The Washington bee., 1892-07-30
DEATHS.

ending July 2ofu, IoSz'
Number of deaths, 159; white, I;
colored, IS. Death rate per
1000 per annum: white, 25.7;
colored, 48.7. Total population,
$500, 81 were under five years Il
age; So were under one year Old
and % over so years. 80 of the
deaths occurred IN hospitals aid
public institutions.
| The deaths by classes were as
follows: Zymotic, 81; constitu-
tional, 25; local, 81; develop
mental, 9 violence, 6.
The principal cluses OF death
were: Group, 0; diphtheria, 3;
consumption, Is; diarrhoeal, 80;
erysipelas, 0; typhoid fever, 4;
maIarial fever. 1: scarlet fever, o;
pneumonia, 3; congestion OF tie
longs. 0; bronchltis, 3; meas
sles. 0; whooping cough, 0;
meningitis, 0; cancers, 8; alcohol
ism 0.
Births reported: % white males,
IA while females; 15 colOrcd
males, % cOlored females.
Marriages reported: 20 white:
1 colored. Still births reported;
l white: 4 c0lored.
A material improvement In the
health If the city tOlk place the
pas, week AS compared with that
IT the previous week. II was
matter of c1ngrJtulatiOn at the
Health Department 10 note that
from a total of 194 deaths during
the week before the number fell
to 159 last week. Although this
is above the average as against
the record Of previous similar Pc
riOdS of time, a decline in the
death~rate from 40 80 to $50 was
a change in the right dir, ction
especially considering The very
unusually ho. weather and in face
of an uudemiably rapid increase in
p1pu Iatlon of The city. While
105 babieS died in the preceding
week, there were 81 deaths among
those under five years of age, two
thirds of whom were under one
year old. The mortality among
old people OF sixty years aud over
was but % out oi the whole num-
btT, thus showing that the heated |
term does no: affect the aged as
severey y as l. does the young
children. All who can do so are |
advised 20 take The babies to cool |
places outside of the city, aud a
way from the exhalatlOns of the
boiling asphalt, where wholesome
milk and olher diet can be had |
Unfor' unately there are many
who cannot leave their homes in
town. These should employ all
available means to obtain pure
fresh milk, and where infant food
preparations are used only those
OF the best manufacture and repu-
tatiOn should be administered.
The hygienic conditions for the
week as shown by the reports il
lustrate the prevalence of the law
OF compensation. In the matter
of disease and death when a GER
tain class of maladies prevail, 9TH
ers seem to be held in abeyance.
We thus see that in the face of a
high percentage of dIarrhOeal
eases, the contagious diseases have
subs ded. The ouly noticeable
cases were the three deaths from
diphtherla reported this we.k,
which all occurred in the same
family in the West End and all
OF whom died within a few hours
Of each other.
The reports of the cholera west
ward still continue. This malady
has reached the towns On the
southern coast of the Black Sea
and is now threatening Europe
both by way of Russia on the
North and France aud Italy on
the South. London Medical iour-
nails still insist that the disease
which in Paris is called "choIerine
Is only y tenn devised by the
French doctors to cover up from
the travelling public the presence
OF the dread visitor in that civ.
Tie Health Officers of our large
cities are on the alert and by or.
ders from the United State Treas.
ury Department close inspections
aud thorough fumigations are di-
rected to be observed.
While during this heated spell
cases OF sunstroke are frequent in
other cities, it is now plain that
the wide streets of Washington
with many shaded squares and /
miles OF shady streets render such
cases very rare. Up to the pres.
ent time but one fatal case has
been reported.