The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-05

2aas nar !, ono ,yish deaths 1890
nonresidents ;nc,naed and % 10 WITH
nonresidents axcimdsa In other
words the crude death rate of Pich.
nond has declined an nor aoa sinca
1907 win daatbs a,nonr ,onrss,aan.s
Included and "a Mar eao daaths
among nonres,dants axc,rdaa
~,
a.eu syn ano.ner way, the cruue
a ansn 'a.e Iol n.snii.osu, WIN oealns
ais MN esiuenls pl.iuueu, mas ue-
siiIisu per cent, WINE, eAcfudins
$500 ilo.1r 1siuen.s ~ mas oe-
Seu - per Cent sab"@ 1soa.
II feel confident says DIR. Levy,
that those who advocated giviag
Richmond the benefit OF bettcr
supported health department than she
had prior to July, 1905. must feel that
such results as the above prove the
correctness OF their predictions. These
figures ought to convince even thore
who violently opposed the change.
A Measles Year.
"Tt L. bowayer w,sr wa co,,,a ~
consider tha dea.h ra,a fro,, so,,s
sfec,a1 causas 49, NO., Ana ~ srsat :
ast snurca ~ - ttsr.c.ton A. .hs e.,
haeinnine ~ anw assc,,ss,n, ~ th,s
nhaaa ~ onr ra;urrs NC ,n,,st STATE
that tbars wsre r,nr. aaaths sre,r,
acute contapio,,s diseases IN 1a1a H.. =
thars wara j., IaIS Tnis hawavar ~
"a net " Sisco,,ra a a5n- TVS n mpmars.
death rata f,ona tynboia favar M
Ia rial ,auer ma,sIss LAT feuar
whonnins no,rh nna a,..hshar;s ~
,a,2 was oniv az 4 ,,ar I'M ann Fs,,
statara,t 49,, ,,.aaa a., 49,. ,o,a ~
go. .hat .h vas hln ue ~ ~. - *
htnaa 10. 80 ..o,'ia nrohsh,,, NV NJ. ~ -.
enuaIed for many WARS The chief
reason for this Is that the normal
death rate from these diseases varies
greatly from year to year, and it so
happened that 1912 was an 'off-year'
for both measles and whooping cough
the two contagious diseases OF In
fancy and childhood which. In Rich
mond, cause more deaths thany any
1913, on the other hand, was a
measles year. as had been confident
~ predicted, while whooping cough,
too, had q high rate. Remembering.
therefore, that we expected the death
rate from measles and, probably also
from whooping. cough, to be high In
1919, we feel that we came through
well In being no harder hit. White
the combined death rate from the six
diseases mentioned above was $40 per
100. 600 In 1919. against the phenom-
W. III q.
iheless the rate. Of $40 is low. as is
shown by the fac1 that the average
rate for cities in nonregistratior
states fand these are the cities with
which Rtchmund can most Justly be
comnarsdl was 97.3 in 1911. the
latest year for which the official
firures have been published by the
Irnited states bureau OF the census.
r.o,a r,.,.. -
coming 70 speciai oiseases. typno'o
fever against wnich we nave wo!ksu
hardest. claimed ~ victims IN lsis.
against zz IN 1917. FOR the nrst ume
since 1913 we Isneu 70 lower OUT
deatn rete from TINS aasease' Mnen
ss 100 ,ss - sa1, yu,,h
~. ~ 80 ~ 49, 1... aa.. 49,
tne eAuep.on y. a., ,oe.. ~
ese.' Ing las. y. o .s..
NJ. . e,aSa so.ith San.r+
IIon y. ,ao. 49, n.a.. 80 >.a.r -,
men. N Asoo. wy :, ,nm 40.
pHolu 49, 49, az - $3.50
lot the pssa N.Y. aea 49, ~ s..Is.
~ per Iov.ovo. n. ...s m sa. e..nss
.ne year wv s.A o.so $500. I'M
olsease que 70 S. .n pscnaI sa,,a,m
ns' vas - Su" '.ns,snss -.
.ns ne NJ, .s.h mt 80
resnonsibie for N cases. Tho second
water borne outbreak was on this side
OF the river. In May and June, fol-
lowing imperfectiy purifed water COM
ing into the city during very pro.
longed period OF washing the basins
in May. As these cases came At =