The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-06

The total number of deaths was 2,6sS.
being sixty less than the previous year,
and the smallest number since 1909,
Notwithstanding the large increase in
population in that time. With nom
residents excluded our rate last year
was 1880, reduction of .3S in the
rate of the previous year upon the
same basis of population
The rate from consumption was
1881 against rate OF Go.7 the pre-
vious year. which latter was the low
est rate on record. Total deaths from
this cause were 247 (S3 white and l64
colorcd). Deaths from consumption
exceeded those from any other cause
except heart disease, which furnished
! $50 deaths. The average rate from
1907 to 1909, boti. inclusive. was 2l0.6,
while the average rate for the three
years. 19l2'l4, both inclusive, was
! 1921, showing a decrease in the rate
, of 275.
PINE CAMP ONLY PLACE
FOR FREE TREATMENT
Pine Camp, with its thirty-four
beds, furnishes the only free treat
/ ment to consun1ptives in the State, and
treatment there IS given only to white
consumptives. Except for about nine
beds on back porch Of our City
! Home Hospital, there is no institution
al free treatment given TO cOlored con-
suinptives In the State. In addition
to this is the work done NJ our two
! dispensaries, one for white and the
other for colored patients, which Ia
followed up by the city nurses and
doctors, who visit the homes OF the
patients. giving instruction Total pa
TENTS treated at the two dispensaries
numbered 2a7 oar white and tso
colored).
The table of causes and rates Of
death from diseases regarded as pre-
ventabie shows another gratifying de-
cline. II shows combined rate OF
3s3.2 per 100. 600. against a rate of
6s7 per 100000 In 1907. The average
rate from those causes for the years
ls07-9, both inclusive, Waa 5142
In typhoid fever every previous
record was lowered There was total
Of nineteen deaths (nonr.s!dents and
cases contracted outside # the city
included, which gave n rate OF 14l
The total deaths from typhoid con-
tracted in Richmond were fourteen I'm
number, giving rate Of 1914 The
average rate for twenty-six years pre-.
ceding the reorganization Of the de-
partnent was IT'S. and during that
period the lowest rate for~any single
year WAS i3.5.
FATAL MALARIA NOW
ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE
There WaS only ono death form,
uaiarial fever. The average rate death
from this cause for the four years,
l9oA-7. was Za.l per 100. o0O. while for
the last four years the average rate
has been ! per Toe 600. This means
that fatal rna!arial has become prac-
tically negligible in Richmond
There was one death from measles
and two from scarlet fever
In HEphtneria there wcra Sa7,r
deaths, giving q rate uf per 100. COO
the lowest ever recorded in the CITY
Fhis Aate is felt To he largely due 10
the especial efforts of department in
this direction through laboratory work
complete reporting Of all cases i'm
mediate quarantine and other require
ments to prevent spread, free distri-
button Of antitoxin and expert con-
sultation in serious cases
An epidemic Of whoopiuz-cougn
caused stxty-one deaths. giving Il rate
o. 95.s per Zoe. ooo from this disease
Sanitary science does not seem 10
have made the same progress in pre-
venting this disease as {; has In others
but the Richmond department wisely
conte mplates adding 10 It's require
rnents regulations hitherto deemed not
necessary
The total deaths from! typh.od
fever. scarlet fever, measles. diph-
iberia and malaria last year were
twenty seven. giving a com bined rate
OF twenty per 100. coo. whereas
whooplng cough alone caused sixty
one deaths. giving a rate OF 452. j
In infantile dsarrhea some Of the
best work OF the department was
shown. There were ninety-seyen
deaths from this cause. giving e. rate
Of fI.9 per 100000 In the fret FIVE
g & ya ,,f In
organized the highest rate from .Ats
cause was 1871, the lowest 1872, ana
TIRE average rate I34 per 100000. In
the last three years tie highest rate
was oG, the lowest seventy-two ard
the average eishtysix per 100. 600.
The table on compa ra tive NOR
tally of the white and colored races
shows an even greater aisproportion
between the death rate Of the races
tnan heretofore. The total death
rate OF the whites (nonresidents ex-
ciuded9 was ISL per 1000. while the
colored rate or the same basis was
twenty-six, Comprising about 81, per
cent Of the population. the colored
race furnished SIS per cent Of all
deaths. The white race from con-
sumption was e7.l, the colored rate
k3l,9, and from all other diseases
OF the respiratory system the white
rare was JuS.t the colured rate
f7s.5. ! repeat here the recommen-
dalton previously made that a study
be made of this entire question.
which / am sure would be welcomed
and assisted by al! members Of the
eo!ored race who are genuinely IN
terested in its welfare. in order to
ascertain II there are any measures
thai We can adopt to help this Sc
r'cus and distressing situation.
MILK SUPPLY.
"A notable action of the board n
protecting ana further improving the
city's milk supply wax the rcuuira-
ment made March 30, 1914. that on
and after September /. 1915, all milk
sold in Richmond should be from tu-
hercuiin tested animals. The board
felt that reasonable time should be
allowed n this matter IN order 70
guard against milk famine as well
rs other ernbarrassrents iikelv 70
have followed a shorter requirement..
Up 10 the first of this year % PEP