National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-23
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Reports Of Committees and Of the B. gistrar.

Reports Of Committees and Of the Be registrar.
The board met last evening at o'elcck; DR..
Chris O. Coz, the president, in the chair. Tne
minutes Of the last meeting were read and up
proved.
DR.. Cox, from the sanitary olice COMMITTEES, 70
whom was referred the communication from mea-
issl Sanitary Inspector Stewart, asking thst IN
view OF the additional time and labor required Oh
him in Sc curing data for the records ottne regis
trar, he be furnished with expe ii'iou' traasPOr-
talon facilities, reported:
The sanitary police committee, after eare'ui
consideration Of the request oil the medlcal sani-
ary inspector are or the opinion that at the pres
ent time the expense Of furnishing transportation
asked for would be too great, and therefore feel
compelled to decline the request Inc report
MI. Marpury, the treasurer, submitted bills to
the amount Of S279.77, which were approved anu
DR.. Verdi, from the committee on inspection OF
food, reported that, the committee to whom was
to state that they find nothing in said report re-
fecting upon the ability Of the present inspector
of food. But 70 avoid ambiguity or misconstiue-
tion, your committee takes pleasure IN statlng
that said inspectors have, on all occasions, per
formed their duty tntelligently ana emclenuy,
and that the want Of qualifications SPOKEN oi IN
said report refers to the proposed plan OF inspect
ing food in the scientific manner OF analysts and
microscopists, and not 10 the valuable practlcal
service rendered BY them heset0os ne report
The report Of the registrar of vital statistics was
then submitted, Of which tho following Is synop-
sis: Total number OF deaths 70; adults, white male,
S; female, 10; colored, male, O. female TO- minors,
white male, s; female s; colored male, 49, female,
10; undes one month old, white o. colored, Z; from
one month to one year, white, o.; colored, 5; from
one to two years. white, S; colored, 8; Two 70
three years, white, o; colored, 2; three TO iour
years, white, 8; cOlored, 2; Jour 70 nTe years,
white, o; colored, /; i've to ten years, white .
above ten years, white, 2; colored, l; above
years, white, 4; colored, 5; above forty years,
white, /; colored 2; above fifty years, white, l;
colored 0; above sixty years, white 8; colored, 2;
above seventy, white, 2 eolored, Q; above eighty,
the District of Columbia, 81 of the United States
of Ireland, 1 OF England, and OF Germany.
The principal causes Of death were: Scarlatina, L;
fever, l; typho maIarlal fever, l; diarrhoes, 4:
syphilis (congenital) 1; cancer uterus, !; maras-
mus, 1; phthisis pulmonalls, II; tables mesen-
terica, l; tubercular meningitis, 2 tuoerculsr
pertontis, l; tubercular enteritis, l. apopexy, 2;
insanity, 1; commissions, Qnfantile,) 4; trismus
nascentium, 3; congestion Of the brain, ]; Valvular
disease Of the heart 3; rupture Of jugular vein, l.
tion OF the lungs, . nephrfa (Brights disease,) i
debility, (congenital,) /; hemorrhaRe, (postpar-
tem,)1 puerperal pertonitis !; debility, tseniiel
8; burned, /. The mortality for the week enaing
October 10, 1875, was seventy.siX, 1.-TWO more than
last week. or at the rate of 2470 per 1000 per an
mum; 1874 per cent. Of the deaths were from
zymotic diseases, 27.63 from constitutional, 3slo
from local, lisa from developmental and 26S from
violence. The rate OF mortality Of the white
population was 1881 per 900 per annum, while
the mortality Of the cOlored population was 1898
per 1000 for the same period, Rate OF increase OF
the white population by births over deaths, 452
per 900; while the decrease OF the colored popu
laton by deaths over births was SsI per l,OcO per
annum.
communications, and the board adjourned until
Tuesday next, at O'Clock D,