The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
AMONG THE WHITES, THE TWO
WE'RE ABOUT EQUAL.
Report of Sanitary Department for the
Month of April shows Many In
tcrestfng Facts OF Montgom-
cry Health Conditions.

Births and deaths among the white
population of Montgomery were about
on a par in April. according to the
April report of the sanitary depart
ment. which was completed yesterday.
During the entire month, thirty -one
white babies saw the first light of day,
while thirty-three white persons died
in Montgomery during the same
period.
The death rate among negroes, how
ever, brings the total in excess of for
mer figures, owing to the fact that
forty-four negroes died during the
month, and only nineteen negro babies
were reported TO the department. The
totals, therefore, for the month In
Guiding whites and blacks were sew
enty- seven deaths and fifty births
Twenty of the white babies were
boys and eleven were girls, while there
were eleven negro males and eight
negro females.
1t is interesting to note the various
causes of deaths. There were six deaths
from accidents, one negro being killed
in street car accident, two others
meeting death in a railroad accident,
and two more dying from gunshot
wounds. One white person was killed
by a gun shot,
Heart disease caused the death of
six persons, four whites ana two ne
groes, while two men, one of them
white and another u negro, died from
the grip.
One negro died from ptomaine poi
soning, and morphine caused the death
of one white person. Pneumonia ended
the existence of five persons, only two
of them being whites. One white per-
son died from tetanus.
Among the whites, twenty-one of the
deceased were males and twelve were
females, and among the negroes TWEEN
ty-nine were males and fifteen females
The highest mortality was among
children under one year of age, four
teen of whom died during the month
Eight children with ages varying from
one to five years, died.
The largest number of deaths occur
red in Ward 4. the number being TWEEN
ty-f1ve. Other wards were as follows:
One, nine; two, eleven; three seven;
five. twelve six, eight; seven, FIVE
Out of the total number of deaths,
eighteen were under 10 years of age,
seventeen over 10 years and single,
twenty-five were married, eleven were
widowed and the social relations of the
remaining eight were unknown.
Contagious diseases during the month
were extremely light, only one case
OF smallpox having been reported
That occurred in Ward 6. Only one
case of smallpox was treated AT
the pest house Nine rooms at hospi-
tails and twenty eight rooms at resi-
dences were fumigated.
The sanitary department made 2,302
inspections and 1885 reinspections.
The supplemental reort of the meat
and milk inspection department shows
ante mortem inspection of 1852 head
Of cattle was made, and that twenty
three beef cattle and one calf were
rejected
AS result of the post mortem inspec-
ton, 613 pounds of meat was rejected
large part OF this beng diseased The
department inspected 312 pounds of
dressed meats from the West and 374
pounds of dressed meats from the sur
rounding country.
Ninety three samples of milk were
collected and analysed by the milk
chemist during April. These samples
were secured from eight public diaries
supplying milk to Montgomery.
The following is the per cent of but
ter fat found in the samples of each
oairy: Cherokee 4.02; Cleveland Ave.
nue., Alb; Cloverdale, 426: Dixie
(wholesale). 3.75; Cedar. 3S4; Home.
All; Riverside, Ala; F. NJ Perry
twholesale), 44S
The average per cent of butter fat
from all dairtes was 400 per cent
In addition to this. eighteen samples
of cream were analysed, showing an
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