Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-12
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DiarrhGal diseases, typhoid fever, malartaI
levers. Scarlet fever, diphtheria and smallpox.
SIT Will be Seen by an examination of the above
That we stana fifth highest in our showing OF the
foT ih se from the pnspa zymoc dis
show higher death-rate are Pittsburg New York,
Brooklyn and Baltimore. st. Louis and Jersey
Cincinnati and Milwaukee each less than two In
LOCO below us, while the mean annual rate for the
whole taken tax together stands seven hundredths
words the 10000 population OF the District OF
Columbia during the time covered In this state
rate OF 1922 per 1000. while the 4esa lO7 pOpula-
lation OF the fourteen communities named lost
oS4, or at the rate Of 10 q per 1000 per annum;
demonstrate very clearly that what is accom-
pl1shed by Washington malaria here, is rendered
We have no reeking streets and foul cutters Our
surface-Sol and subsoil is generally wel-drained;
our dwellings are, as rule, Wei drained and
properly ventilated, and we guard against accu-
mutations OF filth There is no city In this coun-
try where the health authorities are held to such
there is none where SO much has been accomplished
by sanitary reform. With the Potomac flats
nuisance removed from our doors, we would stand
par excellence the most healthful, as well as the
most beautiful, city In the world"
IMPURE ARADEFEcT1vE DRAINAGE, ETC.
He states what has been done in the way OF
inaugurating system OF plumbing inspection;
rectes the operations of that branch of the service;
W SuOJecG OF nOC-alr Supply DWELL
1ngS, and says that many OF our dwellings have
defective stoves, furnaces and atrobes which emit
impure air into our sleeping and dining rooms;
US, and no necessity exists for breathing that
which has been once breathed by the cook, which
has passed over the viands Travelled through the
ihtersticeS OF tobacco and come out with the smoke
OF cigar. He gives the diseases which are devel-
oped by the Inhalation OF impure air. ON the sub
ject OF defective drainage and house sewers. he
states that tendency to improvement is being
made, and shows the defects which have been
or the garbage system and removal of ofrals he
uwells at some length, and says Jnat many OF the
former troubles have been overcome in this SER
vice.
MISCELLANEOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.
He states that the manure heaps throughout the
city are fruitful source Of nuisance and shows
the necessity for its removal to the county, where
1t is needed On the subject OF food inspection he
advocates the appointment OF live stock inspec-
tor and the erection of the an abattoir. The
nature and extent OF cur marine products In
given: also tables showing the workings OF the
pound service OF last year He invites the atten-
curing legislation to remedy defect In the act OF
June IS, 1873. "to create revenue In the District
Of Columbia by !evying tax on all dogs therein"
&C., and provide for the proper enforcement
thereof In 1879 the receipts from this source
amounted to SIC, II; in 1880 was reduced to
s597 o. and last year it only reached S. 1856 ss-as
comgaIed with 1879 clear loss to the district Of
UPON THE SUBJECT OF VITAL STATISTICS
he says: The population OF the District OF Colum-
bia on June 30, 1881, was estimated at $4,000
white, 12l 800; coiored, l,760) This estimate is
reached by calculating the increase in the same
ratio as that given by the census OF 1850 for the ten
years preceding The percentage OF increase per
soSs that Of the c s population az; White
population, 259. During the year ended June 80.
1881, there occurred In the District OF Columbia
males, l,0s6 white females, aa colored males
and 1910 colored females. showing an annual