Evening star., 1919-12-01
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Z, the immediate direction of the United
States public health service.
Relief StntiOnx.

:. the immediate direction of the United
-TrStates public health service.
--T- Relief stntions.
bins In addition to the establishment of
>. the emergency hospital. relief stations
- were located in various parts of the
city. From these stations medical
y,Sand nursing service was rendered.
The nurses of the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society of the District. the pub
-, lie school nurses and the nurses of the
Washington Diet Kitchen Association.
I..acting in cooperation with the Red
-4s4 ross. rendered most valuable service.
-naWith the continued spread If the dis
ease. the facilities of the hospital at
-jaS12 + street northwest were found
-SsAtnadequate. and through the War De-
- partment a government building at
18th street and Virginia avenue
northwest was secured for hospital
..,purposeS and was maintained by the
30 Emitted States public health service.
irhe epidemic having practically sub
.sTommissioners November 4. 1918.
removed the restrictions placed on
.3sHublic gatherings of all kinds.
,.u. a recrudesence occurred about De-
r-srember l. 1918. but was not nearly
SO serious as the original outbreak
With the recrudescence of the disease
the hospital at 612 street north
west was reopened under the direc-
tion of the health department., and
--.Has maintained until March Is. 1919
-aswhen. it was closed The United
American Red Cross contributed from
m,their funds toward the maintenance
-uuof the hospital until March !. 1919:
=; after which the District assumed all
- obligations
rno1''On December IA. 1918. the Com
commissioners asked Congress for spe-
571srai appropriation to fight the dis
-yf-hase md on February 25. 1919. an
- appropriation of $4,000 was made.
j., ,Rnly a very small amount of the ap
-tIropriation was expended as the epi-
L-6lemic Subsided shortly after the ap
-, propriation was made"
"rt births and Deaths.
H'T'Deaths exceeded births in the Dis
-'isrict during. the year, the report
>aiNhowed, the births numbering s.221
for rate of 1869 per 1000 popula-
'iilttnn. This was an increase from the
rate of 1889 for the preceding year
"'9fowcver. the report stated. for every
40 L000 babies born Ill died during the
9nn ear. the rate for white babies being
1"Sored babies. 1877. White births were
s'"ns9 less than white deaths, while COL
''Nored births were 1,162 less than COL
ored deaths
7.iI During the year twenty-four dogs
'1ifound rabd by clinical and post-mortem
-5texan1nationS were found in the District
-nian increase of twenty-five over the pre-
cedlng year. while thirty eight were Bit
ten by such animals.
There We're f0.001 cases of conta-
ElouS or infectious diseases reported
total
$50 cases reported from military and
naval camps and cantonments inside
the District. OF these only two were
1nfantile paralysis. while influenza
cases totaled 34.665. There were Iss
cases of smallpox. 1.OO5 of chicken.
pox, s26 OF diphthera 29S of measles
$50 OF scarlet fever, 1872 of typhoid
lever; l,oS1 of whooping cough 1.166
oI tuberculosis. IS of epidemic cere
lagra. VI per
Premises disnfected during the wear
.otaiso l's96. with 909 articles ex-
Bosed TO infection also disinfected
Ihe crematory disposed of 579 bodies
az cost for maintenance of s19O443:
eishtF-two bodies were cremated for
persons paying for the service fees
amounting to S2,050
specimens examined at the bacte-
Tlo!osical laboratory of the health
departmentltotaled 1926; at the sero-
iosicai laboratory, 1,151.
Records Mt Clinics
From the opening of the tuberculo
sis clinic September 10. 1918. to the
close OF the fiscal year. GIG patients
were treated at the clinic eighty-one
9I these being children Of school age
the period; 5,S26 domiciliary visits
Were made by nurses; four physicians
ana three nurses are employed.
Eour dental clinics have been establ
lished so far-at Curtis. Grover
Cleveland. Tyler and old M Street
High School.
Rapid development and excellent re-
suits were reported for the venereal
disease clinic, opened November 81,
1918.
The inspection bureau of the health
department registered 3,728 food pro-
ducing and vending establishments in
the District, these being inspected on
an average of 1857 times during the
year, with 364 prosecutions and a to-
tai of S4,246 fines collected. Dairy
IN mi
in the District of Columbia number
ed 1.4G5. an increase of 304 over the
preceding year; cattle on these farms
totaled 23549: average frequency OF
inspection of farms. 307; average fire.
auency of inspection of cattle 1.S5.
In the chemical laboratory 9,123
samples were analyZed.
The sanitary inspection bureau re-
ceived $3.50 complaints of nuisances,
neCessitating 12,051 inspections, with
Is SOC reinSpectionS.
The smoke inspector had 619 plants
under observation, with a total of
6.5e9 inspections: s13 violations of the
Ike law were reported, but only
fourteen prosecutions were begun.
women's and Children's Care.
The number of establishments COM
ing within the purview Of the eight
hour law fer women during the year
was 1.969. Thirteen thousand six hum
cred and sixty-fcur inspections were
made and eighty-four complaints act
for prosecution for violations Of the
law regulating the hours of employ
nent of females.
In the appropriation act for the fiscal
year 1919 $4,000 was appropriated for
''clinical examination, advice, care and
maintenance of children under six
years ef age, under a contract to be
made with the Washington Diet
Kitchen by the health department OF
the District of Columbia
In accordance with the terms Of the
contract. eight welfare stations were
established and maintained during
The year Three thousand two hum
,ired and eighty children were ad-
ruitted to these clinics. Total num-
her of visits to clinics was l6,465. and
in addition 23944 visits were made
by nurses to the homes of children.
The report of the poundmaster
showed 1912 animals received during
the year-2.749 dogs, 2.149 cats. 13
horses and ] mule. Money collected
amounted to S1.311.05.
The report notes the resignation or
DR. w c. Woodward August !. 1918,
and the promotion of DR.. William c.
Fowler. assistant health officer, to'fll
the vacancy. DIR. ]. j. kinyoun. bac-
terioIogist of the health department,
who was granted indefinite leave for
military service, died February IA,
1919, while still in the service. DR..
John L. Norris, granted indefinite mill
tary leave, returned to his duties as