The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-12
LOW MORTALITY RATE
sIxTY-sIx DEATHS IN lGONTGOM-
 FRY DURING NOVEMBER.
For Sane Mssth sixty-Eight New Ua. bses Were Bsese6eA-Werk ef the City's Sanitary D. warfmemt. I

ohicial figures from the health onice of the city of Montgomery places the death rate for the month of Novemher
 at 13.2 for each thousand of popula-
 tion.
 sixty-six deaths are recorded as hav-
 ing occurred within the city limits du-
 ring the thirty days, but five of this number were non-residents, patients sent from other cities to innrmaries
 here for treatment. Six deaths are re- corded as due to accidents. AS neith-
 CT deaths from accidents or demise of
 non-residents are properly chargeable
 against the health of city, they have
 been excluded from the mortality hg-
 ures.
 Deaths by color and sex: White
 males, 1s; white femals. II; negro
 males. 13: negro females. 20. Ages of decedents: Under year, s!
 from one to i've. s: i've to ten. |; ten to twenty, 3: twenty to thirty, 1S; thirty to forty, II: forty to fifty. $; fff- ty to sixty, 5; sixty to seventy. 10: sev- enty to eighty. 6: eighty to ninety. l. Deaths by localities: Ward 1, q:
 Ward 2. 10; Ward :, s; Ward {. 2s: Ward 5. 6; Ward 6. 8; Ward I. T. Causes of death: Accident etc, 6: alcoholism, 2; Bright's disease, {; bron- >hASaSs As O0uSSxp SOu8OcA VI A0n8os 2; convulsicns. I: convuisions. infan- tile. 3: dentition, 1: dropsy I; entero-
 colitis, 2; epilepsy. l: fever-enteric. |:
 malarial. ?; typhoid. |: nephritis 2; old age. 2: paresis. 1; peritonitis. 1: pneu-
 monia, [: septicaemia, 1: tuberculosis. IS; toxaemia, 1; tumor of the pancreas,
 l: unknown. |.
 Places of interment: oakwood Cem-
 etery. 63; Old Elam. i; Reese's Csme-
 tery. 1; Westcott's Cemetery. 3; shipped
 to other cities. @.
 Civil condition of decedents: chil-
 dren, 14; single adults. IT; married. PSI
 widowed. 2; unknown, ..
 Nativity of decedents: Born in city Alabama, IT: Georgia, q; Mississippi. I.
 North Carolina, 2; South Carolina, (,
 Texas. 1; Virginia, 1: unknown, IS; for
 eigner. Canada, 1.
 | Deaths at institutions: County poor house, whites, 1: negroes, 4: total, B..
 Woman's Home. white. 1; County jail negro 1. Infirmaries and hospitals 1 whites, 6: negroes. l: total. T. Sixty-eight births were recorded du. ring the past month. fifteen white
 males and sixteen white females; nine.
 teen negro males and eighteen negro females.
 | ny wafos az ioiioWs' Waru l, I l Ward 2. Is; Ward s. {; Ward 1, i6
 Ward 5, q; Ward 6, IS; Ward ', {. Eight premises were placarded plac. | ing under quarantine 16 cases of small. | pox. Twelve cases were reported from
 Ward 1. two from Ward g. one from Ward 6, and one from Ward [. Mint cases were discharged during ths month leaving seven under treatment. Seven cases of diphtheria were re- ported during November, one from each ward of the city. Five cases have beer l discharged, leaving two under treat.
 ment. No deaths from either small. pox or diphtheria have been reported. The sanitary officers inspected during the month of November the entire bus mess district of the city, North and
 South Court Street. North and South Perry Street. Dexter Avenue, Higt
 Street and Highland Avenue. Hannon Fielder. Winnie, Hall, St. John. O'Con- ner, Hardaway, Patterson. Thurman Terry, Norton, Grove and South Streets and Bellinger's Heights. vesuvius and West End districts. The total number of inspections made was 3.114. Eight hundred and forty-four places were or.
 dered re-fnspected. Total number oi
 Inspections and re-inspections. were
 4,75s.
 Ahc ioiloWiHS HuHnocE OI auinnait
 were offered for slaughter: Beef cat. tie. ITS; calves. 12S; sheep, 40; goats
 27; hogs, 436; total, 1,404. Of the number nine beef cattle and two hogs were rejected on hoof leav. ing 1898 for slaughter.
 On post-mortem examination there were rejected, one cattle for Texas fe- yer. two hogs on account of cholera
 and one hog. mange. Eight hundred and forty-five pounds of meat cut away, and diseased flyers were con.
 demned and tanked. Total number O,
 pounds of meat condemned and tanked 1885.
 The milk inspector reports in detai | upon conditions existing at the various
 dairies. He has collected from eacf
 dairy samples of milk and has analysed same. The following shows the av. craze per centum of butter fat of eact
 dairy supplying milk to the city Craik, 4. .0S; Davis, R.. 4.10. Davis, R G., A; Elmwood, 4.5: Fleming, 4.2
 Hughes Az; Hawes. 4.s: Fraser, 4.s0 Cloverdale, 4.50; Reese, 3.90; Scott 4.70; Williams. 3.90; Perry, 4.40
 Meadowbrook. 40.