The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-15
MORTALITY IN THE STATE.
.r.yyuAL REPORT OF THE STATE
-" ROIRD OF HBkLIH.

49,. $4,000 Deaths In 1899, or
IT,. meath In 81. 70 OF tho Population
~...,mptiop the Fell Destroyer, but it
=. peerensing In the MARITIME District.
,,,,Sy. n, V, Feb. 1.-THE State Board or
u1.,,h ha, submitted It's report for the year
.soa "a Gov. Black. The board
80, 10, ,he terms OF office OF the members OF tho
,..rd should be SO arranged that the term OF
oI.mho r should expire each year. thus In
.n,ing a continuous board. Inc physician
""mb.r. should have at least ten years actual
"n.,,.nce aud practice In sanitary matters.
~. member. Of tho board now serve without
nmn.n.ation, and tho report says that the
"unh.r. should personally attend to many
-. NOW deyolvim4 upon subord mates. and
l..,cb services should be sufficiently compen-
80 IN insure tho most valuable servioe
"--n.his The board should also have the ex-
mutation and approval OF the plans OF any e-
..,,sbmsnt witch may be classed us an
.odenslve trade"
nn,I,v the year l2I. 900 deaths have been re-
LTD making q death rate for tho State OF
a. 20 per 1000 OF population against 1880 IN
sos There was one death in 54.?0 OF the pop
.,,,ion. This has been tho average mortality
~. for the period Of ten years. In the eight
..ni.ary districts into which the state Is d.
-,d.d the death rate has varied from 2l.sO In
~. maritime district, which includes the
metropolis, to 1910 in the sparsoly set
,I.d Adirondack and northern district
Tbrourh the rural central parts OF the
s,,,s a rate Of 1850 prevailed for the
ca, and In the more populous manufac-
,nrinc districts, from 1000 to 1900. Thirty
,s,.. per cent. OF the deaths occurred under the
49,. NJ five wears. Under the head Of infectious
al.,.sss there we're 10. $50 deaths. There were
A--.laa,hs frnu an,allnDx- all occurring
in or about the metropolis. Grip required In
under form, causing less than 5000 deaths.
no.t OF them In March. Typhoid fever caused
400 deaths - less than usual the highest num-
hr being in the southern tier and Hudson Val
Ia, districts. and the lowest, as usual, IN the
maritime district. Diphtheria caused fewer
d.a,h. than during the past ton y~ears-4.80o.
Scarlet fever caused I'll deaths, the average
number OF deaths annually for tho ten years
prsceding being 1900. II has for two years pre-
,ailei much more extensively than the NOR
,.li,y would ordinarily indicate. for It has been
characterized by an exceedingly mild and non
fatal type. In contrast with typhoid fever. IL Is
.di.ease OF cities. there having occurred from
q in the four large cities-New York. Brooklyn.
buffalo. and Rochester -3.47T deaths. against
81 from typhoid fever. while In rural towns,
with an aggregate population OF 100000
there were 3O7 deaths from II, against 500 from
typhoid fever.
Measles has been more than usually prevalent,
INIT chiefly In the eastern part of the State. Tho
total reported mortality from this cause was
1917.
During the past ten wears It's mortality has
varied from 500 to 1900. IL ALWAYS causes moro
deaths In summer than in tho other seasons.
and moro deaths In the cities than In tue
country.
parfl,pal diseases caused nearly half OF tho
ymotie mortality. There were s.7U4 deaths
from them. and the pretty uniform annual
average IL about 5000 deaths. In July nearly
one.fourth VI the reported mortality vas from
this cause. and 1.iOU OF the deaths occurred in
the months OF JuHc, July, August and Septem-
bei. The maritime district Is by lar the largest
contributor to the death rate from this cause.
MAlArIal diseases caused but n small portion
Of the mortality of this state, less than 900
death, being attributed to this cause.
pu mon"ry diseases caused 1927 deaths dur
INC the year. . humber which differs very little
from that o. past ears. II II a greater mum her
VI deaths than occurred from any other single
cause. and is only exceeded by the group of
Aru,c diseases OF tho respiratory organs and by
tie entire mortality from infectious diseases.
Tar largest relative mortality was In the mari
tine district. AZ shown by the following table.
which gives the proportion OF city population In
tue eight sanitary districts into which the state
tdvlded. and Tie proportion OF deaths to pop
uiauon Tor 1898 and the three years preceding.
IL each LOO. 900 population there were:
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