The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-05
HEALTH OF ST. PAUL
THERE WE'RE TWO BIRTHS FOR
EVERY DEATH LAST
YEAR
DEATH RATE ONLY s.s2

Pneumonia Carried Off More Vic
tins Than Any Other Disease,
and the Scandinavians Led the
Foreign Nationalitfes on the
Death List-Contagi Ous Disease s
Numbered Less Than 700 Cases.
The annual report of the health de-
partment. which was issued yesterday,
SHOWS that there We're 1877 deaths dur
ing the year 1898 from all causes. of
which pneumonia heads the list with
2SS victims to its credit; tuberculosis
comes next, 234; heart disease, IA !;
meningitis, loo; cancer. "a; diphtheria
ana membranous Group, 65; inanition,
OIL; commissions. 60; old age, 40; Brights
disease. 43; typhoid fever. 43; murasmus
~; apoplexy, "a; cholera infantum. 80;
entero-colitis, 80. These are the prin-
clpal causes of death.
According to these figures deaths
from pneumonia represent a ratio Of
llo4 per LOCO nhabitants, and tubercu-
losis, 1.o85 per 1000 Inhabitants OF the
total deaths $40 were born in ST. Paul );
oI6 In other parts OF the United States;
100 OF Scandinavian origin, 1873 Ger
mans, "a Irish, So Polanders, 81 Cam
adams. "A Bohemans, IS English. 16
French and 1877 from other foreign
countries
There We're AIS deaths under year
of age; 217 from to 5 years; 162 from
to 20 years; 1888 from 20 to 40 wears:
Z2i from 40 to 60; 285 from so to 80; n
over 80 years Of age. and q deaths
where age was unknown. There were
LILO white; Y colcred or mixed; S97
males; $40 females; 497 were married
Z34 widowed; 995 single. There were "
deaths due to violence. q suicides and
murdered.
Easing the population of ST. Paul
upon the conservative basis Of ITS, 900
this shows death rate of 9.92 There
has been natural increase of birth
over deaths in the past ten years of
lo,249-this has been divided between
the various years, there being 1854
births in 1898, as compared with 1,731
deaths
The total number of contagious dis
eases reported were sos, of which 442
were diphtheria and membranous Group
and 256 cases Of scarlet fever. There
were So deaths from diphtheria and
membranous Group. and Is from scarlet
fever. Among the diphtheria and Group
cases reported 12o were among families
where well water is used 81 city water
ed with sewers and 2S9 were without
sewer connection. OF the 442 cases re-
ported l0S occurred in the First ward
Il in the Second ward; 55 In the Third
ward; "a In the Fourth ward; 40 in the
Fifth ward; Sc in the Sixth ward; Q in
the Seventh ward; II iE the Eighth
ward; 43 in the Ninth ward; In the
Tenth ward. and in the Eleventh
ward.
There were 212 bodies brought to he
city for interment, and 3O2 were ship
ped to other places; IA bodies were Gre
mated at the Forest cemetery.
The four health officers made 31,913
calls, 4,272 nuisances abated, 1883 com
plants were received at the office, 1853
vaults We're cleaned and 100 arrests
We're made.
OF the 9,1a4 births, s.171 were white,
% coiored or mixed: 1909 We're males,
/ 585 females; l. 1885 were born of ma
tive parents; 500 were foreign parent
age; 80 pairs of twins were born and
l set of triplets; there were So Height
innate births.
The report of DR.. A. W. Miller, as
sistant health commissioner, and in
charge of the city laboratory, presents
some very interesting data He points
on that ten days after house has
been quarantined, culture Is taken
and if it is found that there Is an alb
sence or d1phtherta bacilli, the quaran-
tine is raised at once instead Of COM
compelling the people to undergo a
quarantine of thirty days, according
to former usage. DR.. Miller says it is
safe to assume that IS Der cent of
those quarantined are wage earners
at the rate Of So per day. From this
he figures that workmen saved at the
very least $4,000. He considers that
the amount will really be above this.
as in many cases more than one wage
Garner is concerned. In mary in
| stances business men of prominence
have been released from costly and
irksome quarantine by the prompt test
of cultures from their houses. He calls
attention to the fact that the in
spectors are worked Otter, until II
o'clock at night taking diphtheria Gull
lures, it being the practice to begin
taking these cultures ten DAYS after
the disease is reported. the object be-
ing to make examinations frequently
ard relieve the people from quaran-
tine as soon as all signs Of the dis
ease have disappeared.