Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-14
MORTALITY AND HEALTH.
Record of District for Week Ended
Last Saturday.

The mortality and health record OF the
District for the week ending Saturday last
was, according to the weekly report of the
health office issued today, as follows:
A slight increase is noticed in the gen.
eral mortality during the past week over
that during the same period of last year
and a considerable increase occurred over
the record Of the week previous, as shown
by the following figures: During the week
just past the deaths numbered 139 (61 white
IS colored; during 1905 period, 126 (77 white
90 colored), and during :he week ended
on the Sd instant, 1O7 go white A colors d
This increase just referred to occurred al
most entirely in the coored mortality the
increase over the 1906 period being 10 deaf his
and over the week previous 81 deaths. The
death rates per 1000 per annum during the
past week were: White. 1875; colored 422
total, 21.9. as compared with 1874, 25.4 and
1900, respectively. during the week pre-
vious, and 17.3, 1913 and PIT respectively
during 1906 period.
Among the principal causes Of these recent
deaths We're: Diarrheal diseases 80; con-
sumption. IA; heart disease. 8: kidney dis
ease. {; meningitis, o; pneumonia, 1, and
malignant growths and typhoid fever
each
The births reported during the past week
numbered 100, of which 9S were white and
62 colored. During the same week of 1906
there We're 135 births reported Y1 white and
Al colored).
Prevalent Diseases: Typhoid Fever.-The
improved conditions with regard to the
typhoid fever situation this season over
those shown by the record for the same
period of last year are still evident. There
were at the close of the geek just ended,
Notwithstanding an increase of 80 cases since
the week previous 102 less cases than exist
ed at the close of the corresponding week
OF 1906, VIZ, 155 cases, as compared with
257.
During the week just past there were 40
n tod nd a pnp 4
g by DEATH. leaving 100 on hand During
the week previous, 30 new cases and IA
discharged g by DEATH, leaving III on
hand, and during the 1906 period, 10 new
cases were reported and 20 discharged g by
DEATH, leaving 2o1 on hand.
Dfarrheal Diseasas.-The total deaths
from this disease during this report period
numbered 80, which is less than the week
previous but an Increase of IL over the
corresponding period of 1905, when there
were Is deaths from this disease. A divi-
sion of the deaths which took place this
past week, by age, gives q under years
of age tof which IS Were colored), and )
at the age OF years and over. This coll
ored mortality under . years Of age equals
the deaths among the race, from this dis
ease, during the week previous. Owing to
the fact that the diarrheal diseases termi-
mating fatally during the 1906 period We're
not classified by age, comparison between
that period and the past week is not prac-
ticable.
Other Contagious piseases.-The record OF
reported cases Of contagious diseases shows
the following changes since the close of
the week previous:
An improvement is noted in diphtheria
scarlet fever and measles, there being L. =
and less cases, respectively, at the close
of the week just ended than the week pre-
vious, while very slight increase occurred
in cases of whooping cough and chicken
poX, there being more cases of each dis
ease mentioned.
Diphtheria.-The dipEtheria record shows
l new case reported and ) discharged (all
recoveries), leaving 2 cases in quarantine.
Scarlet Fever-This record shows 2 cases
discharged and no new reports received,
ducing the number of cases in quarantine
to ).
Measles.-There We're new cases of this
disease reported and IL discharged re-
covered, making total of lib cases on
hand.
Whooping Cough.-There We're 4 new
cases of whooping cough reported and l.
discharged as recovered, leaving 127 cases
on hand.
Chicken Pox-This record shows new
cases reported as against recovery, max
ing a total of So cases of this disease on
hand.
Smallpox and Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis The District 10 Tree from poth.