Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-18

Year ....,... 7a9s 77o4 647s 6so7- 5793 6194
 The death rate was 15.6 for the large towns; for the small towns 127, and l4.O for the whole state.
 The deaths from zymotic diseases were 162, being 165 per cent. of the total nor tality.
 The following infectious diseases were, reported to this office as occurring in the towns mentioned:
 La agrippe-Bridgeport, Bristol, Coven- try, Griswold, Huntington, Killingworth. Manchester, New Haven, Newtown-1O deaths.
 Measles-Bridgeport, Coventry, Mans field, New Haven, Newtown, Vernon-6 deaths.
 Scarlet fever-Ansonia, Bridgeport, Gov entry, Danbury, Greenwich, Hartford, Killingworth, Meriden, New Haven, New town, Norwich, Salisbury, Stamford, Sui field, Watertown-13 deaths.
 Cerebro-spinal fever-Ansonis, Darien, Essex, Naugatuck, New Haven, Oxford, Putnam, Salem, Simsbury, Waterbury, Watertown-2S deaths.
 Diphtheria and dcroup-Bridgeport,H Hart ford, New Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, Orange, Stafford-13 deaths.
 Typhoid fever-Bridgeport, Hartford, Naugatuck, New Haven, Norwalk, Nor wich, Plymouth, Waterbury-9 deaths.
 THE POPULATION.
 It is now three years since the census was taken. The population of many places has greatly changed in that time, particularly in the large towns. In order to get an approximate idea of this, 8 circu- lar has been sent to every town clerk ask ing an estimate of the population of his town at the beginning of the year 1893. All but about fifty have responded, and their estimated populations are given in the present issue of the Bulletin. The population of the towns whose clerks have not sent in an estimate has been reckoned by computing it from the school census taken in October, 1899, which has been kindly furnished by MT. c. D. Hine, secre- taay of the state board ot education. The result is obtained by assuming that the ratio of school children to the whole pop ulation in each town is the same as In 1890. There is doubtless some change since Oc- tober, but there is no ready means of de- tsrmining it. The increased population adds three towns to the list of those of 5000 and more.
 While such estimates are of course not accurate, they are nearer the truth now than the figures of the last census. The state board of health held it's regu lar quarterly meeting July 6. The atten- tion of the meeting was largely occupied with the consideration of the new duties imposed upon the board and upon the registrars of vital statistics by the laws recently enacted by the legislature of 1893.
 These laws mostly go into effect on the 30th of the present month. The most i'm portant are the following:
 &o plete the records of births, marriages and first day of January, 1850; the facts to be obtsined from public official records or those of church society.
 @ Registrars may charge an additional fifty cents to candidates for mstrimony, | for a marriage license, for attaching an af- fdavit to the license. A printed form of the affidavit will be furnished to the regis trars of the state before July 30. (3) Concerning persons who die of con, | tsgious diseases, the amended law requires | the registrar before giving Q permit fo, burial or removal to take sworn state. ! ment that the bodies have been disinfeeted | by the state board of health and hermet- | icslly sealed in an air-tight coffin. (4) Concerning Burial Permits. July 30 it is provided that "Removal Permit" shall bs sufficient to enable de ceased person to be buried in any town in | this state other than the one in which such person died, without burial permit from ! the registrar of the town where such per | son Is to be buried.
 (5) It is further provided that certif | cate of death giving "heart failure" as the l only cause of death, shall not be deemed ! sufficient upon which to issue burial ol ' nd 0nrk3 oko mn Q be returned to the physician who made it for the proper correction and definition.
 (6) An act concerning the practice o1 medicine was passed: Which requires al | practitioners in the state to be registered in their respective towns and at the ofdc of the state board of health before Obto Der 1, 1893. It imposes upon the state board the purely clerical duties of pro viding the necessary blanks, record books and other means of executing the law, and of experimenting it's operation and re- | oording it's results. The duties of the state board in the execution of this law ! are wholly ministerial and in no respect ! are they discretionary or judicial. The blank forms for making the re- ! quired statements are now ready. Prac ! titioners wishing to be registered can ob l tain them at the office of the secretary o1 the state board of health at New Haven on application either in person or bJ letter.
 The boards census figures lestimated or the basis as above given) gre ss follows:
 Ansonia il ,O00, Bridgeport 8,243, Bris tol g. 100, Danbu11y 10000, Derby 6,977 East Hartford 5000, Enfield 7,200, Green
 wich 1O,7OO, Groton 5,5sO, Hartford 56,
 900, Huntington 5000, Killingly 7,O27
 Manchester s,980, Neriden 26, 510, Middle
 town 17, 16O, Naugatuek 6,820, New Britain
 22,100, New Haven 9O,O0O. New Londo1
 15,000, Norwalk 1S,573, Norwich 24,20O
 Orange 5,080, Putnam $500, Southingto, $500, Stamford 16, ,6s2, Stoninaton 7, ,45O
 Thompson $500, Torrington 7, ,500, Verno, I9,156, Wallingford 1000, Waterbury 3S,
 500, Winchester 7,127, Windham Il 500. | Total Of the 33 above towns. ............ 559,06
 The 1855 towns of less that 5000 inhabi- ! Total reported from all the towns. 797, ,9s By the above it will be seen that the stat
 board estimates the states present populs
 tion to be about 50, 900 more than it wa