San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-07
HEALTH REPORT.
City Physician Hadra on one Months
Sanitation and MOrtuary for
Orr CITY

Our Illy.
City Physician Hadra has presented
the following report of the deaths in
our city for the past month of March,
to be submitted to the next meeting of
the city council:
The total number of death certiti-
Gates recorded at the health office dur
ing the month was 1O7 ! OF these IS
were males and 50 females. As to ma
tivity, Irish 3, Italian ?, French >, En-
glish 2, Mexican 0, German s, Canadi-
an /, and American So Residents "a;
non-residents (residing i'll city one
year and less 40; not specified 3.
Single %, married 46 and widowed 8.
White 81, colored 10. Under one year
of age IS; from ITO, 10; from 1920,
3; from 20-30, %; from 1910, 15g from
1850, 10; from 5000, 4; from 6O-70, B;
from 1880, 6; over so, /.
Causes of death: Consumption 30,
bronchitis 3, pneumonia Z, capillary
bronchitis 2, chronic pneumonia l,
gastric catarrh !, Inflammation of bow
els l, duOdenitiS l, chronic diarrhOea
l, cholera infantum /, enteritiS 3,
Bright'S disease ,, still born 8, old age
3, scrofula l, tubercular meningitis l,
cerebro spinal meningitis 1,spina bifida
and meninga 1,inanitiOn !, bruins 2, rheu-
matte govt /, child bed fever /, cancer
of tongue /, scarlet fever 1, cancer
/, opium poison /, asthma /. paralysis
l, peritOnitis 3, chronic cystitis 2,can-
Ger of liver l, dropsy 1, grippe 3, in
s,,ts yNfl Inn, hot 1 49,
inc cancer l, fracture of knee l, cancer
of oesophagus l, structure of bowels l,
cancer of stomach l, alcoholism l,
weakness of newborn l, killed by ac-
cident /, traumatic meningitis 1.
The health of the city was SatiSfac-
tory as Il whole. OF contagious dis
eases. scarlet fever and iiptheria only
were reported, and these in a sporadic
form. There were nine cases of scar
let fever distributed over different
portions of the city and only l
death occurred from it. OF the two
cases of diphtheria one died. Every
precaution was at once taken by the
attending physicians, and whenever
reports were made, the children living
in the infected houses We're excluded
from school, to prevent the disease
from spreading. Hereafter placardS
will be displayed on every house con-
tanning inmates afflicted with COntag
iOus diseases.
AS to sanitation. all complaints have
met with as much attention and relief
as the present condition of our forces
and finances permitted.
The city hospital which has already
found warm friends in the new ad-
ministration, has given shelter and
help to IS patients during the month
of March. OF these 80 remained at
the hospital on the LIST of April, 6 died,
8 from consumption, l from extensive
burns, from injury to lungs and liy-
er, and from septicemiR and eXhaus-
ton. Fourteen surgical operations
were performed, some of which were
of a most serious nature. OF the 5S
patients 10 were females. Further
improvements will, it is to be hoped,
render this hospital equal to the best
public institutions of its kind, while
a more strict. and economical handling
of the outdoor department will in
crease the allowance for the hospital
proper.
The wholesale purchase of drugs
and surgical dressings will also bring
about a great saving. so that after
all the greater efficiency OF the hospital
will not cause an increase of expense.
The board of health has inaugurated
several improvements in statistics and
sanitation, and it's next aim will be to
provide cheap but reliable diSinfectiOn
for the rooms, furniture and utensils
of public and private establishments,
so that our city which is such a IA
vorite resort for the infected of every
part of this country, may protect it
self as we'll as the health seeker
against mutual infection.
Very respectfully,
Il. Z. Hadra. NJ. ID.