The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-04
HEALTH MATTERS.
Health Of Washington, DC, for the Past
Year, and Other Matters Of Interest
There and Elsewhere.

There and Elsewhere.
e. B. Frazer, secretary of State Board of
Health OF Delaware, has received the
twenty-fltth annual report of the Board OF
Health of the District of Columbia for tho
year ending juno Both, 1906. The popu-
lation Is estimated at 276,000 of which
1877 900 were white, and 81, 900 negroes. Tho
deaths were 1904, of these 1910 were white
males, 1902 white females, 1910 negro
males and 1912 negro females.
The annual deaths for tho total pop ula.
tion was 2l.43; for the whites, 1871 and
for the negroes, 20 49, deaths by violence,
23i, lsl were white and SO negro. The
suicides numbered in all 3S, So white and
negroes; of accidental deaths there were
ITS, of homicides IA, and hanging by Judi
cial execution a; Births, 4.7O6, l,02O were
negroes and the others were white. The
illeg' Innate were 6i7, white 100, negros SIT
The dead born children were $40, 1871 white
and 339 negroes, 1876 Of them were illegid-
mate.
The registered physicians number /, 100
ninety thousand pounds Of mont, poultry
and birds We're condemned besides large
quantities of fish and vegetables. The
diaries in the District Of Columbia are in
spected by veterinary surgeons. They
recommend that all cows from which milk
Is taken should be registered. In many
instances the COW stables were poorly
lighted, poorly drained and many COWS
were found filthy and diseased. There 10
an inspector of milk
There were 1,2i7 deaths from zymotlc
diseases. Typhoid fever 22S, diptheria rs,
pulmonary tuberculosis 705. Deaths under
I'VE years OF age . 00i, 972 were white and
.l29 negroes The report is bound In
cloth and contains 1865 pages. and SIX maps
Oh City OF Washington and Georgetown.
These maps are feet, inches Wide and
feet and iuohes long; these maps show
the location OF the different zymotic dis
ases color and etc. VIM. G. Woodward,
M. D.. is health officer.
l have received the report of the Board
OF Health of the city OF Wilmington for
the year ending December 3lst 1906. 1t Is
meet pamphlet Of 43 pages. Seventeen
pages are fat. (1he printer knows what
Iat is). Ii Is an entirely statistical report
Inc estimated population of Wilmington
Is ~ o0, and the death rate is given as
1891. The estimated population is Wide
OF the mark. There has been no building
Dooms since 1890 to any extent. Some
territory, the Highlands, has been taken
in; yet this acquisition will not reach IL
thousand persons.
The population census of June 80th 1900
was oifoo, tne estimated population shows
an Increase of eleven thousand and o.
In my opinion the increase Is not more
than ono half Of the estimate When I
look over the city and find from to s
hundred vacant houses ain led to con.
olude that our population is $1,000 which
VIII give death rate Of fraction less
than 1900
The President, DIR. J. P. Pyle In his re.
port finds fault with the ordinance
passed June 81, 1896, which reads as fol-
lows: All medical attendants In cases of
epidemics or Asiatlo Cholera, Yellow
Fever, smallpox. Varloloid Tvphus
Fever, Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever.
Membraneous Group and Diphtheria, shall
report to the secretary, &c. There IL Just
such q law In two. thirds of all the States,
and 1t Is good one.
There has been several cases of typhoid
fever In families In the square in which
reside; two cases, l remember, did not re,
cover for five months, one attended By
Two or Wilmington's most distinguished
physicians (both dead) l have never
known OF physician, acting as sanitary
inspector who did not examine tho cellar
Its drainage, the drinking water and the
milk used. l have conversed with phys-
clans on this subject and l was told that it
was not their business. that 1t belonged to
the family, who should complain to tho
health department. l have Just received
reports of inspections Of National State
and local quarantine stations from the
treasury Department, Washington, d, G.
E. b. FRAZER.