The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-12

 IN THE CITY Why Malaria Prevails in Certain Quarters. CITY PHYSICIAN TALKS The Disease is Transmitted
 by Mosquitoes. City Council Will Be Asked to Pass . Suit able Anti-Mosquito Ordinance.
 Work of Sanitary De-
 pertinent.

The prevalence of malaria. chills and fe- | yer among the, cotton mill operatives of the West End district and the inhabitants of the northern portion of the city has caused many inquiries to be made of why the Health Department does not take steps to stamp out the mosquito nuisance. The city physician. Dr. Robert Goldth- waite, is . firm, believer in the theory of transmission of diseases. such as yellow and nalariaf fever. by the mosquito and has given the subject . great deal of study. pr. Goldthwaite says: The mosquito theory has been forcibly and fully demon strated in yellow fever cases in Cuba and in cases of malaria by English scientists who lived a sufficient period rnder proper condi- tions to observe. in the malaria infected swamps of Campagna di Roma, presumed to be the most unhealthy place on earth at certain seasons.
 The question of riddins an entire city and surrounding territory of mosquitoes is very great one. more so than person who has not properly considered the matter would imagine.
 ITO properly do such work 1t would be necessary to have expert inspectors to locate the breeding places SO the larvae and wig glcs could be destroyed The idea that every pond and pool of water is a breeding place Is erroneous. A large pond might be entirely free, while a strip of swamp land with just sufficient water to float wigglers would yield a countless multitude of tho little pests. Each expert would need e vehicle and a couple of assistants, as the oil must be properly ana scientifically applied. or 1t will be almost if not abso- lutely useless.
 During the progress of this work all doors and windows to rooms where patients afflicted with malaria are housed must be screened to exclude the mosquito. thus preventing, in e measure, the spread of the disease.
 The active cooperation of the entire com munity must be had If success is to be ob tained. It will cost thousands of dollars. and then the object is not immediately &C., complished, but the fight must be continued year after year.
 After getting full information on the probable cost of doing this work. unless it is too great a draft on the tax payers of the city. the City Council will be requested to pass a suitable anti-mosquito ordinance" The Sanitary Police inspected during the month of August a total of 8,533 premises. This includes a thorough examination of the business district. pursuant to a resolution offered by Alderman Forbes In the City Council. . The reports of the inspectors show a good deal of sickness. principally malaria, chills and levers in West End and Vesuvius. Forty-two of chills and fever were located in a single day, in the first named part of the city. Three cases of small pox were recently moved from the western por-
  ing closely watched to prevent if possible a fresh outburst of that disease. Tho death register shows that during the month of August seventy deaths occurred within the city limits of Montgomery. Nine were white males and twelve white females. Twenty-one were negro males and twenty eight negro females
 The ages of decedents were as follows: Under one year. ': between one and five, !; five to ten. ?; ten to twenty, g; twenty to thirty. s: thirty to forty. ?: forty to fifty. 14; fifty to sixty. s; sixty to seventy, 12 seventy to eighty. 4; eighty to ninety, g.; ninety to one hundred 1; total. 70. Deaths by localities, as follows: Ward one, {: ward two, II; ward three 4; ward four. 21; ward five, 5; ward six, Il; ward seven. 14.
 Causes of death: Accident 1; appendi- citis. 1: arterio-sclerosis. l. Brights dis stomach, l.; cardits, 1: cerebral hemorr- haze. 1: cirrhosis of liver, 1; dysentery. 4; entero colitis. 3; epilepsy. 2. fever. bilious. l; congestive. ?; malarial. 3; remttent 1: typhoid, 1: gastrtis 2; gastro-enteritis, 5; heart disease, 1; homicide, 2; hamilton, ?; insanity, 1: marasmus. 2: meningitis. 1; ne phritis, 1; intestinal obstruction, 2 oedema of lungs. 1: old age, 6; paralysis. 3; puer- purai eclampsa, 2; rheumatism, l. sun stroke. 1; teething, 1; tuberculosis pulmon- alis 5: uraemic convulsions, l: unknown, 1; total, TO.
 Civil condition: Children (under ten years), 1s; single, B: married, S1; widow ed. 15: unknown. 3; total 70.
 Places of interment: Oakwood cemetery, 45; westcott's cemetery, s, McCalrs ceme- tery. 1; Old Elam, l: OCorner's cemetery, 1; shipped to other cities, l7.
 Fifty-eight births wero recorded during