The evening times., 1898-08-24
THE DISTRICTS HEALTH
Annual Report of DR.. Wood
ward Made Public.
VITAL STATISTICS GIVEN
The Death Rate for the Year End
KnOwn-A Notable Decrensc I'm the
Number of Cases of Typhoid and
Malarial Feycrs.

The Health Department has issued the
following elaborate statement of the
health statistics of the District during the
last fiscal year ended June so:
The compilation of the vital statistics
for the year ending June 80. 1898. has pro-
gressed far enough to indicate that the
death rate during that period was the
lowest which has yet been recorded-19.3 81
per thousand. The death rate for the
preceding year was 2D.1 per thousand.
and that for 1855 was 2l5S. The lowest
previously recorded rate occurred in 1884,
'95. when II was 2157. The death rate for
the white race alone was 1888. the low
est previously recorded being 1851. That
for the cslored race was 2,.ol, the lowest
prior record being 26.lS
Comparing the number of deaths which
occurred during the fiscal year ending
June 80 1898, with that for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1897. there is a de-
crease in the number of deaths of those
under five years of age from 1853 to
IT,9, and OF those fifty years of age and
over from 1910 to 1.77S; and notwith-
standing the increase in the population
the total number of deaths was 332 less
than that for ls96-'97 and 4s9 less than
that for 1885.
The figures with reference to typhoid
lever, ItNtlS anu hVai uiS-
eases are shown as follows: Typhoid fe-
ver 1SO; typho-malarial fever. 5; mala-
rial fevers. i3; diarrhoeal diseases, 319:
total. 497.
The number of deaths from most OF
the other diseases. classed as zymotic.
shows an increase, for instance: Measles,
from } to 10; scarlet fever. from l to Is;
diphtheria. from ITO to 12S; whooping
cough. from co to 81. Deaths from vari-
Gus forms of meningitis rose from 6S to
I03. Those from acute lung diseases fell
from 702 to 60i and those from con-
sumption from 776 to CO...
The number of deaths from violence
was e2s, being an increase of 1. During
the year so suicides were recorded, an in
crease of since the preceding year, not
withstanding the fact that during that
year there occurred approximately Is per
cent more than during any previous CORE
spending period of record.
The number of marriages reported dur
ing the year was 1,59S, being a slight in
crease over the reports for the year pre-
ceding. The number of births reported
was 400. an increase of 1876.
The Weekly Bulletin.
The weekly bulletin of the Health De-
partment issued today shows that the
deaths in the District during the past
week numbered 112. of which IS were
white and 56 colored. The annual death
rate per thousand of the whole popula-
ton was 20:7S. for the whites being 15.2O
and for the colored 30. so. There was an
increase in deaths from diseases Of the
kidneys, as compared with the last re-
mort from to q and in those from
diarrheal complaints from to 9; while
those of the nervous system declined
from 13 to II, and of consumption from
IL TO IA. OF the zymotic class. there were
fatal cases of diphtheria, and 10 of ty-
pho,d fever two of which were cases OF
soldiers from the army barracks.
Al the close of last report there were
% cases of diphtheria under treatment.
During the week s new cases were re-
ported and 10 were released from isolation.
leaving "a cases under observation in 16
premises.
OF scarlet fever there were 2S cases In
quarantine at the close of last report.
During the week new cases developed
and 12 were discharged by recovery, leav-
ing 25 cases in isolation in 23 premises.
The mean weather conditions for the
week were. barometrfc pressure, 299S;
temperature of the atmosphere, II de-
grees, and relative humidity. SO. The
thermometer registered 66 degrees on the
18th and 81 degrees on the nth. The rain
fall was % Of an incl with mild souther-
y winds. averaging miles per hour.