The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-07-18
Grenada S Great
Health Record
Report of City Health Officer is the
Very Finest Testimonial to the
Town and to the Co-Opera
tion of the Citizens.

Hon. Mayor and Board of Aldermen: ::
/ beg to make this my annual re-
port, ending July 1st, 1919.
During the year ending July 1st,
1918, there were SO deaths in the city
limits, including one that was legally
hung.
During the year ending this month,
there were 48 deaths within the City
limits-18 whites and 80 negroes. Of
the whites eleven were males and Sc
ven females. Six of the whites were
over eighty years of age; six were
over sixty-five; three were over fifty
and under sixty; one was fifteen, one
six, and one only one hour Old
One died of cancer, five died of
heart disease and Bright's d ease;
two of pneumonia; one of , and
two were still born.
!: Of the thirty ne..ssH one was
eighty years of ape*were between
sixty and seve@. tand the balance
ranged in a. ar,x%sin eleven to fifty.
Four dl&>of tuberculosis; two of
cancer; eight of pneumonia following
Flu; one burned to death, and two
were still born; the balance died of
various diseases.
The fOrty-eight deaths in a pOpula-
ton of possibly $500 makes a death
rate of one and one-third per cent or
13 and 1-3 per thousand. The lowest
death rate of any one of the States
or large cities is never less than Six
teen to twenty-four per thousand. On
account of the terrible scourge of
Yellow Fever in 1878, which claimed
498 victims in this little city, Gre
NADIA has since that been held up by
the outside world as veritable grave
ward. The annual statistics of the past
year will certainly disapprove this.
We are extremely fortunate in that
we had but few deaths following the
Flu" especially when the ravages
were so appalling in some of our SIS
ter cities and the nation at large.
will call your attention to the low
infant mortality during the year.
Among the whites there were only
two who died unaersiiaA- years Of age
and one of these died from burns.
ONLY one child under 10 years died
among the negroes. This is remark
able when you consider the high
death rate of children under five
wears of age, the nation over.
We are to be congratulated that, so
far as know, we haven't had single
case of typhoid fever in the city pro-
per in two or three years; and II we
are careful in a hygienic and sanl-
tary way in regard to water, mix ana
flies, we are not likely to have.
If our people, both white and col
ored, will inculcate and practice
cleanliness, both in the homes and
back yards, we may save many lives.
could not close this report with
out bringing to the attention of the
Board the large mass of garbage
which is every day being dumped at
the foot of Main and Green streets.
This is now a menace and nuisance
composed as it of all sorts of rot
ting matter, and hot-bed for flies.
l feel that some way should be pro-
vided to dispose of it. An ''incinera-
tor" could be provided at nominal
cost which would burn it up every
day. The property owners near this
dump are beginning to "kick" and
think they have right to.
In conclusion, / want to congratu-
late this Board on their willingness
to cooperate with the Health authori-
ties in all matters Of hygiene and SAN
station. j. w. YOUNG,
City Health Officer.