The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-09
INFANTS
ARE DYING
.SurprisinglyLarge
Number of
Deaths.
HAWAIIANS ARE
GOING RAPIDLY
Mortuary Report for Month Shows
Total Number of Deaths
to Be Small.

March was an unusually healthy
month for the time of the year, accord
| ing to the report of Registrar Hender-
son. Altogether there were eighty-six
| deaths, of whom fifty were males and
divided as to nationality as follows:
Hawaiian 80, Chinese IL, Portuguese 4.
Japanese 20, Great Britain 3, United
States 5, and other nationalities 10. 1t
Will be seen that the death rate among
the natives is steadily increasing, be-
ing about forty per cent of the entire
number.
The mortality among the infants
was also surprisingly large for the
month, there having been a total of 20
deaths among children less than one
year of age. Under twenty years and
over one year there were twelve
deaths, while there were but four per-
sons who had reached the age of sew
enty before death.
There were eighteen deaths from tu-
berculosis during March, and there are
ten more already reported for April
from the same cause.
The Sc deaths were divided as to
causes as follows: Diphtheria l. ty-
phoid fever 1, diarrhoea 1, dySentery 3,
puerperal septicemia' 1, Septicemia 1,
alcoholism 1, hamilton 1, cancer of
stomach /, cancer of intestineS /, tu-
berculosis Is, premature births 2. con-
gestion of the brain z, commissions 2,
paralysis 2, beri-beri 2, aortic regur-
citation /, valve disease g. asthma 1,
bronchitis s, catarrhal Group /, pneu-
monia s, la grippe l. emphyrema of
lungs ], gastritis 2, gastro-enteritis 1.
Inflammation of intestines 4, obStruc-
ton of intestines 1, liberation of intes-
tines l, abscess of liver 1, cirrhosis /,
chronic interstitial hepatitis l. uren1ia
l, Bright'S disease l, ascites 1, fracture
of spine /, crushed by falling building
l, drowning /, fall from building 1,
suicide by gunshot wound 1, by
hanging 1.
During the month there were thirty
five marriages reported and fiftythree
births.
The following summary is given of
the health work for March:
REPORT OF CITY SANITARY OFF,
GER.
Building permits approved. %.
Recommendations made, 1.
Cesspools located, 9.
Buildings permits refused, 1.
Inspections made, 395.
Prosecutions in court, /.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPEC-
TORS.
Nuisances reported 1898.
Nuisances abated, 1885,
Complaints filed. 9.
Inspections made, 5779.
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN
Patients visited, 50,
Patients treated at office, 122.
Patients sent to hospital, l.
Prescriptions filled, los.
REPORT OF FOOD COMMISSIONER
Samples of milk tested, a.
Samples of food tested, S.
Prosecutions made. 0.
Miscellaneous chemical analyses
made, 4.
Adultera tions detected, 9.
REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST
Postmorten examinations, TO-
Microscopic examinations made, 81.
Visits to leper receiving station, 4.
Cultures made, 0.
Leper suspects examined, S.
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPEC-
TOR.
Plans filed. So
Permits issued. 80.
Inspections made. PIC.
Final certificates issued, 81.
Sewerage connections approved. 81.
REPORT OF MEAT AND FISH IN
SPECTORS.
Animals examined. 929.
Carcasses condemned. 0.
cattle destroyed, 2.
Fluke. livers. 172. {
Fish examined, 162. 7SS.
Fish condemned. 1881.