The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-28
Number OF Deaths Smallest
OF Any June on
Record.
WILL MEET AT SOUTH HILL
Petersburg District Conference
to BE in Session July
&c, y and rs.
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
> Bollingbrook Street.
(Phone 1850
Petersburg. u, Jnne ID

Petersburg. Va, June %.
The report OF the Health Department
for the month ending Yesterday shows
that the registration OF deaths during
the month was the smallest Of any
June on record. and as compared with
the same month for the past seven
years, shows. reduction OF fully 80
per cent The number OF deaths re-
ported was thirty-whites. i6. coiored.
u, with very few among infants
There is but little typhoid fever in
the city. The only discourag!ng out
look is Ia the matter OF smallpox
There are now ave families under
house quarantine. with ten cases oi
thc disease. TWO Of THESE families
are recent corners 10 the city ami had
never been vaccinated.
There We're TWO deaths OF tuhercu-
losis during the month four of or
eanic heart disease and seven of
Brights disease. Seven deaths were
certified by the coroner: six bodies
were brought to the city for burial
and six were shipped away. There
were only six deaths among infants
under i've years OF age The rate of
mortality on the whole population was
fourteen per 1000 per annum; on the
white fourteen. and on the co!orei
population fifteen.
Birth Record.
While the death registration vas
much lower than usual this month
the birth registration was much
higher. The number OF births report
cd 20 the Health Department was 70
white males. 80, white females. 22:
to'1l So; colored males Q; oOlored fe-
males, s: total. II.
EnrIy Morning Marriage.
Az $50 o'clock this morning at the
residence Of the brides parents. on
Grove Avenue. Miss katharine Tai
bott ana Harry l.. Brown. both Of this
city. were married. the Rev W H.
Atwi!.. Of High Street Methodist
Church. oticiat!ng
Methodist District Conference.
The Petersburg District Conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South. Wi! hold its annual meeting
with the church at south Hui. on July
l6 u and IS There arc abou, th!rty
pastora! charges in the district ans:
the attendance OF clergy and lay dele
g..tes at the conference over which
presiding Elder J. IS. .Iolff Viii pre-
side is expected 10 be large. Reports
and addresses on the state Of the
church on sunday schools. on missions.
education, temperance and other i'm
portant matters Will be made. and lay
delegates and a!ternates TO the annual
conference VIII be elected
In the increase OF membership o..
church and sunday schools and in con-
TT 'vt'ons TO missions last year the
district made a splendid record
Giilinm-Pnttcrson.
marriage of interest was solemn
'zed IN ST Johns Episcopal Church. at
chester. last evening. a: G:3O O'Clock.
Mss Jennie Belle Patterson. daughter
Of NJ. and Mrs John II Patterson. OF
Chesterfield. and Robert Sk4!ton Gil
liam. son OF NJ. and Mrs r D. Gil
liam, OF this city. beng united in wed.
lock The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. z. T. Da.ndr.dse and the
Rev. j Francis Rib5le. Of this civ.
The bride was attended oy her sister.
Miss Elizabeth Patterson as mae OF
honor. and by Misses Nan Cutnber,
ard Emily Gordon Gillian. q. Peters
burg; and MISS Sadie Appcrson. of
1y7ehhurg; as brides maids. VIM.
Claiborne Gillian. brother Of the BRIDE
groom attended as best man. Im1ncd-
lately after the cerc .nony Mr.. and Mrs
Gillian left for Richmond In an auto