AR, KY, Unk Not Given, Eddie Age 2, male, white, AR, KY(?), MS, 2 years Not Given, Irene Age 11, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk Not Given, Thadius Age 1, male, white, AR, MO, MO, August, Infantile Pneumonia Olds, Edwin Age 23, male, white, single, Wis, Unk, Unk, June, Killed by B. Bears (Written next to his name – 3rd TX E.D. 175) Ritzel, Adam Age 35, male, white, married, IN, May, Accidental Drowning (Written next to his name – 1st Indiana E.D. 106) Skates, J. B. Age 29, male, white, farmer, February Smith, E. J. Age 28, male, white, single, farmer Smith, E. L. Age 29, female, white, married, AR, GA, GA, Housekeeper, Dropsy of the heart, 13 years Smith, Eliza J. Age 34, female, white, married, housewife, December, Heart Disease Teague, Florence Age 10 months, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, February, Pneumonia Toddy, Baby Age 1 month, female, white, AR Wilson, Nancy Age 14, female, white, Georgia, Unk, Unk, February, Congestion of Lungs Wingt, Sterling Age 1, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, November, Diarrhea (Acute) (Written next to his name – 2nd Arkansas ED. 190) GLAIZE TOWNSHIP Cary, J. N. Age 10, male, black, AR, MS, AR, October, Pneumonia, 10 years Corbit, W. F. Age 25, male, white, AR, AR, AR, Farmer, March, Cebero Spinal Fluid, 3 months Davis, John Age 27, male, white, single, MO, Unk, Unk, Farmer, July, Drowned, 3 years Davis, M. C. Age 56, male, white, married, TN, TN,TN, Farmer, February, Affection of the Kidneys Henly, W. E. Age 3 months, male, white, AR, TN, AL, Hives Bold, 3 years Roberson, L. Age 1, female, white, AR, TN, KY, September, Don’t Know Shelley, T.E. Age 48, female, white, married, KY, KY, KY, Keeping House, April, Pneumonia, 18 years Stuart, C. Age 1 month, male, black, AR, TN, AR, September, Don’t Know Stuart, G.R. Age 1 month, female, black, AR, TN, AR, October, Don’t Know Stuart, Not Given Age 0, female, AR, AR, AR, Still Born Turman, James Age 10, male, white, Working on Farm, December, Congestion of Brain, 10 years Weatherford, L.R. Age 5, male, white, single, AR, KY, Unk, October, Unknown Causes, 5 years Wells, J. E. Age 8 months, male, white, AR, GA, AR, August, Not known Wood, Charles Age 10, male, white, IL, Unk, Unk, January, Pneumonia, 5 years JACKSONPORT TOWNSHIP Adams, William L. Age 15, male, black, AR, AR, Unk, March, Dropsy, 12 years Grant, Mary E. Age 52, female, white, widowed, IN, IN, IN, November, Flux, 18 years Hai??th???, Sallie Age 18, female, black, married, AR, TN, TN, February, Child Birth, 18 years Lamb, Charles Age 19, male, white, single, AR, KY, TN, April, Heart Disease, 19 years Lindsay, John Age 2 months, male, white, AR, MO, GA, August, Unknown Causes, 2 months Mansell, Mary Age 6 months, female, white, AR, August Not Given, Julia Age 13 days, female, black, AR, AR, AR, Unknown Causes (Enumerated from the same household as Robinson, ????) Richardson, Anna Age 5 months, female, white, AR, TN, KY, August, Teething, 5 months (Enumerated from the same household as Grant, Mary) Robinson, Bessie Age 3 months, female, black, AR, AR, MO, December, Temperature, 3 months (Enumerated from the same household as Grant, Mary) Robinson, Emeline Age 28, female, black, AR, Unk, Unk, Mar, Pneumonia, 20 years Shaw, Frank Age 21, male, black, AR, MO, VA, February, Consumption, 21 years Wainwright, M.E. Age 46, female, white, widowed, AL, VA, KY, November, Flux, 26 years (Enumerated from the same household as Lindsay, John) Walker, William B. Age 3, male, white, AR, KY, KY, August, Unknown Causes, 3 years Wilson, Fannie Age 17, female, white, TN, PA, TN, August, Scarlet Fever, 10 years JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP Anderson, Missouri Age 28, female, white, married, TN, TN, TN, November, Congestion, 3 years Brownwell, Vanburen Age 3, male, white, MO, PA, PA, July, Malarial Fever Bryant, Mary B. Age 6, female, white, AR, AR, AR, July, Scarlet Fever, 6 years Carr, William N. Age 48, male, white, married, TN, TN, TN, Farmer, February, Congestion Cartney, Francis Age 35, female, white, married, AR, AR, AR, July, Dropsy, 35 years Dean, Lizzie Age 10, female, white, TN, TN, NC, September, Pneumonia Everman, Jane Age 74, female, white, widowed, KY, VA, VA, July, Flux Gibson, Ann Age 44, female, black, married, VA, VA, VA, April, Dropsy, 1 month Hall, Ella Age 8 months, female, wthie, AR, KY, AR, August, Congestion, 8 months Harvey, Henry Age 5 months, male, black, AR, AR, AR, February, Spasms, 5 months Hogan, James Age 34, male, white, married, Farmer, June, Consumption Jones, Cornelius Age 1, male, black, AR, TN, AR, October, Unknown, Debility, 1 year Jones, Martha A. Age 31, female, white, widowed, VA, VA, VA, November, Pneumonia, 21 years Julian, Mary F. Age 1, female, white, IN, IN, IN, August, Unknown Causes Mathany, Nancy Age 38, female, white, widowed, NC, NC, NC, April, Bilious Fever, 6 months McConnell, Mary Age 2 days, female, white, AR, GA, AR, December, Unknown Causes, 2 days McDonald, Eliza Age 24, female, black, married, AR, AR, AR, May, Unknown Causes, 24 years McDonald, Not Given Age 4 days, male, black, AR, AR, AR, August, Unknown Causes, 4 days Murphy, Matthew Age 15 days, male, white, AR, MO, MO, July, Unknown Causes, 15 days Not Given, Annie Age 10 months, female, white, AR, GA, AR, December, Unknown Causes Not Given, Mollie P. Age 4, male, white, AR, AR, AR, February, Penumonia, 2 years Patterson, Dora Age 6 months, female, black, AR, TN, TN, July, Malarial Fever, 6 months Richardson, Susan Age 50, female, black, married, NC, NC, NC, August, Consumption, 16 years Smith, Not Given Age 1 day, female, white, AR, TN, TN, September, Unknown Causes Stallings, Arthur L. Age 1, male, white, AR, TN, NC, September, Inflammation of the Bowels Thompson, Lee Age 38, female, white, married, TN, NC, NC, Keeping House, January, Pneumonia, 26 years Williams, Bertha Age 6 months, female, white, AR, Al, AR, November, Bold Hives Wood, Auth?? Age 16, female, white, AR, AL, AL, February, Child Birth, 16 years UNION TOWNSHIP Allen, John W. Age 7, male, white, AR, father John Allen, Mother ??? Allen, February, Brain Fever Attenbury, Arminta Age 29, female, white, AR, MS, MO, January, Congestion of the Brain Barton, Milly Age 9 months, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, July, Cholera Infantum Barton, Willie Age 1 month, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, April, Convulsions Blackburn, B.F. Age 22, male, white, married, Farmer, June, Phthiriasis Pulmonitis Blackburn, Selphia Age 68, female, white, married, Farmer, June, ??? fever Bowen, Elmer Age 2, male, white, IN, IN, IN, March, Pneumonia Brook, Martha H. Age 2, female, white, NC, England, England, May, Congestion of Lungs Brown, Ella Age 1, female, black, AR, TN, AR, November, Pneumonia Brown, Mrs. M. Age 39, female, white, married, Housewife, May, Enteritis Buckalew, Ira Age 7, male, white, AR, SC, NC, April, Struck by Lightening Bufford, Lend Age 23, female, white, AR, TN, TN, October, Gastric Enteritis Bufford, Stella Age 7 months, female, white, AR, MO, MO, April, Inflammation of the Bowels Buford, Mark Age 3 months, male, white, AR, MO, AR, December, Inflammation of the Bowels Diffy, William Age 80, male, white, widowed, Farmer, April, Dropsy Drummond, Mary Age 2 months, female, white, AR, AR, AR, June, Hives Gibbs, Martha Age 32, female, black, married, Washer Woman, November, Injury to Head Griffin, Wesley Age 20, male, white, single, Laborer, August, Enteritis Grimes, May H. Age 2, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, August, Malarial Fever Heathcoat, May E. Age 32, female, white, single, AL, TN, SC, September, Typhoid Pneumonia Hewye, Mrs. Bettie Age 24, female, white, married, Housewife, March, ?????themia Hunt, Not Given Age 5, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, Warm Fever King, Cord Age 2, female, white, AR, MS, MS, August, Scarlet Fever Lassiter, Elizer June Age 20, female, white, married, TN, TN, TN, May, Malarial Fever Norwood, Not Given Age 10 days, female, black, AR, Unk, Unk, September, Malformation Parrish, Ida Age 2, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, August, Convulsions Patterson, Not Given Age 65, white, male, married, Cancer Doctor, November, R. R. Accident Robinson, Mary Age 36, female, white, single, Prostitute, June, Pneumonia Stout, Samuel Age 34, male, white, married, Laborer, April, Erysipelas Welch, Martha Age 23, female, white, married, Housewife, March, Consumption VILLAGE TOWNSHIP Arnold, Mary Age 14, female, white, AR, AL, GA, August, Scarlet Fever, 14 years Blalock, Jane Age 24, female, black, widowed, AR, AR, AR, Hiree, February, Pneumonia, 24 years Blaylock, M. J. Age 23, female, white, single, Farm Hand, February, Pneumonia Bodkin, Mrs. Age 31, female, white, married, Housewife, February, Colic Bodkins, Martha Age 22, female, white, married, MS, AL, AL, Housekeeping, January, Child Birth, 19 years Bond, Mrs. Nancy Age 40, female, white, married, Housewife, December, Child Birth Bond, Not Given Age 15 days, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, December, Unknown Causes Carter, Alice Age 9, female, white, AR, AR, NC, October, Scarlet Fever Darden, William Age 12, male, white, TN, TN, TN, Farming, November, Pneumonia, 5 years Duff, John Age 49, male, white, married, farmer, May, Dropsy French, W. C. Age 28, male, white, single, Farm Hand, February, Pneumonia Hale, Sarry J. Age 22, female, white, married, AR, AL, TN, Housekeeping, February, Pneumonia, 22 years Lutz, William Age 1, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, April Pneumonia McColaniel, James Age 52, male, white, married, farmer, October, Pnumonia, 10 years McGee, John Age 1, male, white, AR, Unk, Unk, September, Malarial Fever Melville, Annie Age 39, female, white, married, AR, Unk, Unk, Housekeeping, January, Pneumonia, 1 day Melville, David Age 61, male, white, widowed, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, Farmer, May, Shot, 1 day Melville, Samuel Age 6 months, male, white, AR, Ireland, AR, March, Yellow Thrash Morman, Francis Age 26, female, black, married, TN, VA, VA, Housekeeping, April, Consumption, 26 years No Name Age 0, female, white, AR, AL, NC, February, Still Born No Name Age 5 months, female, white, AR, KY, AR, December, Still Birth (Enumerated in same household as Russell, Elizabeth) Not Given, Nancy Age 5 months, female, black, AR, Unk, Unk, April, Pneumonia Robertson, N. Age 2 months, female, white, AR, Unk, Unk, February, Pneumonia Robison, Julian Age 1, female, black, AR, AR, AR, February, Not Known Russell, Elizabeth Age 34, female, white, married, TN, TN, TN, Housekeeping, August, Spinal Disease, 20 years Sampkins, Tennessee Age 27, female, white, married, AR, AR, AR, Housekeeping, February, Child Birth, 10 years Sutz, Sarah A. Age 10 months, female, white, AR, VA, VA, September, Pneumonia, 10 months Twin, Not Named Age 1 day, female, white, AR, TN, AR, November, Not Known Twin, Not Named Age 1 day, female, white, AR, TN, AR, November, Not known Apoplexy: Stroke of the brain, most often due to intracerebral hemorrhage. Bilious Fever: Relapsing fever form Typhoid or Malaria. Cholera Infantum: Disease of infants with vomiting, watery diarrhea, fever, and collapse. Colic: Spamodic pains of the abdomen often associated with crying and irritability. Consumption: Tuberculosis which results in wasting of the tissues of the body. Convulsions: Violent jerking of the face, trunk or extremities. Debility: Weakness, lack of movement or staying in bed. Dropsy: Edema (swelling) often caused by Kidney or heart disease. Enteritis: Inflammation of the intestine, especially of the small intestine. Epilepsy: Convulsions with impaired consciousness. Erysipelas: Acute skin disease with hot, red, swollen skin lesions and severe weight loss Fits: Sudden appearance of some symptom such as coughing or convulsions. Flux: Discharge of a large amount of fluid from a cavity (diarrhea). Hemorrhage of the Bowels: An escape of blood through vessel walls. Hives: Eruption of wheals due to an allergic reaction. Hydrocephalus: Excessive fluid on the brain which may result in an enlarged head and atrophy of the brain. Malarial Fever: Usually transmitted by the bite of infected mosquito leading to chills, high fever, and can be fatal. Meningitis: Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. Metroperitonitis: Inflammation of the uterus involving the peritoneal cover. Peritonitis: Inflammation of the sac that lines the abdominal cavity. Phthiriasis Pulmonitis: Lice infestation causing an inflammation of the lungs Rheumatism: Obselete term for rheumatic fever or a term applied to pan of the musculoskeletal system. Scarlet Fever: Marked by fever and an eruption of red color of the face and membranes of the mouth. Scrofula: Tuberculosis of the neck glands, slow progression, abscess and puss develops. Teathing (Teething): Infections of the teeth. Typhoid Fever: An acute infectious disease with continuous fever, skin eruptions, and diarrhea. Whooping Cough: An acute infection of the throat with severe coughing which ends with a noisy inspiratory spasm.