The evening times., 1901-10-25
HEALTH 0P CUBAN CITIES.
Encouraging Statements in the Re
port Of Major GOrgas.

September the Best Month i'm Point
of Mortality Rate Since tSSg-OuIy
TWO Deaths From yellow Fever.
The Good Results oT D5siHfcctiOn-
The report Of Major ". s.. GurEas.
Chief Sanitary officer of IN. Department
of Cu4a. made To Brig Gen. Leonard
Wood Military Governor of the island,
upon the vital statistics of the cities of
Havana. Guansnacoa. Regla, and Mori-
ano. for the month of September. con
tains som. encouraging statements In
the report Major GorEas says
The health conditions n Havana are
decidedly the best ever attained iu any
month. for this city. The least numn,i
of deaths occurring in ans previous sep
,mh.r since 1889. was 20 iu lN's. the
greatest number. 25-+. IN 1855 average
N..-53- For September, lf'i, there were
20 deaths
THE. least number of deaths occurring
IN any one preceding month during the
last eleven years was In F,DTuaTE- 1901.
when we had fuS deaths. The lowest death
rate for September, iu tho years referred
tD. was iu 1899 i'm that year we had
death rate Of e4fN per IrD1- The highest
Was i'm september l>g>-l-ll- per l."r'.
average. 42lS per l"n. For September,
1901. We have \ death rate OF l"-r4 per
l.rf1
Few cities Of Havana's population.
90 2g9 anywhere can approximate this
lsi-'- IN --i- - - 60
weeks ended september Ia, 1901, 2,'S-
y,a'ltS q rt''l-l 80 ul ~ ~, ~ "a
l.'E ,L'' S,-'' g''',t, " ',ll @ q ,Ifs-. 80
f1I deaths. death ratio OF -5-I6- Paris
France. with a population Of Z.7ll.t-s, mao
duTiuS the four we,S Ks ended Sertem2,ner
O. ',i.' L'.'ll'N q 'a.ll l'IS ,t ,,oI ,,-, - =
lin. with population OF l>9l. .4al, had
during the four weeks ended August -l
-, - 80 -,
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--L" "l I',.'.l - No.. "a ''i rs
nav -. -. .'' r, ..s.r. 7.
-,..T -,',. 81, SO d.. . 1.2 =, r,l,
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. g,t-',.,f.- IA IA t,4
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. --'.-- i ~" g.. 90 .'''.
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= ~ W5- '' 80, "LlH .,3ll" 80, =. I -. "
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-', ~ '.1, J., -' r,o. ~ - ,''S
w.. - 90 --. -n -. =.
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'--. Wy, '--. t- 81,
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80. -, w - ~. ~ ~ I - ~ ~ - 1.t
F,-,,, '' l;.., .,.,..,.,.-4 a. -,
40, -. -. -,--- -l- -7-...g--.. ~ ,,....+
80 ,,,,,I.- ~ 1Sq- ,Ie-, ri,f1e - f-q
deatEs-' a7-lr., e. 7qs 5earbs This var
i, yi-,s, "a. ear,a r,sri,5 tbars bs,. haer
: 4-.rbs
.,l, y- al r-,,,y,,,,a,. NJ yaatts 5,,r,,,s, Tho
,,sst -,,-1tb 49, 49,, ,,,1ffe "a s,ratiT,-i71-y
80 Fj, - a. .-it,,,-r, -, - - 20 20
r7-r rr79TTca- 5,,t ,--i,ar, on COM. n Irol-
INTO 7bf etefieffcs ne reaso-.s arc evil
J-t -rl,i. - ss-,r. A.. 1s- 81 lrarrE
~ ~ ba-d ICa nm J,J1,- sDg-,rra5 in
l-iUi~r v,,os1,,ftrass in ,..,,- NV - Lr,s,,-
80 III rll-7rIt l. ~ trs+es5 ~ -
irr - drarre from ,-.f1.vr fayar and g7
from r,aIariaI fat-er w. have had deaths
- --lIi1,,. f---- - go, -,.1.-faI
So n 5irflre-r, ,f - ,7..9tbs 1-r,dlr tb.ses
.,,-1 L.,5s a., r.,.,,. 80 ft,5.. 49, Ao,{--
last wear during Septernebr tberc Wera
= d,arbs from t7,l-rrfIT0sfs. rFfs ,-,-,tr -
,Tts s.. a. ,t--.,-i,. IL s - -, - a.
- ~. gi 49, ,,s,I i ans ar
lion tl7a -,.st,rr7 in ,-nf-l5e In Nv Yorl-
haE-iua I..n n-lf INTO efr-ct here 4 re-
ord ie 'l.ut oT an t-rba-rr,Igei, in tho cfr,-
ana 5isirfecf.Utl and Titlratr,~4 ON me
s1fhfrcr az t1-hrrculoeis am. freely supplied
10 Thosr suffering from This dis.as..
through their phy-icians
I'm comuarfng September. 1900 with
Ssrfernher 1gu we find thar these three
diseasss-veITov fever rnaIariaI fever.
and t4bercuI0sis- been most mark
a7 fr tr4.fr I.creasa Prfr NOT c1uei7.rfrr o.
49, .L,,, 55s,asls 49,. No. Llar4 =
r,sr.-eI Jacreas, in tba death rate This
= az r4--,,b+ &C. a.. 30 "a a-, i7,7-5-.,4-e,,s- i'm
- s,.-r.,-,r s.,-,5+.tf,,, I,,t ,oora ,,ertf.5l-
T-1- -, i,,,,-l.,-.,,,.',,t ir ~ i1+.T{or nv
5- - -. l,..,,.-l., MS. C..,--s+.-,,t hone
-'t-s - o- 's,, 5-5- ~ fI4 III -
W. ~ .. -. - ,..,.,5l 49, -, "a.
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I,Ht I,Ht l .f,- - tt,ll r
i-,I ~. - a., S-rt-,,. h. Lattar
y.S,l-.l -''5 -T,- - 60, IL
~ w. - - -, a ,',..,,,-.,75 -s-9.-.e5. 80,
~ n "a .,+ - E--IJcbt
OH tli' p l''| a. 80 '-t-' ,--