Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-24
RATE UNUSUALLY HIGH
DEATHS FROM WHOOPING COUGH
THE PAST WEEK.
Typhoid Fever and Smallpox Cond1-
hons-Births Exceed the Deaths
Changes Noted.

What is regarded as an unusually high
death rate from whooping cough is chron-
icled in the weekly report Of the health de-
partment. issued yesterday afternoon. There
were seven fatalities from this disease dur
ing the week ended last Saturday.
The typhoid fever situation is another fea-
ture of the weekly health report, 1t being
shown, as was stated in last Sundays Star.
that ninety-five new cases were developed
during the seven days. Thirty typhoid fever
patients recovered during the same time and
eight died. Diarrhoeal diseases caused an
even larger number Of deaths among chill
dren of tender years than last week, TWEEN
ty-four little ones yielding UP their lives
from this one cause.
More than twenty births for each day Of
the past week were recorded, the total num-
Der more than counterbalancing the deaths.
The full report follows:
Text Of the Report.
There were 10T deaths In the District OF
Columbia during the week ended Saturday.
August 10, 1893. This number is % less than
were reported last week and II less than for
the corresponding period of 1904. OF these
deaths 50 occurred among the white people
and 81 among the colored and represent a
death rate per 1000 of the population of the
former of ia and of the latter of 81. The
death rate for the entire population was
17.2. The respective rates for the CORE
spending period of last year were 1G.1, 80. Z
and 20.6.
The number of deaths from diarrhoeal dis
eases continues large, viz. "a, of which %
were infants under two years of age, II be-
ing colored children and 8 white. There
were IL fatal cases of consumption, 10
deaths due to diseases of the heart, and the
unusually large number of I fatal cases of
whooplnS cough. There was one suicide.
DO foil, oh, L.
contagious diseases:
DIphtheria cases were Increased from I to
10. there having been ) new cases report ed
and , discharged There was also an in
crease of in the number of cases of scar
let fever, viz, from IL, the number on hand
at the beginning of the week to IA on Sat
urday last. There was l discharged.
Increase of Fifty-seven.
Typhoid fever continues undated, and
shows an increase over last weeks record
of 81. There were % new cases reported to
the health officer during the period under
consideration. as compared with 80 cases re-
ported for the corresponding period of 1904
and 80 discharges, s of which We're by death
There are now on hand within the limits of
this District 2G2 cases. exactly 100 more
than last year.
The number of cases of smallpox was re-
duced to 4. Two new cases developed and
there were discharged.
The births reported during the week were
IA. or these 90 were white children and 4S
colored.
The weather conditions, as reported by the
weather bureau, were as follows: Mean
temperature, Y degrees; mean relative HUI
Nudity, 81 per cent; mean actual barometer,
1888 The winds were easterly in direction
and averaged six miles in velocity an hour,
reaching the maximum velocity of y miles
on the nth instant The minimum temper
azure was SO degrees, on Friday, the 18th,
and the maximum so degrees. on the 18th
instant