The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-11
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ARE DYING
SurprisIngIylarge
Number Of
Deaths.

march vas an unusually healthy
month for the time ~ the year. accord.
INK 20 the report ~ Registrar Hender-
son Altogether there were eighty sin
deaths. ~ whom nfty we're males and
thlrty-slx Females. The deaths were
divided ns Go nationality a. follows;
Hawaiian 80. Chinese ~ Portuguese 4
Japanese 20. Great Britain g. United
states q. and other nationalities 10. II
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 total Of 20
deaths among children less than one
year Of sga. 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
cuty 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
I causes as follows: Diphtheria /, ty-
| phOid fever !, diarrhoea !, dysentery 3,
/ puerperdl septicemia !, septicemia !,
! alcoholism /. hamilton /, cancer Of
| stomach !, cancer OF intestines /, tu-
| Derculosis IS. premature births 2, con-
! gestion of the brain I, commissions 2.
/ paralysis >, beri-beri ?, aortic regur-
! citation /, valve disease 8, asthma l.,
bronchitis G. catarrhal Group !, pneu-
/ monia 8, la grippe !, emphyrema OF
/ lungs l, gastritis 2, CASTRO enteritis |,
/ Inflammation OF intestnes 4, obstruc-
ton OF intestines 1, liberation OF intes-
tines l. abscess of liver !, crrhosis J..
chronic interstitial hepatitis l, uremia
/. Brights disease l, ascites l, fracture
I of spine l. crushed by falling building
l. drowning /, fall from building l..
suicide by gunshot wound /, by
! hanging l.
During the month there were thirty
five marriages reported and fifty three
| births.
The following summary is given of
the health work for March:
REPORT OF CITY SANITARY OFF,
GER.
Building permits approved. -
Recommendation made, l.
! Cesspools located, 3.
Buildings permits refused, l.
| Inspections made, 1896.
Prosecutions in court, l.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPEC-
Nusances reported. 1898
Nuisances abated, 1880.
Complaints filed, 8.
Inspections made, 5779.
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
Patients visited, SO,
| Patients treated at office, l22.
Patients sent to hospital, l.
: Prescriptions filed los.
REPORT OF FOOD COMMISSIONER
, Samples OF milk tested II.
| Samples OF food tested, 8.
/ Prosecutions made, 0.
Miscellaneous chemical analyses
; made, 4.
Authorizations detected, O.
REPORT OF BACTERIOLOGIST
Postmorten examinations, 10.
Microscopic examinations made, 67.
Visits to leper receiving station, 4.
Cultures made, 0.
Leper suspects examined, s.
r REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPEC.
TOR.
5 Plans filed. S.
Permits issued. So.
= Inspections made, ZIG.
? Final certificates issued, 81.
(; Sewerage connections approved, 81.
REPORT OF MEAT AND FISH IN.
SPECTORS.
Animals examined, 929.
Carcasses condemned, o.
Tubercular cattle destroyed =
FIuke livers, 172.
Fish examined. 162,7Ss.
Fish condemned, 1881.