Evening star., 1900-10-22

AlcuOs lIldl tue compensation or these ply
slcians be increased to $3.50 per annum.
Contagious Diseases.
Speaking Of contagious diseases Dr..
Woodward says scarlet fever has been less
prevalent than last year. The total num-
Der OF cases reported was s93 a decrease of
1O1. The fatality among the white race was
21b per cent and in the colored 677. Dur
ing the year another outbreak Of scarlet
fever, numbering thirty-three cases. oc-
CURED through milk infection
The total number Of cases Of diphtheria
reported was 1,109, an increase of fifty.
Eight hundred and ninety-eight were white
and III were colored. In this disease as in
scarlet fever, the prevailing type was more
severe than last year.
I'm view OF the limited appropriation"
says DR.. Woodward, available for the
not been possible for the health depart
ment to undertake the disinfection Of
apartments which have been occupied by
patients suffering from contagious dis;
stances"
DR.. Woodward refers approvingly tosthe
wards established by Congress for minor
contagious diseases at Providence and Gar
held Hospitals, and then refers to the pres
ence OF smallpox here, stating that there
were seventy cases, fifty-four of the pa
tients being colored persons. In this con-
nection the health officer recommends the
purchase of a site for a detention campl
and the erection thereon Of suitable bui,
ings.
Rabies Considered.
reference Is made to the increase in the
number OF cases Of rabies among dogs
from in 1S9S-99 to 45 in 1s99-19OO and to|
the order Of the Commissioners recurring
the muzzling Of dogs from December II.
1899. to June Is. 1900. During that period
S,S9S dogs were impounded. an increase of
2,H1 over the corresponding period of the
previous year. while the receipts from X
censes increased from $21O.14 to 81 0ao So.
IN w post-mortem examinations of sup
posed diseased dogs Il Of them were found
by the bureau of animal industry to haveI
SUFFERED from rabies. Fifteen persons are|
known to the health department to haveI
been bitten during the year by animals suf-
Ier1ng from that disease. OF these 10 sub
mitted themselves to the Pasteur treatment.
no cases of hydrophobia in the human b.
Ing developed.
OF the public wells investigated by the |
department, approximately per cent were
condemned; of the private wells excluding
those on dairy farms, approximately 40 per |
cent, and OF wells on dairy farms, approx /.
mately 90 per cent. Practically, therefore /
70 per cent of all wells Investigated were |
condemned.
Good Milk Served. =
The examination Of milk has shown that
the greater portion of 1t received at the T
depots in this District ranges from 10 to Soy
per cent above the legal standard viz, not
less than 121s per cent Of milk solids nor
less than 81 per cent butter fat Only rare |
ly, 1t is stated, does a sample fall evenl
slightly below this standard, unless 1t hasj
been tampered with. Most of the skimmingj
and watering. Of which there has been butI
little, seems to be the result of local enter
prise. Five samples showed the presencel
Of formicaldehyde. Prosecutions were in
sttuted where deemed proper, and in eachI
such case collateral was forfeited or hneI
imposed.
Speaking OF marine products, 1t is stated
that although the District has monopoly
OF the landing OF fish and owns the FISH
wharf. 1t has made no proper provision fo1
conducting the business. He urges thaII
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