The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-12
TIL OF THE CITY.
~, alleSt Number of Deaths
i'm Five Years.
CASES OF SElF-MURDER.
SEVEN
fficer Palmer Recommends q
heai'n tina and Diphtheria Hos
1.-The Unused Tunnel.


The an as completed ye~teraay after
Palmer owing TO the tirTle ~ wnlch the
noon. but its monthly meeting. cannot De
board hol until next month In aodition
presentedW that is specially interesting 70
10 much there is a great deal Of iDfoF-
physicians viii interest every resident IN
nation I'd 20 is at all SOLICITORS Of the sani-
the city u ion of his home.
tary cond1 urse OF the report Health Officer
In the q IS: There were 425 deaths re-
Palmer Sd against So in 1891. rs in 1892. iS5
ported. as 467 in 1894. It viii be seen that
in 1893. an { number of deaths in five years
the smalla ed last year. The death rate
was recon 3pulation, computed on an esti-
per 1000 ulation of Go.000. was 1.Qs, as
mated 20 With IT'S in 1884,
compared II deaths and number from each
Causes were as follows: Zymotic dis
cause in Il 1hoid fever -, rlalarial fever :,
eases: tn :, diphtheria and Group 5. diar-
scarlatina r 3 years, 81; oyer, /; Influenza
rhoea, und .. pyaemia g. tetanuS ,. Sepu-
g. erysipek Constitutional diseases; Pull
caemia ? ierculosis 49, military tubercu-
monary Il .rcular meningitis 3. tubeFcular
losis ?, tut tables mesenterica p cancer Is,
peritonitiS liver l. Leukaemia diseases:
sarcoma u head l, leukaem!a ., diabetes
SarcOma tuberculosis of bladder l, rheu-
mellitus :, IL ymphangitis l. Development
matism !, telectasis l. premature birth l,
diseases: 1 Is 7. inanition and marasnlus
hydrocephd puerperal septicaemia ), puer-
Is, old age STA 5, post pdrtum hemorrhage
peraI eclam uraemia !, puerperal pyaemia
g puerpera l. Local diseases: Nervous
l. asphyXia abral hemoTrhage 13, cerebral
system-Ce meningitis TO- myelitis l, par
congestion rsllritis l. spinal scleroSis ?,
alysis Z, q ening /. hemiplegia /, epilepsy
cerebral so s A. mania l. Circulatery sys-
!, convulsio ar heart disease l3. heart fall
tem-NalvuN ISM of aorta 2, auguia pectoris
ure T. aneu is .. internal hen orrhage l.
l. percardT system-Asthma 3. bronchitis
Respira toryE Ia % bronchO- pneumonia l.
2 pneum0 nchltis l. oedena pulm 3 en-
capillary b. irmoptysis /, pulmonary con-
pyema !, edema Of arynX l. Digestive
gestion /. andicitis s. peritonitls 10,
systematic hernia ?. intestinal obstruc-
strangulate tits 2. tonsilitis l. abscess OF
ton !, gas .stinal perforation >, gastric
liver >. in 0sis Of liver l. Genito-urinary
ulcer 2, Cir lritis ., uraemia G. fbroid of |
system-Ne [ of ovary l, pelvic abscess l,
uterus /. Cyl jseaSe /, ulcer /, intestinal
Addison's amoyd kidney !, tub9l peri
nephrtis l. D. cidents: Violence-fraCture Of
t0nitis l. AZ car accident l, surgical oper-
spine 8, cabA wing II, elevator accident 2,
alton l. dro nd g. railroad injury /. killed
gunshot wo ae l. conclusion OF the brain >,
by falling !dney l. fracture of skull /,
rupture of from fall l, coasting accident
burn l. shoe Morphine 3, hanging l, shoot
l. Suicide: u eide. Murder ?, drowning l,
ing 3. Hon hemorrhage l. Unclassified:
shooting 8 E
Unknown > wards were as follows: First
Deaths by Third 81, Fourth q, Fifth 80,
81, Second ~ enth sc. Eighth A, Ninth rs;
Sixth 56. Sc
total, 425. ard includes Providence hos |
The Fifth whole year, and the Sixth
pital for tn attic General hospital since
ward the s.
last spring. Of births, DR.. Palmer says:
In speak!n 49, births. not including 80 |
There wer ported. This is the smallest
stillbirths. I'd ed in five years. II is notori-
number repo4 TO obtain full and accurate |
ously difficulW his"
returns of bid Of scarlatina is given at
The histor er with comments upon the |
length. togetN esults of quarantine. Only !
satisfactory II isles were reported, with no !
10 cases of m there were only cases, but |
deaths. In IS h 5 deaths There were 10 |
in 1893 60. vi eaths ascribed to diphtheria |
cases and 5 nous Group" as compared |
and 'membr and deaths in 1894 Who0p- |
with % cases isappeared. Typhoid fever |
ing cough ses. with "a deaths. In 1894 |
brought lat i asses and 10 deaths. In speak |
there were 60 fever. DIR. Palmer says: "In |
ing of typhoid remses were inspected. and /
all cases the 8 defective and unsanitary |
in many cas- drainage were found and or |
plumbing and l. In 20 cases the water sup !
dered remedid than that furnished from |
ply was othE ,ton."
Like NaSHii arIatiua Hospital.
er Palmer recommends the |
Health or of a hospital with isolated |
establishment reception and proper treat |
wards for mi OF scarlatina and diphtheria. |
ment Of cases lent" continues the doctor, |
This departi tn a number Of cases OF scar |
has to deal seholds where proper isola- |
latina in hoJJ practicable, and with some |
ton proved g houses and hotels where |
cases in lodgtW cuniary damage was in1ict- |
considerable Is by the imposition Of a /
ed on ocCupa addition, apparatus for dis |
quarantine. IS Of apparel and carpets by |
injecting artQ provided This department /
steam should IL its employ a sufficient force |
should have IL as fumigators. and person. |
Of men TO act rk OF disinfecting. In this |
ally 90 the W er results could be obtained |
way much betV used south Tunnel.
The III extension OF the city's sew
THE gradual has provided opportunities |
erage system be connected with the sew !
for premises ~ases property owners have |
ers In many rs voluntarily, and in other |
made connect forced 20. The public sew |
cases have bee on Alton, Bush and VIII |
ers now endinW aid be connected with the |
fred street sh hitch stands completed and /
South tunnel. l0ve-named sewers have no |
unused. The 4 nd thereby a condition OF !
proper outlet, ed in the Second and Third /
Affairs IS prOdl serious menace 10 health |
wards that Is At these sewers be extend |
I recoumend Il I'd with the South tunnel |
ed and connecH hOre OF Lake Union is in /
The southern leverage. There should be |
need OF better ect with the North tunnel /
a sewer 10 conf the lake from being defled 1
This would saw n now empties into II and /
by sewage 49, Iprn end % the lake whore
makes the sOut grant. little better than
the water is st
cess pool" inspectors Report.
Market III Market Inspector Braymer
The report - Inspected uSt0 gallons OF
shows that - nned - gallons out Of
milk and oondtE J c3uleuued the f9lowiu.
long list of GOD cted IS boxes apples. 80
items were sci 19i pounds dressed chick
sacks potatoes pork, - pounds veal, f.+t5