Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-31
WEEKLY DEATH RATE
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY DIS
TRICT HEALTH OFFICE.

Classified as to age. the deaths In the Dis
trict of Columbia. as shown by the weekly
report Of the health office for the week end
ed August 20. were equally divided between
persons between the ages of five and nifty
nine and those under and over those respec-
tive ages. In all there were l26 deaths in
the city and county during the week. TWEEN
ty-six of which were infants under ono year
of age, nine were of children under five
years and twenty-eight were of persons Of
the age OF sixty years or more. The other
half of the fatalities, sixty-three In all.
were scattered as to age all through the in
tervening fifty-four years
AS to cause, a marked increase was shown
In the number of deaths from pulmonary
tuberculosis. twenty-one persons succumb-
Ing to this one disease. Diarrheal diseases
were second in the list of causes, twenty
deaths, all but one among children under
two years of age, being reported. Typhoid
fever. as stated in Sundays Star, resulted
in six deaths.
The deaths. however. were greatly ex-
ceeded by the births, this natural increase
IN the DISTRICTS population during the week
averaging twenty-five for each day. or 154
for the week.
Report in Detail.
follows:
Columbia during. the week ended on Sat-
urday. August 49, 1905. This number is
10 more than were reported last week and
OF 1901 OF these deaths II occurred among
the white people and "a among the colored,
and represent a death rate per thousand
of the population of the former Of 1874 and
the entire population was 2O.2. The re-
spective rates for the corresponding period
of last year were 1872, 95.2 and 1919.
The number OF deaths from diarrheal dis
eases continues large, but shows a decrease
OF from last weeks report. There were
20 fatalities from this trouble and all but
one were under years of age, Is occur
ring among colored infants and among
white. Twenty-one fatal cases of pulmo-
nary consumption occurred during the
week. died from diseases of the heart, 7
from cerebral hemorrhage, 9 deaths were
caused by malignant growths, and from
diseases of the kidneys There was also
one suicide.
The following changes were observed in
contagious diseases: Diphtheria cases were
increased from 10 to 10, there having been
and discharged.
There was also an increase in the num-
Der Of cases of scarlet fever, viz: from
IA to II. Four new cases occurred and
was discharged.
Typhoid Fever Cases.
The number OF cases OF typhoid fever re-
ported during the week was "a. This Is
81 less than the number reported last week
and 10 less than were reported during the
corresponding week OF last year. Forty
three cases were discharged, Of which
were by deaths. This shows an increase Of
81 cases since last weeks report and a
total number under observation of 2S4 cases,
as against 211 for the corresponding week
of 1904.
The number Of cases Of smallpox, viz
4, remains unchanged.
The births reported during the week were
1874. OF these, So were white children and
66 colored.
The weather conditions. reported by
the United States weather bureau. were as
follows: Mean temperature, rs degrees;
mean relative humidity, 80 degrees; mean
actual barometer. 29.sS. The winds were
southerly in direction and averaged 81
miles hour, with maximum velocity
of 90 miles on the 25th instant. The mini
mum temperature was 80 degrees on the I'D
instant, and the maximum SO degrees on
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