Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-27
HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT.
Material Improvement Last Week Cor
pared With the Week Before,

A Material Improvement Last Week Com
pared With the Week Before.
In the report Of Health Officer Ham,
NETT for last wee he calls attention to q ma
terfsl improvement IN the health Of the city as
compared with the previous week.
at was matter Of congratulation at the
health department to note that from total Of
1874 deaths during the week before the number
fell to l5s last week." says the report, ''al-
though this is above the average as against the
record Of previous similar periods of time. a
decline in the death rate from 40 So to $40 WAS
a change In the right direction, especially con-
sidering the very unusually hot weather and in
face Of an undeniably rapid increase in popula-
ton Of the city. While 105 babies died in the
preceding week, there were 81 deaths among
these under five years Of Gge, two thirds OF
whom were under one year old. The mortality
among old people of sixty years and over WAS
but % out OF the whole number, thus showing
that the heated term does not affect the aged
as severely as it does the young children. All
who can do so are advised to take the babies to
cool places outside Of the city, and away from
the exhaiations Of the boiling asphalt, where
wholesome milk and other diet can be had I'm
fortunately there are many who cannot leave
their homes in town. These should employ all
available means to obtain pure fresh milk, and
those Of the best manufacture and reputation
should be administered
1.-The hygienic conditions for the week, as
shown by the reports, illustrate the prevalence
OF the law Of compensation. In the matter Of
disease and death when a certain class OF mala-
dies prevail others seem to be held in allegiance
We thus see that in the face Of high percent
age OF diarrh1al cases the contagious diseases
have subsidized. The only noticeable GASES were
the three deaths from diphthera reported this
week, which all occurred in the same family in
the West End and all of whom died within
few hours Of each other.
"Ihe reports of the progress Of 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 and italy on
the south. London medical journals still insist
that the disease which in Paris is called 'chol-
crime is only a term devised by the French
doctors to cover up from the travelling public
the presence Of the dread visitor in that city
The health officers Of our large cities are on the
alert, and by orders from the United States
Treasury Department. close inspections and
thorough fumigations are directed to be
while during this heated spell cases Of sun
stroke are frequent in other cities, 1t 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 present
time but one fatal case has been reported"
The report shows number Of deaths, 159:
white, 81; colored, 49, Death rate per 1000
per annum-White, 25.7; colored, 4s.7. Total
population, $500 Eighty-one were under FIVE
years of age, So we're under one year old and
% over sixty years. Thirty Of tho deaths oc-
Cured in hospitals and public institutions. The
deaths by classos were as follows: Zymotic, 81;
constitutional, as; local, 81; developmental o.;
violence, 8. The principal causes Of death
wore: Diphtheria, 8; consumption, 10; diar-
rh1al. 30; typhoid fever, 4; malarial fever, i;
pneumonia, 8; bronchitis, 8; kidney diseases, 9;
males, IA white females, Is oolored males, %
colored females. Marriages reported
white, colorcd. Stillbirths reported-One
white, colored.