Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-10
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On Deaths, Births and Marriages In New
Castle, Kent and Sussex.
Il. y. Fruzcr, secretary of the stale
Board OF Health, makes thu following
reports for tho several counties OF this
State, for this quarter ending Septcm'
her 30th. 1897;
Now Castle corntJ. Write,
?56; negroes, l06; fetal. 4G2 males,
go; feuales, 800; born in tho United
StGlss, 400; fora,gn born, Co. Cause
of dea:.., zymotics, cholera infantum,
29 dyaontery. To- diphtherin, y; ty'
phoid foyer, II: othur symotic 1isonseu,
l2; total, SIS; all other Causes Of doath I;
consumption. ~ meningitia, 10; marGs'
mus, "a; inanition, %, Brignts dls'
ease, II; heart ilRnase, 30 pneumoniB..
TO-; iueaso If the brain, 30; disease oil
the stomach and bowela. aG; cancer, q;
old ago, IL; burned, 8; drowned, q:
suicide. 9; Appendicitis, D. Ages OF
The decudonts, under year, 10; from
to 5, "a; 5 to 10, ID: 10 to 20, 33; 20
to 40. IL; 30 to so. l13; SO to 90, 10;
90 to 100. | over 100, !, tage lOl.
Births White, 300; negroes, 27;
total, 326; fOmales, l5l; males, liz.
Marriuges-White, Ill; negroes, ~;
total, l33.
During the months of July. August
and September there were Jas deaths
in this city and III in the county I;
tntul 1902 in the whole county.
Kent countg-Deaths, white, ~: ne.
groes, 30; total 81 males, 80: females, 4h;
born in the United States, 81: zymotlcs,
Group, / cholera infantum, 20; dyson
tory, 9; iiphtheria, o.; septicaemin, u;
total, 30 other causes Of deuth-cancer,
4; consumption, s; marasinus, =;
liright's disease, 9; heart disease, 2;
pneumonia, ! diHcRse Ut tho brain, A.;
disease Of the bowels, old age, 4 !
paralysis, 4; abortion, (self proaucedl,
/; general debility, 2; unknnwn, 2; all
other diseases, 7;still born, 9; brought
here for intsrment, 3, Ages. under !
year, 30; from q to 10, IL; ~ to 20, 4;
90 to 10, Z; 20 to CO.. 10; 60 to SO. o;
30 to 100, /; over 100, VI; Eliza Walton,
lOl years old, negro OF Smyrna; age
not stated, 2,
Tho deaths of the negroes nearly
equale1 thnse Of the whites. There
wero % deaths ir Dover during the
three months nf July, August and Sop
temher caused by cholera infautum and
diphtheria. In Smyrna there were %
deaths from various causes.
Births-- White, q; negroes, z; total,
81; males, ii; females, 10.
Misunderstanding. 80; negroes, 5;
total, 81.
The births and marriages are not
more than half repnrted. | hone the
recorders will return the marriage cor
tificatea to certain clorgymen who
neglect tn rGturn full report of mar
riage as required by law.
Sussex county -Deaths-Whits. Ill ;
negroes, 70; total, ISL males. %; fc-
males, %; horn in the United States,
1873; foreign, cause Of death, zymotics,
Group, 2; diarrhna, 3; dysentery, 3;
diphtneria, B; rheumatism, 9; scarlBt
fever, 2; tonsilitis, typhoid fever,
10; whooping cough, J cholera infan-
tum, o.; total zymotics, 10; oil other
CAUSES, cancer, 4; consumption. 50
heart disense, pneumonia, ID; dieease
at this brain. q; old age, II; paralysis,
u; dropsy, G.; diseases not stated, II.
ID; 10 to 20. 10; 20 TO 30. 10: 30 TO 40.
IA; 40 to 80, 10; 30 TO so, 81; so to 90 Z +;
90 to leo. ]; over 100. | tago l0ll ;
ages not stated. ..
Births White, %; negroes, l; total
30
Murriugss.Wh.te, 1G; negfo,s. /;
total, II.
Tho negroes arc dying factor than
they nre being born. viii the recorder
please stir thcHe people up whu arc
neglocting TO return births? The TO-.
turn of iirtha and marriages is shame.
fully neglected..