The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-08
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
BULLETIN OF THE SURGEON GEN.
ERAL UNITED STATES MARINE
.. HOSPITAL SERVICE.

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: bulletin Of the public health. for the wee
7 ending November 30, issued by the Surge0
g General, and received by mail yesterday:
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL,
- Marine Hospital Service
G Washington. December L. 1878,
+ YELLOW FEVER.
During the week ended November 20 yer,
, the Infected points
. At Mobile there were three cases and on
death
At New Orleans there were eight deaths
! | NO new cases reported.
At Memphis there were two deaths
At GreenWlle, Miss, one death-a refugee
B0ston,-For the week ended November 81
there were - deaths from all causes, being
an average annual death rate OF 221 per t00l
OF Inc population. There were thirteen cases
OF scarlet fever and five deaths, fourteen eases
Or diphtheria and seven deaths, and three
deaths from enteric fever.
GORnect0Ht.-Ihe report of the State Board
| Tor October shows ~ deaths in New Haven
and G6 in Hartford; 81 per cent of the deaths
were from preventabe Diseases generally
tfaceable to uDsanitary conditions. In Orange
a whole family were seriously poisoned by
well water contaminated by a drain from q
| sink.
| Brookign.-For tho week ended November %
the total deaths were 1874 an average annual
death rate Of 172. There were 81 cases of
| SCHtltb FEVER anu , deaths, Al cases OF
| dlphtheria and II deaths. and GO deaths from
| diseases q the respiratory system.
| Phitddetphid.-1 were 295 deaths from
all causes in the week ended November 23-an
average annual death rate of 17.5 There
were IL deaths from scarlet fever and II from
| diPhtheria.
| Acknowledging the week ended Noyem-
| Der % there were log deaths from all causes
| an annual death rate of 1916 per 1000. Diph-
iberia caused deaths; scarlet and enteric
fnynDG ar,Iy ,ht 10
| District Of Columbia The average annual
death rate for October was 249 Preyentabe
diseases caused nearly one-third of all the
deaths.
November g. there were % deaths,
an average annual ratio of lG45 per 1000 OF
the population In the week ended Novem-
Der 30 there were 20 Deaths ratio Of l3 1G
per 1000.
Clcuetand, Ohio-For the week ended No
vember 80 the total deaths were Sc, q mortal
ity rate Of 119 per 1000. There were 25 cases
OF diphtheria and Is deaths; cases of scarlet
fever and deaths.
Mtrdukee, Wis.-Week ended November
%, total deaths 3G, mortality rate 152 There
were ~ cases Of diphthera and 2 deaths
ST. Louis, Mo For the week ended Novem-
Der 16, in an estimated population of 100000
there were SO deaths reported. an annual
average death rate Of 8G3 per 1000. In the
preceding week the average death rate was
lO5.
Charleston, s. C.-W Week ended November %
Total deaths 81 mortality rate 49,
SdrdnHnh, Ga.-Week ended November t.
Total deaths IL; annual rate 49,
Selma, AM-Ihe annual rate of deaths per
1000 Tor July was 407, for August 50, for Sep
telnber 81, and for October %.
NeW Ortcdns Lu.- For the four weeks
ended November II the deaths from all causes
were respectively 80, 1913, 154, 1875; the deaths
from yellow fever were III 60, 81. 20. from
nmalarial,, fevers y, y, Il, 7, from phthisis
10. 10. %, II. Annual rate OF mortality for the
four weeks was 4O for the week ended No |
vember II 344.
Harana, Cuba.-In the week ended Novem |
Der % there were 5 deaths from yellow fever
and from smallpox
Bermndn-No deaths occurred in popula-
ton OF 10, 200 during the week ended Novem-
Der &C. -
Rio De Jnneuo- Total deaths for the four
weeks ended November 2, 1897, being a NOR
tality rate of 55. n per 1000. There were 40
deaths from smallpox, deaths from typhus,
j. from enteric, "a from "pernicious" and 10
from yellow fevers The SMALLPOX is rapinp
with great intensity in the province Of Ceara.
B"htd-FOr the week ended October 81
there were 81 deaths, mortality rate of % 6
per 1000. The deaths include from small
pox and from typhus fever
NWDpo, China, a city of 400 600 Inhabitants.
has no health board or hospital. The prevail
ng diseases are Diarrhna, entPric and ty-
phus levers, consumption, smallpox and
cholera. The latter disease does not prevail
epidemically.
Singapore The port and island are report
% rec from Infectious diseases up TO O2to-
Vtenna.-For the two weeks ended Novem-
,er there were 692 deaths from all causes
lnnual death rate Of "a. Is per 1000 The deaths
include 10 from smallpox, II from enteric
ever, from scarlet fever and 80 from dph-
IBERIA.
Gibraltar. Week ended October 20 there .
we're 30 deaths, q mortality rate of 2G.3 i,
ofrem BruaiR For the three months ended ,
september 30 there were 129, 1873 deaths in Eng .
and from all causes, being an average annual a
ate OF 2o6 deaths in lO00<of the population. :
2 20 large cities and towns the rate for =
ne quarter year was 23.7, % per cent y
1 the total deaths were from pre- = :
entable diseases, There were 17,52s !
eaths from darrhna, 1913 from scarlet u
9ver, 27l9 from other fevers, G49 from dph-
IBERIA and 179 from smallpox. All but l6 of !,
ne fatal cases OF small pox occurred in Lon "
on ana us Immediate vicinity The percent b.
go OF deaths from diarTheea was 81 per 1000 81
the residents OF cities against 5 Der 1000
| the rural districts.
In twenty large English cities and towns. ~
avlng an aggregate population Of 100000, h
eeks preceding November was successive r
: 20, ZIG, % and H.3; the increase be- r
e due to the greater fatality OF pulmonary t.
seaSpS, ~,
London.-The deaths from all causes for the u
n 1000 in the city proper and to 1873 in the 80
lburbs. There were 1l9 cases of smallpox v,
the hospitals and 8 deaths. Eight out of -
e deaths We're certified as unvacc- ~
tied. IL
LiuerpoOt-For the week ended November ~ =,
there were 1853 deaths an average annual a. a.,
ath rate OF 25.7 per 1000 Scarlet fever VII
used 81 deaths, enteric fever 8, diph-
eria d. J
death rate per 1000 for the 40 q.
eek ended November was 49, Nearly 80 IL
T cent OF the deaths were due to pulmonary WI
5eases.
death rate has continued ..ni
eadily at 81 per 1000 for six weeks Ia;
ireland. the three months ended Sep IN
nber 30 the whole number of deaths was WI
39O-an annual rate Of 152 per 1000 Diar-
-ea caused 708 deaths and smallpox 249 {
me preventable diseases caused 1874 of the CA
al deaths. mr.
)ubitn.-For the two weeks ended Novem- -, :
: g. the deaths from all causes was 296-a 81
'rtality rate of 245. There were 8 deaths
m