The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-08
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
August Health Report shows
an Equal Number.
The Death Rate q 80 Per Thousand.
6ased on . Population OF so. 600
The Ryther smallpox Cas~~-

There we're sor-y-efght deaths IN Seattle
Curing ere nonth % August This Is az
f1e rate ~ . - pr J. 6ua OF he basis o. a
population OF Ss.as EtnxalAriy enough,
there were sorFy-..gst births In August.
ISlis WAS shown In the report % Health
ofslces 7. & Palmer. wa.cs VAS re41 yes-
tsr1Ay afternoon a. tie regular monthly
meeting OF the board % sse2lsh. Al 10
HEN D=rs were present ard DR. Mo1tsona-
cry Russell occupied TIE chair.
The report % Health Of7csr Palmer s1-
August showed that sner. were forty eight
Deaths during ~ month. compared v1ta
forry-tw0 during the sane Enonsa in lSss.
and ffty-se*sn in August. 1854.
Following are The causes OF death:
smallpox !. pulmonary tuberculosis. !:
other tuberculosis. Z. dIarr ls9ssi diseases,
un&sr year. =. dlArrhoeal DISEASES. over
years. :. csrsbro-splEsas meningitis. I;
syphilis. congenltai. l. cancer 81 uterus. I:
~@nsEty. :: hamilton, !. meningitis. ::
aegalpsesiA. !: brain slseass ! corvaI-
sians. !, shock. !. vzlvular diseases q
heart. I: fatty degeneration d bear. /:
AesASt disease. = hobG!ar pneumonia, 2. a.
pnyxta- /, intestinal obstruction. !. int>s-
tiaal perEoFatl0n. !. appendicitis. I, cir
rnos.s OF liver. J, ne3hrssis. I, drowning.
J. railroad accident, I, fracture On skull, l;
suicide 4 total, IS.
Following are The infectious diseases re-
ported. Smallpox. 4. scaFiatina. l. typao!i
fever, Z. measles. |;
There weFe seven deaths In me frs.
ward. tA.ee IN the Sec0ad. three in the
Talrd. seven in the Fourth. ten In me
Flfth. four In me Sixth. seven in the
seventh, three IN the = ghIa. and tour n
The siath.
Theirs were forty-~,znt births reported.
n which sTents -four were males and
Ewenfy-fogr females
Tnere were ffry one plumbing plans
fled. twenty first Inspections
tseaty-eiEaE second Inspections and
twenty-five notices served for defective
plumbing n sehOOlhousss
Smallpox made its appearance al the
City Mission home In RE Fourth ward on
August H. and one patient waS removed
20 the city smallpox hospital on August
l. The home was Guaranteed. and sub
stquentiy three cases developed In the
same house arorg the Infants, one OF
whom died and ire other two ware re-
moved 20 the city hospital The origin II
TIE disease seems 20 have been either IA.
clothing brought by the first patient from
British Columbia. or In he house. whl.a
VAS Infected with smallpox some THREE
years ago
scariattna was represented by ore casa
In the Sixth ward. as compared WITH foar
cases during the previous month. Measles
VAS reduced from thirty ca es and ons
death In July 10 one case and TO deaths
in AUgaxt.
There were fhrse cases Of typhoid fever
and no deaths. as against foGr cases r.
ported the previous month There We're
no cases Of 4iphfheria reported
The Increase In tile number Of deaths
was due chiefly 20 deaths caused by dl4--
rao@al diseases 0nclu3.ng cholera IT
Fantun, stcb. there having been Twelve
deaths OF iafan.s under ! year OF age as
erto%a 10 dlarrhceaI diseases. These Dis
eases are always mos prevalent al this
season % the year. and are particularly
likely 70 prsvs Ia 30 artific!alIy fed T.
!snts. They can be prevented IN a meas
are by improved sanitation an more par
feet and careful modes ot feAd.ng
Pulmonary tuberculosis caused three
deaths. being the same number as were
recorded IL Ire previous month
Following Il the record % the sanitary.
market and nlllk Inspection Tor the month.