National Republican., 1876-10-16
BOARD OF HEALTH,
.rths and Deaths Within One Mont

A special meeting of the Board of Health
was held at their rooms last Saturday evening
Present: Professor Lapgston, DR.. Bliss and Mr..
Marbury.
In the absence of the president and secre-
tary, Professor Langston was called to the
chair, and Chief Clerk Daniel s. Jones acted
as secretary.
A weeks holiday was granted the health
officer, and DR.. Bliss empowered to act during
his absence, and in case of his absence any
other member of the board was empowered to
act.
Mr.. Marbury, from the finance committee,
reported bills amounting to s7.79; which were
approved and ordered to be paid.
The following is a synopsis of the operations
of the health office for the week ending Oc-
tober7: Nuisances reported, 522; referred, so;
abated, 426; referred to Commissioners, s;
official notices issued, 25; causes of death in
vestigated, z; pecuniary conditions inyesti-
gated, 10; burials at public expense, 9; causes
of zymotic diseases investigated, 5, viz: ty-
phoid fever, 5; typho mslarisl fever, 2; premi-
ses found sanitary, l; unsanitary, 4; tons of
garbage removed, lbs; dead animals removed,
n; privies cleaned, 79l. Inspections -9,625
bushels oysters, 1920 punches fish; condemna-
80 pounds beef, IL pounds mutton, 4S pounds
bacon, 10 pounds veal, Is dozen corn, duzen
cucumbers, z egg plants, 737 cabbages, 155
wstermelons; Z cantaioupes, % bushels of
miscellaneous vegetables. malsimpounded,
90; redeemed, "a; killed, 75; amount realized,
S25. The frame structures and premises on the
corner of Second and NJ streets southeast and
1926 in alley between Ninth and Tenth and n
and o streets northwest, and 2122 street
northwest we're declared nuisauces, and the
health officer ordered to abate the same.
The statement Of mortality in the District
for the month of September was submitted,
and shows the following: Total deaths, $40.
White, males, 81; females, S5; colored, males,
81; females, 90; total males, 174; females, 175;
total Whit es, 1i2; colored, III. Annual death
rate per / 600 0duriug the month, 25.175. The
principal causes of death were: Cholera in
fantum, 10; diarrhGs, 10: diphthcria, {; dys-
entery, 10; bilious fever, l; corgestive fever,
1; intermittent, 3; remittent, 4 scarlet, 3;
typhoid, B; typho malarial, q: cancer, 3; rheu-
matism, ?: phthisis pulmoDalis, As: apoplexy,
6; congestion of brain, S; paralysis, l; tetanus,
/; trismus pascensium, IL; heart disease, u;
bronchitis, 3; congestion of lungs, 2; pneu-
monia, II; dentiLion, 10; Bright's disease, 8;
carbuncle, l; old age, 1G; premature births, 3;
violence, s; infanticide, l. OF this number IS
were less than month old, 13j under years,
"a under 20 years. Natives of this District,
210; other portions of the United States, 103;
England, /; Germany, 9; ireland, 1S Italy, 1;
Scotland, ,; Spain, ,. The mortality of the
District of Columbia for the month of Sep
tember was less than corresponding month OF
last year, or at the rate of 2G.175 per
1000 per annum. Decrease of the population
by deaths over births (reported) was is, or at
the rate of 1850 per 900 per annum; 55.53
per cent. of the deaths were from Zymotc dis
eases, 20.GS from constitutional, S3.52 from
local, IA from deyelopmental and 2.5S from
violence. Rate of mortality of the white popu-
lation was 17.94S per 1000 per annum, while
the mortality of the colored population was
a 200 per 900 for the same period. Rate of
decrease of the white population by deaths
over births reported 1900 pei 200 per an
mum, while the decrease of the colored popu-
lation by deaths over births was II 466 per
1000 per annum. For the same period there
were 33l births; white male, lis; female, 50;
colored male, 7Si female, 81. Marriages, 50;
white, 21; colored, So.
The board then adjourned.