The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-07
BEST SUMMER
RALEIGH HAS HAD
Smallest Number of Deaths
With Largest Population
Sanitary Inspector Upchurch
Shows Decreasing Death
Rate and Clean Town During
I~ncumbency.

"heh september closed. Sanitary
inspector Sherwood UIchurch thanrh,
% ceaths mad occurred i'm Raleich
during the month. bat his report to
the city commission Friday showed
oiiiS 90. one OF the deaths was not
in the city.
That September record was p do
clded decrease measured by the rec
ora OF september, 1912. There were
% deaths and during the very high
months the death rate often exceed
ed the b~irthrate. During the vors,
months OF the summer, The deathrste
mas been under the birthlate and the
city is getting a chance to have y CEN
suS.
The sanitary inspectors report isn't
interesting simply as d statistical mar
rat,ve. In that respect it is reada-
ole ecauS 1t shows that the inspac-
tor has removed 1883 loads of gar
page and cleaned the most public
streets Of the city. There isn't any
dirt, relatively speaking now. TIE
wagons are after every piece of pal.ar.
every chunk and every piece Of de-
caying fruit.
Touching this phase O, removing
rubblsh the report says:
during n month 2,1l6 dead ami
mails and fowls were removed and
burned, these being: cats, 2S2: dogs
1o1; hogs, 2; rats, Loaf; chickens
684.
Five hundred and twelve stable:
were inspected. Some Of these were
sprayed with paris green: others
found not to need spraying, were no
sprayed.
1.-TWO hundred and twelve com
plants were answered. In Iul,
there were 40 complaints; i'll Au
gust. sos; in September. 212. Q
course, this goes to show that tn,
town is cleaner"
Water Was a Trouble.
This report shows we'll in the death
records especially. The surunler o
1913 was a bad one fundamentals
The water supply was not good an
: the city ran red with mud. Ii tool
: refuge at the old pumps and well>
} which later suffered condemnation
! A bad water supply is the wors
l thing that a sanitary officer face
and considering the water trouble
I the unframed dairieS and the exces
sive heat. the record Of 1913 for tn
! months Of June, July, August an
September is exceedingly encourae
! ing. The 1865 deaths which 5000 0
more population than the city ma
five years ago. are ten less than eve
: recorded. The record for 1919 is 5
better than that for 1912.
Mr.. Upchurch's report reads we
e to the end. It says:
In 1907 there were 1855; in 1870
1885; in 1909, 178: in 1910, IT'S; i
1911. 1877; III 1912, 203; in 191,
! 165.
This comparison shows tWent
deaths less in 1913 tina in 1907. Wit
an increase in population and an il
crease in the capacity of all hospita
) and of the State hospital. 1t ais
s shows thirty-two less for these fot
" months than in 1911. OF the thirt,
s five deaths during September min
teen we're white and sixteen were 60
ored; nine were over 20 years of ag
Is one was from a railroad accident, OF
n accidentally shot. n suicide. ~
from premature births. two were fro
so to SO years old and three from
n 10 TO. making a total of ninet-e
,e leaving only sixteen who might
said to have died from isease. az
of these tuberculosis claimed for
- pellagra two and heart disease on
> Mr. saws: Il do not :
that Raleigh has anything To col
plain about in this death rate
ie The births during the month nur
y hareC sixty. almost double the dea
- rate.
IL The sanitary department will Ike
O. I'D its work during n winter al
le Will have a running start ne
a spring for some real sanitary NO
during the summer. This time
~ was elected 50 late that the conc
ne lions were ahead of me. and | had
I'd scratch to eaten up. | have caUe
III no, and am hoping to nave n
next spring with which
IL know lots better work can be do
as demonstrated in my special
port.
er. las TO the fly. there are very Re
to such q small number there are hal
e. ly enousa - mention. Next spri