Evening star., 1905-11-02
WEEKLY HEALTH REPORT.
Four More Deaths During This Period
Than Last.

The weekly report of the health depart
ment has been issued, as follows:
The number of deaths reported during the
week ended October 2S, 1905. was 112, which
Is four more than last week and sixteen
more than the same week of 1904. or the
Mortality during the current week 20 were
white Inhabitants and AZ colored. The rela-
tive death rates for the week just ended
were, white 15.9. colored 229, total 1875
per 1000 inhabitants. as compared with
1870, 278 and ia, respectively, during the
previous week, and 14.3, 22.1 and 1875 dur
ing the corresponding period of 1904.
The principal causes of the deaths this
week were as follows: Consumption, IA
deaths; diseases Of the heart. IL deaths :
diseases Of the kidneys, deaths; typhoid
fever, deaths; diarrheal diseases and apo
plexy, deaths each; meningitis and pneu-
monia, 3 deaths each. A comparison OF this
record with that of last week shows one
death less from consumption, six deaths
more from heart trouble this week than
last week, nine deaths less this week from
kidney diseases than occurred last week,
typhoid fever proved fatal in four more
cases than it did in last week, diarrheal dis
eases show an increase of four deaths over
last week, while apoplexy has but one more
death to it's credit than last week, pneu-
monia shows a decrease In number OF
deaths, there being but three deaths, as
compared with six last week; meningitlS re-
mains the same as last week-namely, three
deaths. There were two deaths by suicide
during this week.
The following changes are observed In the
reported contagious diseases:
Dfphtheria cases show an increase OF
seven cases over last weeks record, there
being sixteen new cases reported and nine
discharged. leaving thirty-six cases In quar-
antine One death was responsible for one
of the DISCHARGES.
Scarlet fever shows an increase of six
cases over last week. there being six new
cases reported and no discharges. making
the total number in quarantine to be four
teen.
Typhoid fever however, shows crafty
Ing decrease In the number of cases on
hand, there being but thirty-eight new re-
ports received and sixty-four discharges
eight of these being through death), which
leaves 119 cases under treatment Deduct
ing the eight fatal cases from the number
of discharges shows thirty-six patients as
being entirely recovered. There were 2O5
cases under treatment at the close OF last
week and 243 at the same period Of 1904.
Smallpox made its appearance in fresh
outbreak during the week. Three cases
were discovered, all relatives one Of which
was of the hemorrhagic type and terminated
fatally seven hours after its admittance to
the smallpox hospital. The remaining two
cases. with the one already in quarantine,
make total OF three now confined in the
hospital.
The number of births reported during the
week were ninetyeight, as compared with
131 last week. OF these seventy-five were
white infants and twenty-three colored.
The weather conditions. as reported by
the weather bureau. were as follows: Mean
temperature. 40 degrees; mean relative hui
midity, SO degrees; mean actual barometer,
30.06 The winds were northwesterly in di-
rection with an average velocity of five
miles an hour, reaching a maximum veloc-
fty of nineteen miles on the 18th instant.
The maximum temperature was 81 degrees,
on the oath ultimo and the minimum tenn
perature. 33 degrees, on the 22d ultimo.