The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
Annual Report of the City
 Physician. Four Hundred Psrsons Died and es5 Babies Were Born Interesting Statements as to Health
 conditions.

.%.a I Statements as to Health Conditions. The annual report of pr. T. Chiffon Thorington, city physician of Montgom- cry for the year ending Sept. 30. shows that the mortality rate was 12.a, This report, which is an interesting doc ument. has just been completed by John J. Farley. chief clerk in the sanitary de- partment. for transmission to the Mayor. During the year 4o0 persons, 167 whites and 213 negroes. died in Montgomery. This is an ihcreabe of sone death. over the year 190z. sfss {.3 x tss For the year covered by the report, 625 babies wers born. s46 white and Hs negroes. The birth rate was 1923. Notwithstanding 4s2 cases of smallpox were treated, not single death from that disease was recorded. The complete report of Dr., Thorington is as follows:
 "Advices from the executive depart ment, urging rigid economy, were taken literally as is evidenced by the appended
 statement showing the amount expended by this department. but this city. in com mon with the whole. State. suffered an Cpt00uikO VI DAH6ti RO<>t S<SCStiho 'ss s.N-.-- ber of cases any previous visitation of the disease of which we have record. This necessitated an additional force Of men for guards and inspectors. and a large increase in the cost of fumigation and maintenance of the Emergency Hos pital. Tn this manner was spent the sum of q, ,469.92. The County Board of Revenue bore one-haIf the costs incidental to the outbreak of small pox and from this xUoQ and maid fnt0 tlA city treasury the sum of $1,734.96. The total cost of operating the several branches of this department, was $19,- 57sn.
 Vital Statistics. The death register shows that during the fiscal year ending September 30. 1905, there died within the city limits. 400 peo- pie, still births not included. The death rate for the year, based upon an estimat- ed population of a2,50o. is 12.3 to the thou- sand.
 '.Ninety-four of the decedents were white males, and ninety-three were white females. Ninety-six were negro males and IF negro females. %he total number
 of whites was 1s7; negroes, 213. Comparison with the report of the pre- vious year shows an increase of IA deaths among white females, and four among me- gro females. White males show a de-
 
 teen; a total increase of ten deaths among whites, and a decrease of nine among ne- groes. The net increase over last year being one.
 "One hundred and fifteen, or 2s75 per cent. of the whole number of deaths were children under the age of i've years. Forty or 10 per cent died between the ages of and 20 years. Ninety-eight. or PAS per cent. between 20 and 70. Sixty ar hatUaan An q n 60. Sixty, or 15 per cent. between 60 and 80. Twenty, or 5 per cent. between 30 and loo.
 "The principal causes of death were tuberculosis, cerebral and pulmonary, 43 cases; malarial and typhoid fever, 2s cases: pneumonia, 27 cases; diseases of the heart. 8; deaths by violence, includ- ing legal executions and suicides, 2O: old age, 20; apoplexy. 10; cancer, 10; Bright's
 disease, 10: nephritis. &; dropsy. s; chol- era infantum. colitis, dysentery, hamilton. infantile convulsions, marasmus, menin- gitis, teething and whooping cough were the causes of death of 69 children under
 the age of years. Two cases of diph- theria and one of scarlet fever proved fa- tai.
 "No deaths are attributed to small pox
 although 4s2 cases were treated during the past year. "Ward four, the largest ward in the city in point of population as we'll as ex- tent of territory, is credited with the largest number of deaths, 126; Ward two follows with 77: Ward five. n; Ward one,
 45; Ward three, A: Ward six, 37. "The civil conditions of decedents were: Married, 119; widowed, 76; single. "A;
 children under 10 years, 129; unknown. 9.
 "Fifty-eight still births were recorded. Record of Births. stT1t1ripu fhA oSf xxyhf
 and 27s negro children were born, a totsl
 of 625. White males numbered 173, and | white femals 173: negro males numbered 1f, and negro females 132. Ten sets of twins were recorded. five white and five | negroes. Three hundred and forty-one white and 215 negro children were regis-
 tered as legitimate. and five white and | sixty-four negroes illegitimate. According to the above figures and the | estimated population VIC find the birth | rate to be 1885 to the thousand.
 'The number of births among whites | exceed deaths by 159; among negroes, by l 66. Total excess of births over deaths, | 22S.
 The greatest number of births were | reported from Ward four, while two, i've
 one, six and three. following in the order l named.
 Contagious Diseases. OHo clEAIy-hNO IUOIHeTS and 179 fathers were natives of Alabama,
 150 mothers and 15s fathers were natives of other States of the United States; Il
 mothers and IA fathers were foreigners; 219 mothers and fathers were negroes. "One hundred and thirty-eight cases of
 small pox were reported from the city E'oper, 29l from the police Jurisdiction,
 and 6S from other portions of the county
 and State. Total number treated, 492. 'Twenty-one cases of scarlet fever were
 reported from the city and four cases from the police Jurisdiction. Seven cases of diphtherta were report
 ed from the city and three cases from police Jurisdiction.
 There were fumigated and cleansed for contagious and infectious diseases, 405
 premises. Four thousand, three hundred
 and forty-seven pounds of sulphur and
 1O4 pints of formaldehyde were used.
 Eight thousand. eight hundred and sixty
 seven articles of clothing. bedding, etc., | were roughed boiled and returned to own
 CTS. Sixty-eight articles of bedding. | clothing and furniture were destroyed by | request.
 "The number of houses fumigated were: For scarlet fever, 2S small pox. BIZ; diph-
 theria, 10 typhoid fever. lb; tuberculosis. 2S: chicken pox. 2; measles, 5; cancer ?;