Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-20

ma Stckliest Month In the Year show
Failing or I'm Deaths.

rhe Slckliest Month In the Year SHOWS
a Falling OF I'm Deaths
According to the monthly bulletin of the
State board of health July rs the sickliest
month of the year. The month this year,
however, shows much lower death rate than
July of last year; the figures being 1871 as
against 81 of year ago; equivalent to diff
ference in the total mortality of 3ss lives.
This difference is largely due to the diminish
ed number of diarrhoeal diseases. And this
in turn is due to different meteorological con-
ditions, especially to lower temperature and
drier atmosphere. The daily mean tenn
perature for last month was only 3.3; in July
of last year it was 74.5. The rainfall was
1.76 inches; year ago it was 4.66 inches.
AS the temperature of July has been SO
much lower than the average it is reasonable
to expect that the temperature of August Will
be higher, with some corresponding increase
of mortality.
But one case of smallpox has occurred since
I the publication of the last bulletin. A new
born infant contracted the disease from its
mother and died. With this exception the
outbreak in Norwalk was prevented by the
energetic and judicious action of the health
authorities from spreading after the first case
was recognized.
Scarlet fever occurred in Branford, Bridge
port, Hartford, Madison, Middletown, Nor
walk and Stonington, with eleven fatal cases
lin seven towns as against thirteen towns in
June.
Diphtheria is reported from Bridgeport,
| Bristol, Danbury, Derby, East Windsor, En-
| field, Pennington, Greenwich, Hartford New
| Hartford, Litchfeld, Meriden, Middletown,
| New Haven, Norwalk, Norwich, Stamford,
Scotland, Sufield, Waterbury and Windsor
Il r L. 41rr, Sv1ot
| IA last month.
L Typhoid fever was mentioned as present in
Danbury, Hartford, Guilford. Killingworth,
Manchester, Naugatuck, New Britain, Port
land, Wallingford, Waterbury and Wind
ham, with IA deaths-11 towns against in
| June.
The total number of deaths in July reported
from 1853 towns, with an estimated population
of 100, 551, is 1,151, representing, as stated
above, an annual death rate of 1871 per
| thousand.
The following towns are reported as hav-
| ing no deaths in July: Bethany, Bolton, Boz
| rah, Chaplin, Eastford, East Haven, CRANKY,
Hartland, Harwinton, Hebron, Kent, Lis
bon. Madison, Mansfield, Marlborough, Mid
dleSury, New Fairfield, Old Lyme, Pros
pect, Salem, South Windsor, Sterling,
Trumbull, Union, Voluntown, Warren,
| Washington, Wolcott.
The mortality in public institutions of the
II
| 4, in New Haven IA, and in Stratford 6.
The registrars of the towns of Beacon
Falls, Norfolk, North Stonington, Saybrook
and To1rington failed to make any report for
the month.
Veteran Reunions.
First H. A., companies 81, "stB," and "The
Band" Waterbury, September 10.
Naval Veteran association, Seaside Park,
Bridgeport, Saturday, August %.
First. Conn. 81. A., Co. F, Indian Neck,
August 81.
Second G.. H. A., Norfolk, Sept. IS.
First Connections Light Battery, Milford,
Aug. 80.
Sept. Is.
Eighth G. ", Norwalk.. Sept. A.
Tenth G. v, South Norwalk, Sept. 6.
Twelfth e. ", Savin Rock, Sept. 8.
Fourteenth G. v, New London, Septega-
Fifteenth G. y. at Meriden, August 30.
Sixteenth @. v, Compounce lake, Bristol,
Sept II.
Seventeenth c. ", Norwalk, August g.
Twentieth G. ". Hills Homestead. Savin
Rock, Aug. 80.
Twenty G. ", savin Rock, Aug.
29th