Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-04
NEW TYPHOID CASES.
Seven Reported at Health ONCE
Weekly Report.

Seven new cases of typhoid fever had
been reported at the health Office at noon
toCay. 1t is believed that the number of
cases this week will be less than the total
OF last week IL the present average is kept
UP. The weekly report of the health de-
partment was issued today. Some inn
provement Of public health conditions was
noted at the close of the week last Satur-
day. As far as relates to the mortality
record there were but 95 deaths reported,
as against 104 during the previous week.
The mortality of the District during the
corresponding week of 1904 was 81. The
Improvement Is especially noticeable in the
death rate of the white inhabitants for the
week just ended, viz: 8. Ii per LOCO, as COM
pared with 1879 for the preceding week. The
cclored death rate, however. registers at
the high figure of $50 per 1,Oo0 showing
marked increase since the week before,
when the death rate was but 23.4. The
death rate for the entire population Is 1873.
which is slight Improvement over last
year. The corresponding week of 1904
showed the following death rates: White.
IA; colored. 2o.4; total. 1852. OF those
dying during the current week 40 were
white decedents and IS colored.
Diarrhoeal diseases show a reduction in
number of cases terminating fatally name
~, eight deaths, as compared with twelve
last week. OF these eight decedents five
were infants under two years of age.
Pulmonary consumption retains the lead
on the list of fatalities. having thirteen
deaths to Its credit, but this is decrease
OF four in number over last weeks record.
Dlarrhoeal diseases follow next with the
eight deaths referred to above. There were
seven deaths from diseases of the kidneys,
six deaths caused by malignant growths.
four deaths, respectively, from typhoid
fever. whooping cough and heart trouble.
Six deaths were caused by pneumonia and
two from apoplexy.
Typhoid fever continues to show de-
cline in the number of cases on hand. The
total number under treatment at the writ
Ing of this report numbers 261, as compared
with 264 llst week and 90 at the corre-
spending week of 1904. There were so new
cases reported during the current week,
and 53 discharges -four of which were by
DEATH. There were four deaths from this
disease during last week, and five during
the corresponding week of 1904.
Diphtheria shows an increase over last
week or SIX cases, there being seventeen
new cases reported and eleven. DISCHARGED
three by DEATH, LAYING twnty-four cases
in quarantine.
Scarlet fever also increased during the
week, four new cases being reported and
two discharged, raising the number in
0hree by death), leaving twenty-four cases
la st week
The smallpox situation shows the most
! ma rked Improvement of the contagious dis
eases There were no new cases discov-
cred, and eight discharges, which leaves
but one patient confined in quarantine
There were III births reported during the
week, OF which "a were white and 43 col
ored infants. A comparison with the total
mortality for the week will show a very
favorable majority for the birth record of
the week.
The weather conditions were as follows:
Mean temperature GO; mean relative hui
mldlty, 81; mean actual barometer, 1881
The winds were northwesterly in direction
with an average velocity of four miles an
hour, and reaching maximum velocity of
seventeen miles, on the 25th instant The
MAXIMUM temperature was &C. on the 3Oth
and minimum Al, on the 9th instant.