Evening star., 1900-10-22
year 145 were white and GO colored; Il were

| year 145 were white and GO colored; Il were
| male and 1874 female.
| Of the nervous system and organs OF sense
was 735 Cerebral hemorrhage sustained
| its usual position as the chief causatlve
| factor of this mortality. and, moreover
shows a considerable increase in the actual
number Of deaths which have resulted
from it, from 256 to 2s5. Deaths from con-
vulsions of infancy increased from IS to
13O; those from trismus nascentium de.
creased from "a to IL. An examination OF
the mortality tables shows decrease IN
the number of deaths from organic brain
diseases from 81 to SO. This decrease, now
ever, is believed to be apparent rather tnaH
real and to be the result Of changed meth
DDS of classification, as the NUMBER OF
deaths which have occurred in the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane during the
past year remains practically the same as
during the year preceding.
Affecting the CircuIatory System.
Diseases of the circulatory system nave
been responsible for 565 deaths. The prin-
cipal cause of deaths Of this class has been
valvular heart disease 45O deaths. an in
crease of 76 since last year. The iarses'
number of fatal cases from this affection
occurred among persons between the Sky
first and SEVENTEEN years Of life, Inclusive
In considering diseases Of the respiratory
system 1t Is important to have In mlno the
fact that pulmonary tuberculosis Is NOT
classed with them. being regaroeo As one
of the general diseases: with TINS ul'uea- o'.a
standing. diseases of the respiratory sys-
tenn caused 712 deaths. The principal 1actoa oo
in such mortality has been pneumonia. 4oI
deaths The greater part OF these occurIeu
between December and Aprli. in%clusNe, % @ tne
ing $50, while the average mortality our
ing the remainder Of the year was 10
Acute bronchitis caused eighty-two deaths,
chiefly among children in the first hve years
10 hrpDchittS caused 1Orty-SlX
deaths. and, as distinguished from the acute
form of this disease, prevailed chieny
among persons more than fifty years Oh
age.
charged to diseases Of the digestive sys-
tenn, of which 451 occurred among chlidren
less than five years old There were no ma
terial variations in the number OF deaths
occurring from the individual diseases
which 20 to make up this mortality. DIS
eases Of the genito-urinary system were re-
sponsible for 1866 deaths. Acute nephritis'
reported as such, caused forty-seven deaths,
and chronic nephritis 1853, while Bright 8
disease was certified to under that name
as the primary cause Of death In hfty-two
instances. 40,
u1erneral state caused forty-eight deaths;
diseases of the skin and cellular tissue,
twenty; diseases Of the organs OF !ocomo-
ton, fourteen. and malformations. nneteen,
charged to conditions peculiar to infancy;
premature birth In 141 instances, marasmus
In ninety-eight and simple congenital de-
hi,,tv In seYenty-one. Senile debility was
recorded as the cause of 149 deaths, a de-
crease of fifty-nine; senile dementia as the
cause of twelve, an increase OF nine. There
were during the year 1s9 deaths due to
other than natural causes.
Returns of Births.
The number Of births reported during the
past year was 4,641, showing slight de-
crease since last year. OF the children born
9. 100 were white and 1851 colored. In sew
enty-five instances twins were born OF
white parents and in forty-one of colored.
Four hundred and seventy seven illegiti-
mate births Of colored children were re-
corded and ninety i1legitimate births of
white parents.
500, 1886 legitimate and 200 illegitimate. One