Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-14
NOVEMBER HEALTH REPORT.
Total OF 100 Deaths icnortcd for the
Month.

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The city health department, for the
month of November. shows in the bull
letin just issued by that department
that there were in Salt Jake during
the month of November total of 100
deaths. .Of these. 81 were due to gen
erai causes, 10 to nervous affections, Il
to diseases of the heart. 10 TO stomach
and bowel Affections. G to diseases OF
the kidneys. to pucrperal troubles. ;
to old age and Z from external causes,
such as suicide. Nine of the total num-
Der of deaths were from early infancy
or premature birth. There were, out
side the cases specified by the depart
mcnt due to n recognized cause, six
deaths, bringing the total to 100.
This report shows the annual death
rate for the city of Salt Lake to be
12.72 per 1000 population. OF the total
number of deaths, u were actual resi-
dents of Salt Lake, reducing the an
nual death rate for Salt LakeJalone TO
. per cent for the month. OF the total
of 100, 81 We're males and 10 females
log of them were white and 3 black; 50
single. q married, and y widowed,
while in the entire total. not one was
divorced. OF the two unaccounted for
i
those who died during the month were
born in Salt Lake, % within the state,
80 were citizens of the United States,
% of foreign birth and the nativity of
s WAS unknown.
Six Of those who died during the
month were under the age OF month:
10 between the ages of l month and
year; 3 from ] year old to years;
from to years: II from i to 10
years; from Is to 25 years; 80 from
% to 40 years. 10 from as to 65 years
10 from 65 to So years, and over the
age OF SIS years.
Tho population OF the state was not
decreased by the number of deaths
during November. III the same period.
!sS new citizens came into the state, all
natives, to take the places IF those
who had fulfilled their missions and
had gone on. OF these, 1O7 were male
citizens and 92 females, but one of the
total being Of colored extraction
Complaints received by the sanitary
department numbered 3Si during tho
month. or these. 40 were complaints
as to garbage and 1863 notices were
served IN compliance with the COM
plants made; 3S2 cesspools, vaults ana
grease traps We're cleaned during the
month and sewer connection notices
We're served to So. while III sewer con-
Mcctions were made during the month
Or the above 81 were inspected. Dur
ing the period a05 loads of garbage
were destroyed Mt the crematory
During the month, 40 fish markets
were inspected 96 grocery stores re-
ccivcd the attention of the department;
aS commission houses We're looked over
and 80 bakeries called to the attention
of the Inspectors. Eleven hotels were
also Inspected in November. as were !
candy factories. 207 restaurants, 90
diaries, Z ice ponds and % milk plants
One hundred pounds of food was con
There were no prosecutions.
a total of 90 houses We're fumigatcd
during the period covered by the re-
port, 10 of these for scarlet fever, 62 for
diphtheria, 10 for smallpox and one for
tuberculosis: 345 rooms were included
in the total foundations, aside from
the houses fumigated. These included
Il for scarlet fever. FOG for dphtheria,
81 for smallpox and 6 for tuberculosis.
OF the contagious and infectious dis
eases reported 10 We're smallpox, II
scarlet fever, 10 dlphtheria, s measles,
4 typhoid. q chiekenpox. q simple
meningitis. infantile paralysis and 3
mumps. From the veterinary depart-
ment, the inspection of the following
was reported: Cattle, ISL: sheep,
3570; hogs.Hl2s: calves. o.: dressed
hogs, 256; meat markets. Al. or the
stock inspected. cattle. 9 sheep and
hog were retained because of disease
and the following condemned because
Of disease: lcow. hog and sheep.