Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-16
HEALTH STATISTICS
THE ILLS THAT FLESH Is HEIR TO
In CALIFORNIA.
Monthly Circular of the State Board
of notwithstanding Dis
eases-Death Rate.

Gerard G. Tyrrell, NJ. D., Permanent
Secretary of the California State Board OF
Health, in his monthly circular on the
health of the State, says:
Reports received from seventy-nine local
tiles return a mortality for the month of
October of 902 decedents, in an estimated
population of 725. $50, giving the remark
ably small monthly percentage of 1.24 per
thousand, or an annual death rate of IA SS.
We believe that this is lower percentage
of deaths than will be found in any State
within the Union for the month of Octo-
ber The deaths for the month from iufec-
tons or zymotic diseases, including typhoid
fever, did not reach one-tenth of the total
mortality, which shows bow remarkably
free the State is from any epidemic disease
with fatal tendency.
Consumption, as usual, holds the highest
place in our mortality record; 143 deaths
being attributed to it, which is an increase
over the previous month.
Pneumonia also shows an increase, hay-
ing caused forty-seven deaths in October
This may be attributed 10 the meteorolog-
ical changes during the month, causing an
increased number of persons to be attacked
by the disease rather than to any malignity
in its type.
Bronchitis was fatal to fifteen decedents.
Congestion of the lungs caused eight
deaths.
Diarrhea and dysentery was fatal in
twenty instances, which is an increased
mortality from this cause over that of the
month previous.
Cholera infantum records thirty deaths.
which is large mortality so late in the
season. August and September had the
same number of decedents from this cause
Diphtheria was fatal in twenty-six in
stances, an increase over last months re-
port OF these, four died in Los Angeles.
four in Santa Barbara, three in Oakland
five in San Francisco, two in Watsonville
and one each in Alameda, Downey, Nevada
Pasadena, Pomona, Rocklin, Sacramento,
aud San Bernardino.
Group caused fourteen deaths. As these
were probably all the result of diphtheritic
infection, the fatality from this preventable
disease is quite prominent feature in our
death record.
Whooping-cough caused two deaths.
Scarlet fever is credited with three deaths
-one in Marysvilia, one in Truckee, and
one in San Francisco.
Measles was tatai il one instance.
Smallpox caused two deaths, both in
San Francisco.
Typho- malarial fever is credited with six
deaths.
Typhoid fever had fatality of thirty
six, which is g decrease from last report.
San Francisco is credited with thirteen of
these fatal cases, Los Angeles five, Sacra-
mento four, Redding two and one each in
San Diego, Anaheiu, Santa Ana, Santa
Barbara, San Beruardino, Watsonvilie,
Riverside Placerville, Truckee, Oakland,
Napa and Chico.
Remittent fever caused six deaths-two
in San Francisco, and one each in Oakland,
San Diego, San Bernardlno and Santa Ana.
Cerebro-spinal fever was fatal in eleven
instances, which is an increase over the re-
port for September. Seven of these were
reported from Oakland, one from Chico,
one from lgo, one from San Francisco, and
one from Santa Rosa.
Epysipelas caused no deaths.
Heart disease caused 30 deaths.
Cancer was fatal in Is instances.
Alcoholism caused nine deaths
The folloEing to~ps report no deaths
dnring the month: Alturas, Castroyille.
Cedarviile, E.na Mills, Lockeford, North
Bloomfield, Rosevile and Forest Hill.
Reports received from 81 localities are
sipguiarly united III the assertion of the re-
poiters that there was no sickness worth
speaking OF ID lHelr SeFerai neiCS OF pTac-
tice, ana this assertion seems founded upon
fact when compared with the reports of
mortality from acute disease.
Cholera infantGm wss observed in many
localities in sporadic form, and is mentioned
in reports from Wheatiand, Elsinore, Lodi,
Bakersfield, Colfax, Gonzales, Nevada City,
Anaheim, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pomona,
Salinas, Sacramento. Santa Ana. Santa
Rosa, and San Francisco. The season is
late Tor this disease to be SO prevalent, but
may be owing 20 the increased temperature
over normal that prevailed throughout the
month.
Diarrhea and dysentery seem also to
have been quite marked in several locali-
ties. In Sacramento, Nicolaus, Cedarville.
Brownsville, Wheatland, Aerced, Lake
port, Lockeford, Tnlare, Redding. Igo, Le-
moore, Lincoln, Williams. Red Bluff,
Fresno, Downey, San Bernardino, Benicia,
Newcastle, Bodie San Francisco, and other
places, they have been quite noticeable
from their frequency, but not from their
fatality, as the type has been mild and
yielded readily to appropriate remedies.
Scarlet fever was guile prevalent in Sac.