Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07
PNEUMONIA ON THE RAMPAGE
ROLL OF VICTIMS LAST WEEK
NUMBERS 33 NAMES.
Disease Claims One Hundred and Six.
teen Persons Since March 1.
Weekly Mortality Report

Pneumonia resulting. in the opinion 81
officials of the health department from
exposure TO severe weather inauguration
day and other Indictment days in March
has caused ll6 deaths in the District
of Columbia since March 1.
The roll of pneumonia victims for the
week ended April 3 numbers 33.
These figures are presented in the week
ly mortality report of the health depart.
ment for the week ended April g. made
public this afternoon.
The large number Of deaths due &c
pneumonia during the month of March Is
given special consideration in the report
1t says:
The disease most prominent In the
mortality of the past week is pneumonia,
TO which is accredited thirty-three deaths,
This disease has been quite fatal for the
past few weeks and has record since
March l of ZIG deaths.
Argument for Inauguration Change.
These figures are generally regarded
as presenting a most convincing argu-
ment for a change of inauguration day
to a season OF the year when mild
weather assured.
Next to pneumonia. according to the
report. the most fatal disease last week
was tuberculosis, which caused "a
| deaths. From diseases of the heart Is
died, from diseases of the kidneys, 13,
and from apoplexy, s.
Contagious diseases in the District
continue to increase. according to the
| report AS regards the number Of cases
reported during last week, the report
says:
"Diphtheria cases on hand have beer
reduced from p to 81. There were
new cases reported and l. discharged.
! "A
from 81 at the beginning Of the week
| to e. at the close. Twenty-Five new
| cases were registered and Il discharged
One new case of smallpox was report
| ed during the past week but was prac-
| tically cured when discovered. and was
detained but a few days This case and
the one other case in quarantine were
| both discharged recovered. and there re-
| mains no case of smallpox in the Dis
trict of Columbia at the close of this re-
| port. so far as known TO the health de-
partment.
"Whooping cough cases were increased
| from 1SS to 204, by Il newly recorded
cases there being only l discharge.
Typhoid fever continues to increase
| and there are IL more cases under
| treatment than at the date OF the pre-
ceding report, when there were 1si
registered cases. The number OF new
cases reported during this past week
was IA, and the number of discharges
3. The condition year ago. as to this
disease. were as follows: Reported
cases, 6; cases discharged. IS; number
of cases under treatment, 50.
Increase of Measles.
The record for measles shows 40
new cases for the week just ended.
with 195 cases discharged. This is an
increase in the cases under treatment
since the week previous of 10
'Chickenpox shows increase of
but 1 case. from 30 to oil. There
were newly reported cases and
cases were discharged.
The condition with respect to cpl
demic cerebro-spfnal meningitis re-
mains unchanged. with only > cases
under observation.
Reg iStered cases of tuberculosis
have increased from GO to 705. Thirty
six new cases were recorded during the
past week. and 10 were discharged.
One case of CHAMBERS was reported
during the week. the patient being a
stableman. who, presumably. contracted
the disease from among the horses with
which he was brought into contact
The horse from which the disease was
contracted has. however. not been dis
covered. The patient is isolated and
under treatment at the quarantine sta
ton
The total number of deaths last week.
according to the report. 10.
which is II more than during the
week previous. The general death rate
is higher for the week, the report sets
forth, due to increased mortalitwamong
the white residents. Births for the
week numbered ia.