Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-28

secretary tNayiuHt OF tnc CummcrCiai
club read report which he had pre-
pared from the records OF the office
and cause of deaths during. the past
several years Mr.. Naylon, In his re-
port. takes into consideration all the
deaths reported to the city by under
takers at the time they make request
for q burial permit. He also gives
the time OF approximate residence of
persons who died In this city and VI
entity. The actual deaths among peo-
Pile OF this city during 1909. accord-
ing to MIR. Naylon's report, were 24s.
or these los died from tuberculosis,
leaving the actual deaths among res
idents OF Albuquerque, 14o.
Mr.. Naylon's report is as follows:
After reading in the Morning
Journal an article setting forth the
enormous death rate In this city,
compared with other cities and wch
ina whole United States. calied upon
1.-The city clerk and was permitted 70
Investigate the reports Of the city
physicians as regards the number OF
deaths. causes, etc.
The reports covering the two years
beginning April IA, 1906, and ending
April IA. 1908, were the only reports
| on file which gave the number OF
deaths, causes, etc
| From April IA. 1906. to April "a,
| 1907. there We're 36S deaths from all
sources In this city. TWO hundred Of
| these deaths were among those who
came here for their health or brought
Ito our hospitals One hundred and
sixty-eight actual deaths among resi-
dents. Five deaths from typhoid
| fever, two deaths from diphtheria,
one death from scarlet fever Total.
eight deaths from typhoid fever, diph-
iberia and scarlet fever. Total TWEEN
lty deaths from accidents or two and
one-haif as many deaths from acci-
dents as from diphtheria, typhoid and
scarlet.
From April IA. 1907, to Aprli IA.
i190s, reports show
Three hundred nlnety-slx deaths
from all sources TWO hundred and
lthirty-si OF these deaths We're among
those who came here with tubercu-
Hosts or brought TO our hospitals One
hundred and sixty actual deaths
lamong residents.
Seven deaths from typhoid fever,
two deaths from dlphtheria, no deaths
from scarlet fever. Total nine deaths
from typhoid fever. diphtheria and
scarlet fever.
Total deaths from accidents, twen-
lty-nine, or three times as many as
from diphtherla, typhoid and scarlet
lfevers.
The death record for 1909 In the
city physicians office shows 40s cer-
ltificates issued.
Deduct as Follows.
lDied outside of city. buried OUT @
side OF city in San Jose and
other cemeteries. Some shipped
| All of them handled by local
| undertakers .........,...... %
Died outside of city and brought
here for burial in Fairview ana
Santa Barbara cemeteries. bf
Brought from outside of city to
st. Josephs sanitarium, Santa
Fe hospital and other local
places for treatment death re-
sulting shortly afterwards 4s
None of the above includes tuber-
euler cases.
Died Of tuberculosis outside of
city =. ..............I. ...... -
Total deductions ......,.4... loi
Actual deaths among people of
this city ..............'... z4v
Deduct deaths within city from
tuberculosis ..,..'......... lvo
can but one Of 10S had lived here
less than ten years and all but eleven
of said los had lived here less than
five years.)
Actual deaths among residents
of this city. excluding deaths
resulting from tuberculosis l4o
Twenty-Five of the 140 deaths
lamong residents were children less
than one year old.
Thirty more of the 14O deaths
lamong residents We're among those
looming here within the past rive
lyears.
Twelve of said thirty had hVed
ihere but one year or less.
CITY death record shows deaths from
consumption outside city. ~
CITY death record shows deaths from
consumption in city .......' loS
Total .......-..' -'.'' -
Lived in city month or less "a
Lived in city three month or less
| (but over 1 month"; ........ 20
Lived in city eight months or less
| (but over months) ........- lb
Total lived In city less than
months lover one-half). 6S