By J. S. YOUNG, Dep. Commissioner of Health.
_Data of comparison_:
Population, estimated on July 1st, 1888 793,960
Inhabited houses, about 93,000
Average birth-rate per 1,000 for ten years (returns incomplete).
In the month of June, 1888, there were 1,513 deaths, the rate of
mortality being 23.78 in every 1,000 of the population.
The number of births reported was 937
The number of marriages reported was 531
The number of still-births reported was 113
The mortality by classes and by certain of the more important diseases
was as follows:
_Causes_:
1. Zymotic 434
2. Constitutional 251
3. Local 644
4. Developmental 121
5. Violence 63
Measles 6
Croup 8
Diphtheria 82
Scarlet Fever 45
Typhoid Fever ———
Whooping Cough 5
Malarial Diseases 4
Diarrhœal Diseases (all ages) 244
Diarrhœal Diseases (under 5 years) 233
Phthisis 137
Bronchitis 45
Pneumonia 80
All Respiratory Diseases 149
Bright’s Diseases 35
Puerperal Diseases 17
Old Age 17
Suicide 10
Reported cases:
Diphtheria 214
Scarlet Fever 255
Measles 128
Typhoid Fever ———
During the month 13 cases of small-pox were reported, of which number 13
were confirmed as small-pox. 13 cases of small-pox were sent to
hospital. No deaths from small-pox occurred in the city and 2 in the
hospital.
Deaths by sex, color, and social condition were as follows:
Male 846 Female 667
White —— Colored 21
Native 1102 Foreign 411
Married 328 Single 1006
Widows, Widowers, and not stated 179
Still-births (excluded from list of deaths) were as follows:
Males 60
Females 53
Total 113
Deaths in public institutions 115
Deaths in tenement houses 745
Inquest cases 156
Homicides ———
Suicides 10
_Age Periods_:
Deaths under 1 year 496
Deaths under 5 years 253
Total deaths under 5 years 749
Total deaths 5 to 20 126
Total deaths 20 to 40 223
Total deaths 40 to 60 233
Total deaths 60 and upwards 182
Certain foreign and American cities show the following death-rate for
the month of June:
Brooklyn 23.78
New York 26.86
Philadelphia 18.98
Berlin 19.40
Dublin 23.58
Vienna 31.50
Paris 21.68
London 16.10
Glasgow 22.98