The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-08
New York Cotton Market.
TIE DEATH RECORD BROKEN.
Heavy Mortality in Baltimore Dur
ing Last Week.

BALTIMORE, July S--The death record
Of Baltimore was broken last week. and
the seven days stand as the most terri
lie in the history of the city
The total number of deaths was AL, Of
which a large percentage is traceabIe di-
rectly to the heat Sevcnty-eight died
from sunstroke and heat prostratiOn.
Heart trouble. suDerinduccd by the heat,
killed IS, and 13f children died from in
fantiIe diarrhea, a disease largely made
| fatal by the heat.
Three-quarters Of the whole number Of
deaths were among the very young OF the
very old, these having the least power Of
resistance to the deadly effect of the hot
wave Babies and aged men and women,
whose lives under normal conditions
might have been preserved, sUccUmbed by
the score. One hundred and ninety chill
dren under one year old died during the
week, this number alone being only five
less than the complete record for the pre-
ceding week
The death rate under these Circumstance
IS reached the alarming figure 1875 for
the whole population. The record is all
the more remarkable because of the ex-
tremeIy low rate Of the week before,
when there were but 195 deaths reported
The record for the corresponding weeks
Of three former years was: 1898. 49, 1893,
2CS; 1900. 291.
The greatest number OF deaths in any
previous week occurred in the week which
ended August Z. 1896. when there were
344 recorded.
OF the whole number of deaths last
week 234 were Of children under five years
old
The records Of the Health Department
show the ages of those who died.
Under l year old, 1870; between l and .
years %: between ? and years. z: be
tween and 10 years, 5. between 10 ard ID
years. >; between - and 20 years, I; be
tween - and % years. 20: between 80 and
20 years. q. between % and - years. %.
between % and 90 years, 81; between 50
and - years, Il. between ~ and 50 years,
3. between 50 and % years, 13, between g.
and loo years or over, J.
OF the whole number 235 Were males and
2IG females. There were 1J5 cOIOred per
sons, I27 boys aud 10 girls.
The deaths from the ordinary diseases
that usually prove fatal were less than
usual The chief causes were
Cholera iufaatum, ISi; inanitiOu, 20;
commissions. Is. typhoid fever .: diphthG-
ria, ,. tuberculosis, i, cancer, 10 meniu-
gifts. Il, congestion Of brain, 10; paralysis,
Z. heart disease Is. pneumonia. /. TcSpiFa-
tory diseases :, digestive diseases %.
EEfght's disease, Is; senile debility, 10;
drowning, ., other accidents. .
The new cases Of infectious cases dis
eases reported were
DiphthlrIa. e: scarlet fever. ;; measles.
,. mumVS. l. WhCcplng cough, !, yaTIcglia.
.; consumption. !
ID BOs}ey, the health commissioner. at
tributes the remarkable increase in deaths
to the intense heat Immediately following
a period of coOiueSs- He states that the
iirst attack Of hot weather ever year
causes many deaths, particularly among
Young children and persons of advanced
age. whose weakened systems cannot
Withstand the intense power OF the heat
but never in his experience had he known
the deaths TO be so numerous in a city the
size Of Baltimore in this country
There were % births reported during the
week. Of which 2Jt were white IS cOl0rcd,
155 males and rs females.