The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-14
RACE suicide NOT
PREVALENT |: A !. HERE
Birth Record for September tile
Largest Ever Reported to
Board.
LEVY ON MILK SITUATION
Majority Of Dairynncn Co-opcrat-
ing With Board, but Few Are
Giving Trouble.

TWO hundred and tflrty.fi five births
reported during the month OF septem.
Der broke all records on file ut the
Health Department. this being true de-
spite tho fact that all returns wers
not received from the co1orcd popu
ation. or this number 1853 white chill
dren were born. there being eighty
three males aud sevcnty-flve females.
For the thirty days the figures show
an annual rate of 25.43 per 1000 for
the entire populations; 27.o2 per I,ooo
for whites, and 2..s7 for blacks. or
the scvcnty-seven colored births. forty
three were males and th,rty-four rc-
males.
AS general rule all the white
births arc reported, but the returns
are not complete 30 far as the negro
race is concerned. The records would
he still larger except for this latter
fact. e-pf
Mortality Record.
There were 1877 deaths (nnety- seves
white and ninety colored) In Richmond
during tho month of September, of
which fourteen (twelve white and two
coloreD were among non-residentp.
leaving 173 deaths teighty-flvc white
and lightweight coloredD among resi-
dents. Calculated to annual rates per
1000 OF population, the death rate
among the entire population for the
month was 20.22 including non-rcsi-
dcnts, aud 1871, excluding non-resi-
dents. For the whites. the rate was
1853. with non-residents included, aud
14.53 with non-residents excluded.
while the colored rate was 26.5l. with
non2residents included. and 1922, with
lIon-residents excluded
Milk situation.
Referring TO the milk and daary sit
uation for the month OF September.
tiealth Officer Levy says.
The report OF The dairy inspector
shows entirely satisfactory progress,
although this IL not fully Indicated by
the average scores tfor. the month Tl..
lis due to the fact that most attention
WAS paid to those places which had
not previously gotten into satisfactory
shape. while the better class. which
would have raised the average score
very materially. were not visited. ow7
ing to considerable Trouble with SIN.
OF the dairymen. ncccssitating rspeat-
ed visits. ands1b the fact that several
days were spent scoring out-of- town
places. the number of scores WAS only
A. although a total Of los visits Were
paid. The average score of the 40
places revisited and scored was 5l.l
per cent. against coo per cent. In
August: but the four new places
scored. on ian average, only AIS per
cent. thereby lowering the general
average TO 50.7 per cent
There are now no places scoring
under 40 per cent. The inspector Will
be busy for some time with out-of-
town places which desire to ship milk
into Richmond. AS soon as he can re-
visit all the old places on which he
has been working. the Improvement
shown in the scores will be very
marked.
Few Giving Trouble.
The general spirit of cooperation
shown by nearly all the dairymen and
dairy farmers lis not shared ~ all, and
these few are giving the department.
considerable trouble. AS In the past,
every effort will be made to secure the
intelligent and cheerful corporation
OF all men In the milk business, but,
where thiS course proves unAvailins,
the cases will be dealt with as In
the past, by suspension or revocation
Ioftpcrmits During the month one per
nit Swas suspended and one revoked