San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-10

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start the electric street sprinkler
on its daily rounds.
A meeting OF citizens living
along Main avenue out TO the city
limits, to take action regarding
the uncompleted condition OF that
thoroughfare, has been called for
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The result OF this meeting is ex.
pected to be OF considerable inter
est.
The following is City Physi-
clan Hadra's report for the month
of September:
San Antonio, Tex, Oct. /, 1897
To His Honor the Mayor and hon.
orable city council: Sirs-I here
with submit the report of the city
physician for the month of Sep
tenn Der 1867. During this month
there were reported to the health
office IS deaths, which as to nation
atty were distributed as follows /:
U. S. 81, Mexico z, Germany Z,
Spain /, Russia l, Ireland |, Aus
trio Las to ages, there were from l
year and under 6; to 10, 2; 1920,
I; 2O-3O, u; 1910, IL; 1850, /; 90
60, 9; 6O-70, 8; 1880, 6, 5000, l; 80
100, i, not given s. % were mar
ried, 80 single, widowed and s
not given. Male 81, female "A,
white &C, colored 8, resident 90,
nonresident 20.
The following contagious dis
eases were reported, whooping
cough l, diptheria 3, scarlet fever
=; total 6, with one death from
whooping cough.
Thirty-six births were reported,
20 male and 16 female, which as a
matter of course, is only a part OF
the births occurring in our city.
The causes of death were as fol-
lows: Exhaustion from heart and
lung troubles, dengue fever super
vening 7, consumption ID, remit
tant and malarial fever ,, brain
fever l, whooping cough l, small
poX /, pneumonia 1, enteritis i,
dysentery l, dengue and cerebral
hemorrhage l, peritonitis from in
jury l, peritonitis from obstruc-
ton of bowels 3, uremia in child
birth l, dengue and childbirth l,
empyema 1, degeneration of liver,
(tubuculous? l, trismus monator-
um l, alcoholism 2, suicide by
poison 3, heart disease 4, apoplexy
3, brights disease l, albumaria 2,
structure of rectum l, burns 2, eff
fusion into ventricle or brain l,
chronic dysentery l, stones in kid
ney (operation) l, asphyxia L,
chronic appendicitis l, carcinoma
of uterus l, killed by accident 3,
gunshot wound l, nonclosure OF
foramen ovale l, ulcer of stomach
/, inanition l, old age 2, still born
4, premature birth !.
Thirty-eight patients were adj
mitted to the city hospital during
the month of September with 81
remaining over. Total SO. Dis
charged during the month 81
deaths 6, from the following
causes: Consumption 2, small
pox l, chronic nephritis l, chronic
dysentely l, stones in kidney Cop
eration) /.
Total number OF days in hospi
tai $40. No. OF prescriptions filled
for hospital patients 2l9, outside
patients 312; total ISL.
The epidemic of dengue which
began in July, reached its heigh
during the month of September
and has now at the beginning o
October, almost died out, mos
likely from want of material, sine
almost the entire population
young and old, white and black
has been afflicted with it. TIL
cause OF the disease, which is evi
IDENTIFY infectious and perhaps ais
contagious, is unknown, and tn
assumption that the condition {
our river and streets are respops
BILE for it, is without the ieas
, foundation.
The mortality from dengue wa
very light. Six deaths were II
: ported at the health office for tn
month of August as having ha
: some connection with it. An anly
sis of these deaths shows that in
cases heart disease preeXisted an
that any febrile condition woul
Il probably have led to the SAN
O fatal result; of the remaining
l cases, one is reported to have bee
r a chronic invalid from bronchi;
2 catarrh, and the other was over
t years OF age.
. Ten deaths were reported in Sc
O TENDER from dengue and complies
Z tions. From this number ca
:, be deducted at the outset as IL
diagnosis were made by the corol
er without medical assistance an
without a postmortem eXamin
q ton. OF the remaining deaths
q occurred in persons OF very a,
y Yanced age, 90, 70, 81, ~ and