The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-15
DEATH RATE FOR YEAR 14.9. Excellent Health Condi- lions in Montgomery. ANNUAL REPORT FILED Dr. GOIdthwaite Presents
 Interesting Statistics. For Twelve Months sos Persons Died in Montgomery, and so7 Babies { Bern---sanltary Depart
 ment's Work.

groes died in Montgomery during the ] year as white people, and popular !, opinion notwithstanding. more white babies were born than negro babies. | Of the sos persons who died during ] the year 272 were white and 531 were negroes. Of the S07 new babies 359
 were white and S5s were negroes. | The report was compiled by Chief | Clerk John J. Farley and it reflects | great credit upon his ability and intel | Iligence. The full text of the report Is as follows:
 Hon. c. P. Mcintyre. Acting Mayor: Dear Eir--For your consideration | and tran nsniission to the City Council of Montgomery, the report of the san | itary Department, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1905, Is herewith respectfully submitted.
 Tables, with notations. are attached showing in detail the operations of the several branches of the department, with the exception of the special work accomplished during the months of July, August and September. by mem- bers of this force, which, in my opin- ion, deserves special mention.
 Guarding Against Fever. "Immediately on receipt of official intelligence that there was yellow fe- yer in New Orleans. Acting Mayor Mo- Intyre ordered this department to in- crease its force of inspectors to suf- fcient number of men to thoroughly cover the city every fourteen days. These inspectors were instructed to ex- anime all premises as to sanitary con- ditions and note all sickness of what ever nature The returns made were thorough, and this department has been
 at all times fully posted on the health and general condition of the city. War was begun on the mosquito. an oiling corps under the supervision of Inspector Hinderer was put to work locating and destroying or oiling all pools and ponds of water containing wigglers. Not only was the breeding place of the ''stygomia" sought for. but realizing that the relation of the "anopheles" as a causatfve factor to malariai fever had been fully demon- | strated, the swamps and marshy places near the city were treated with pe- | troieum. No great results were ex- pected from this particular work, as | the season was too far advanced, yet the effect was perceptible in the dim l mutton in numbers Of the little pests
 in localities where they had been worst.
 .Forces of men under direction of our officera were put to work cleaning | and disinfecting cellars, courts and al- | leys in the business district, and clean ing, flushing and disinfecting the sew | CTS of the city.
 ! Tne WOTk ACCOIuptASHCu Dy tiO Sh- spectors was highly satisfactory, and won words of praise from the Acting Mayor the Board of Health and the public generally.
 work was also begun with a view of draining the ponds of stagnant water in North Montgomery and West End. Experiments were made in bor- | ing wells to a strata of gravel which would absorb all the water. The well I nrnnnaAd t0 drain IChappelrs lake proved failure, and it will be necessary to again resort to | ditching to abate the nuisance. The well sunk in Vesuvius, 1t appears, will eventually drain the surrounding ponds.
 "A force of men. under supervision of this department. are at present cut | ting ditches with a view to draining all ponds of water, west of the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad tracks in
 and near Kennedyville. into the river It is to be hoped that the succeeding administration will continue this work | Contagious Diseases.
 TWO hundred and twenty-five eases | of smallpox were reported during the past twelve months, being two hundred | less than were registered during the previous fiscal year. The disease con I tinues in a light form, although two deaths from smallpox resulted. One was an aged man living just beyond the city limits and the other negro infant reported from Ward 2.
 The number of cases of diphtheria | increased from eighteen in previous re- port, with two deaths therefrom. to thirty-six cases for the past fiscal year resulting in four deaths
 Seven cases of scarlet fever were registered, none resulting fatally "On Saturday morning, July 29th, the | City Physician was called to attend a guest at one of the hotels who had been taken sick during the night previous. | The physician deemed the case suspl- cious, and became more impressed In his conviction that the patient had i symptoms of yellow fever when the | fact was ascertained that the man was from Louisiana, although the place from which he had registered was not reported as being infected. After l hurried consultation with members or l the Board of Health. the patient was l moved to the Emergency Hospital the place having been thoroughly screened. | and there isolated. A few days later
 Drs. wilkerson, Bragg. Gaston. Pitts | and Goldthwaite, representing the Board of Health, with Dr. Sanders, the State Health Officer, diagnosed the case as yellow fever and so publicly an
 nounced 1t. The case was successful | " treated ana no new CdStS QeNclOpcN'
 The new Emergency Hospital is
 completed and partly equipped. and
 ready for the reception of patients. The | city should be proud of this plant The cost of operating this depart ment for the past fiscal year was $2S,-
 252.62. an excess of s5.02O.S6 over the
 previous year. Of this amount, the
 sum of $25.354.62 was appropriated out
 of the general fund; s2.500 was donated
 by the County Board of Revenue; S361
 was realized from the sale of health
 certificates, and $S7 was paid to the
 department by the Atlantic Coast Line
 Railroad for treating smallpox patients
 The difference in cost of operation
 Is explained by the purchase of addl- | tional live stock and wagons amount
 ing to over $1,000 an ambulance cost
 ing $200. analysis of milk and water
 s200. and the pay of the additional in- | spectors and quarantine officers.
 The Vital Statistics.
 The table of deaths herewith at
 tached shows that Sos deaths occurred | dnrfra, tha U1ar ff,ek HAAAA seven less