The sun., 1890-07-10
A rEArs VITAL STATISTICS.
How Many OF Us Were Born. and How
Many Died or Were Married.

For the first time in fifteen Years the Board
OF Health hns issued au annual report Hither-
10 its reports have been quarterly, but recently
President Wilson decided that more accurate
idea OF the city e health statistics would he OBJ
tanned from a yearly statement The report
lust issued for the year 1889 contains n great
deal OF interesting Information, anG some that
will be surprising to the average citizen.
The Sanitary Bureau reports 3G3.S75 insnoc-
uvns 26.S95 causes Of complaint returned. and
1888 complaints from citizens The milk in
spections numbered ASH. aud 6324O speci-
mems we're examined Only ~ complaints re-
suited. Six thousand two hundred and eighty
four quarts of adulterated milk were destroyed.
however. and 1923 persons we're arrested OF
these 300 wero held in bail for examination or
trial, and sl0,53j was collected In fines.
The fruit and food inspectors had q great
deal OF work. They made 1877 complaints as
the result OF 1896 inspections, and seized and
condemned 1,49563o pounds OF fruit and food.
including:
& tS3 p%uS PSn"d Pe2e spp
pounds S soI E0Sn sSps
Melons rNeo pounds onons $500 pounds; assorted
cheese ZOO pounds.
The meat and fish inspectors seizod 1.7G3. .2s3
pounds of meat and fish, OF whioh the Inter
mnde UP of l17lG2 pounds Of beef, 2lG,2!o
pounds Of veal. s9.953 pounds OF mutton. only
1890 pounds 2 p9rk l2S5o q p9psds ls 0 Gon
Of sausage. 6t tho orders given by the SAM;
l4.G29 were not. Seventeen thousand five hum
dred and nine night ,insuections OF tenement
tec;inR overcrowding. and in COS cases orders
were issued 70 reduce the number OF occupants
in 9om o the usual as ba5 II
obstruction OF fire escapes, ceSspools danger
Gus or obstructed chmneys, broken or nlthy
floors. li.503 were abatcd Tho carcasses of
G,942 horses, 2,463 calves, 49, 765 dogs and cats,
and 600 sheep were removed from the streets:
Twenty-three thousand three hundred and
fity-three cases OF contagious disease. In
Guiding l.41i Of typhoid fever. .s.s49 Of scarlet
ieverf q ii3 Of measles, G4S9 OF diphtheria. l2S Is
OF cerebo-spinal meningitis Of small poN ~
OF yaricella and OF p0rtussis were reported.
and 3,s22 deaths ensIci; There wore 26'336
pst ana & wGre
26,245 and disinfected s3.452 rooms. One hum
dred and eighty;two miles OF subway cuts and
bovine vaccine virus s2,450.22 was received.
The summer corps visited 26452O persons and
prescribed for lG,14S.
The Bureau OF Vital Statistics received IA 400
marriage certificates for entry. There were
1882 births and 39,5S3 deaths, reported Only
OF the deaths reported 25.42s occurred in ten.
ement houses. 1881 in Institutions. 5.29S in
dwellings containing less than three families,
500 In hotels and boarding houses, and 663 un-
classified. The, greatest number Of deaths
were due TO- phthisls with pneumonia second
In the list. In spite Of the talk about tho pre-
valence Of general paresis. only 29S deaths are
attributed to it; $50 persons died in delrium
tremens. IA OF opium poisoning. 80 by ilumin-
ating gas. Al by other poisons. 2l4 by drown
ing. 80 on railroads. 81 were run over. IS were
suiIocnted. 244 committed suicide, At were
clubbed to death. 9 were stabbed. IA were shot
died OF trichinosis, and s were judicially
hanged The greatest mortally occurred dur
ing the week ending uly l3, which corresponds
to the present one. The mean temperature
during that week was 1922 The greatest
number Of deaths occurred In the Nineteenth
ward. Ireland contributed most to the death
record. the United States next, Germany q
close thiri. .Eighty.five Germans 66 native
Americans. 1S 1rishmen. 4 Frenchmen. IL
HunRRrians. s Englishmen and ~ unknown
persons committed suicide There were nearly
five times as many male as female suicides:
Ten persons di ed at an age exceeding 100
years. and five had lust covered a, century:
Nine OF these centennarians were widows; and
the Oldest was 10. She was the only colored
person In the list. Out Of 39.5S3 bodies 33.961
were buried outside the city limits.
The report is q mass OF figures carefully ar
ranged 1t Ia bound in blue paSteboard,