The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-08
47 DEATHS IN APRIL
MONTCOMERY's MORTALITY RATE
 SHOWN TO BE 11.2s.
During the Past Month Seventy Bn-
 hlea Were Born-Accordfng to Reports Received at Sanitary
 Department.

| Forty-seven deaths were reported IT
 Montgomery during the month of April 1 or this number fourteen were whft' l persons and thirty three negroes White males. five; white female, nine
 negro males. fourteen negro females | nineteen Estimating the population at 50.000 the death rate for the month would l be 1l.28 per. thousand. This low rate
 of mortality is flattering indication of the healthfulness of the city. the l salubrity of its climate and the splen- did sanitary condition of the city gen. l orally.
 The ages of decendents reported during April to the Sanitary Depart | ment were as follows: Under one year. four: from one to five. three; from five to ten. 0; ten to twenty. two; twenty to thirty, '; thirty
 to forty, ten: forty to fifty. eleven; fifty to sixty. two; sixty to seventy six; seventy to eighty. one; eighty to ninety, one.
 Deaths by wards-Ward 1. two; ward 2, four; ward 3. three; ward four, seventeen: ward 5. three; ward 6, seven; ward .. eleven. Civil ondition-Children under 10 years, seven: single. over 10 years nine; married, eighteen; widowed, nine; unknown. four Nativity of decendents-Montgom Ala, ten: other natives of Alabama eleven; Georgia. six; Illinois. one. Louisiana, one; other natives of United States. eighteen.
 Places of interment-Oakwood ceme- tery. thirty-six; Wescotts cemetery, four; shipped to other cities, seven. Deaths at institutions-City prison, one: County poor house, three; private infirmaries and hospitals, nine.
 Record of Births.
 Seventy birth were recorded during the past month, nine being white males. eighteen white females; seven teen negro males and twenty-six ne- gro females.
 Births by wards-ward 1. three; Ward 2. thirteen; Ward 3, four; Ward 4, twenty -one; Ward 5. eleven: Ward 6, ten; Ward z, eight
 Twelve still births were reported three white and nine negroes. which are not included in the table of deaths Or births.
 There remained at the Emergency Hospital under treatment. on April 1st, twenty-six cases of small pox. and sixteen cases were admitted during the month. One case of measles was also admitted to the detention ward. mak- ing a total of forty three persons treated at the institution during the past thirty days. Thirty-three small pox patients and one measles patient were discharged during the month as we'll, leaving nine cases of small pox under treatment.
 The following number of premises were fumigated and cleansed for infec- tious and contagious diseases: For chicken pox, one: measles, one; scarlet fever, two: small pox, nine; suspicious sickness, two; tuberculosis, two. The sanitary officers inspected 4,9sI permises during the month of April and re-inspected S97 places, total of 5,ss4 premises inspected and re-in- spected
 The sanitary and storm water sewers | have been flushed from different points at regular intervals. The streets and alleys have been daily cleaned of all accumulations oi trash and garbage.
 Meat Inspection. There were offered at the union | slaughter house 1,261 for antemortem 1 inspection, of which number sixteen were rejected on hoof as too poor fof human food. Twelve hundred and for
 ty-five were allowed to go to slaugh' | ter.
 Seven hundred and eighty pound:
 of meats were condemned and tanket
 on post -mortem inspection, as dis
 eased or otherwise unfit for food. In
 spector Taylor reports 115 dressed ani
 mals from the country as inspected oy
 him.
 | The dairies supplying milk to tht