During the week ended at noon Saturday, January 19, 1895, there were reported to this Department 184 marriages, 344 births, 36

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Vol. XXII No.3

Weekly Report

of the

Health Department
of the City of Brooklyn, N.Y.

During the week ended at noon Saturday, January 19, 1895, there were reported to this Department 184 marriages, 344 births, 36 still-births, 508 deaths, and 174 cases of contagious disease. The estimated population of the city being 1,080,000, the deaths reported represented an annual rate of 24.5 per thousand as against a rate of 24.3 for the proceeding week and an average and an average rate of 25.6 for the corresponding weeks of the previous five years. During the week 16 free vaccinations were preformed, bacteriological examinations were made in 100 cases of suspected diphtheria, and in 2 suspected tuberculosis, 6 horses were inspected for glanders and no cattle for tuberculosis. At Kingston Avenue Hospital, 5 patients were admitted, 2 were discharged and 2 died. Citizens' complaints to the number of 76 were investigated, 129 orders for work to done were issued and 51 cases were referred to the Counsel for prosecution on account of non complaince with orders. Conviction was obtiained in no cases of violation of sanitary ordinances, and fines aggregating $0 were imposed. The details of the work of the Department will be found in the subjoined tables.

Geo. E. West, M.D.,
Secretary

Deaths according to Cause, Sex, Nativity, Color, and Age, with Inquest.
Cases and Death in Institutions.

Group	Causes	Total	Males	Females	United States	Foreign	Colored	Under 1 Year	1-5 Years	5-15 Years	15-25 Years	25-45 Years	45-65 Years	Over 65 Years	Inquest Cases	In Institutions
	Total, All Causes	508	255	253	332	176	10	75	67	32	41	101	98	94	39	72
I	Small Pox	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
	Measels	2	1	1	2	——	——	——	2	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
	Scarlet Fever	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
	Diphtheria	33	19	19	33	——	1	1	17	14	——	——	——	1	1	3
	Croup	8	4	4	8	——	——	1	7	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
	Whooping Cough	1	——	——	1	——	——	——	1	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
	Typhoid Fever	4	3	3	2	2	——	——	——	——	3	1	——	——	——	1
	Malarial Fever	6	1	1	6	——	——	——	1	——	1	3	1	——	1	——
	Septic Fever	5	——	——	3	2	——	——	——	——	5	——	——	——	——	2
	Diarrhoeal Diseases	3	1	1	1	2	——	——	1	——	——	1	1	——	——	1
	Pulm y Tuberculosis	59	29	29	34	25	2	——	——	2	11	32	10	4	2	17
	Other Zymotic Diseases	66	30	30	44	22	2	12	8	4	4	10	13	15	3	11
II	Constitutional Diseases	12	8	8	6	6	——	——	——	1	1	6	4	——	2	1
III	Congenital Debility	15	7	7	15	——	——	15	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	1
	Old Age	12	2	2	6	6	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	12	1	——
	Cancer	6	5	5	2	4	——	——	——	——	——	1	5	——	——	——
	Oth. Developmen'l Dis.	2	1	1	2	——	——	1	——	——	——	1	——	——	——	——
IV	Suicide	1	1	1	——	1	——	——	——	——	——	——	1	——	1	——
IV	Other Violent Causes	9	6	6	6	3	——	2	1	——	2	3	1	——	6	5
V	Dis. Nervous System	23	14	14	16	7	——	5	5	2	2	3	5	1	1	4
	Dis. Of Circulatory Sys.	56	28	28	20	36	1	2	——	1	——	6	19	28	12	10
	Bronchitis	29	12	12	25	4	1	15	4	2	——	——	1	7	——	1
	Pneumonia	98	59	59	65	33	2	11	16	4	9	20	22	16	1	10
	Oth. Dis. Of Resp. Syst.	15	7	7	11	4	——	3	3	——	——	2	3	4	5	3
	Dis. of Digestive Syst.	19	5	5	10	9	1	2	1	1	2	5	6	2	1	1
	Dis. Of Urinary Syst.	19	8	8	10	9	——	1	——	1	1	7	6	3	2	1
	Other Local Diseases	1	1	1	——	1	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	1	——	——
VI	ILL-Defined Causes	4	3	3	4	——	——	4	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——

Causes of Death not Specified in the above Table.

I. Puerperal Fever, 5; Dysentery, 1; Diarrhea, 2; Acute General Tuberculosis, 2; Tubercular Meningitis, 4; Tubercular Pertonitis,1; Mararmus, 9; Influenza, 46; Erysipelas, 3; Syphilis, 1.

II. Rheumatic, 1; Rheumatic Carditis, 3; Anaemia, 1,Leucocythaemia, 1; Diabetes, 1; Alcoholism, 5.

III. Premature Birth, 6; Asthenia, 2; Cyanosis, 6; Atelectasis, 2; Dentition,1; Post-partum Haemorrhage, 1; Cancer of Stomach, 3; Cancer of Pancreas, 1; Cancer of Rectum, 1; Cancer of Uterus, 1.

IV. Suicide by Hanging, 1; Killed by Trolley Car, 1; Abortion, 1; Burns, 2; Inhallation of Illuminatimg Gas, 1; Accidents of Delievery, 2; Suffocation, 1 .

V. Meningitis, 14; Congestion of Brain, 2; Myelitis, 2; Epilepsy, 1; Laryngismus Stridulus, 1; Softening of Brain, 2; Multiple Sclerosis, 1; Valvular Disease of Heart, 24; Atheroma of Arteties, 1; Apoplexy, 18; Cerebral Embolism, 1; Cerebral Thrombosis; Aneurism of Heart, 1; Angina Pectoris, 1; Congestion of Lungs, 5; Pleurisy, 1; Empyema,1; Asthema, 4; Haemorrhage of Lungs, 1; Laryngitis, 2; Gastritis, 4; Castro-Enteritis, 3; Appendicitis, 1; Peritonitis, 3; Colic, 1; Ulceration of Stomach, 1; Haemorhaeg of Stomach, 1; Obstruction of Intestines, 2; Hepatitis, 1,; Cirrhosis of liver, 1; Atrophy of Liver, 1; Nephritis, 19; Otitis Media,1.

VI. Convulsions, 3; Inanition, 1.

Deaths by Wards

		Deaths
Wards	Population	Total	Under 5 years	In Tenements.	In Institutions
1	23,500	8	0	3	––
2	11,500	4	1	4	––
3	25,000	14	5	7	1
4	16,500	6	2	6	––
5	20,000	5	3	1	––
6	51,000	29	8	14	10
7	43,000	13	5	5	––
8	47,000	19	5	10	––
9	40,000	25	5	9	2
10	51,500	22	4	16	––
11	26,500	17	3	4	4
12	38,500	6	6	3	––
13	26,500	15	4	4	1
14	32,500	13	3	10	––
15	32,500	14	3	5	––
16	52,500	13	5	10	––
17	44,000	25	7	13	––
18	24,000	19	3	5	11
19	38,500	18	4	13	––
20	29,000	20	3	7	6
21	60,500	18	6	8	1
22	55,500	19	7	10	3
23	61,500	22	7	7	1
24	22,500	20	5	2	9
25	40,500	23	2	4	––
26	47,000	28	18	10	––
27	34,500	13	4	10	1
28	48,000	25	6	14	––
29	15,500	26	7	1	22
30	12,500	6	––	––	––
31	8,500	3	1	––	––
Total	1,080,000	508	142	215	72

Contagious Diseases Reported during Thirteen Weeks

	Week Ending
Disease	Oct. 27	Nov. 3	Nov. 10	Nov. 17	Nov. 24	Dec. 1	Dec. 8	Dec. 15	Dec. 22	Dec. 29	Jan. 5	Jan. 12	Jan. 19
Small-pox	1	1	––	1	––	1	2	2	1	1	––	––	1
Measles	5	6	2	7	3	2	15	11	9	8	15	21	20
Scarlet Fever	15	24	17	27	41	20	31	24	28	35	36	32	28
Diphtheria	71	84	90	106	113	87	118	123	101	81	92	80	114
Croup	1	––	1	3	4	7	7	7	11	14	19	13	10
Typhoid Fever	13	14	12	14	20	11	11	15	6	3	2	7	1

Deaths and Meteorology for Thirteen Weeks.

	Oct. 27	Nov. 3	Nov. 10	Nov. 17	Nov. 24	Dec. 1	Dec. 8	Dec. 15	Dec. 22	Dec. 29	Jan. 5	Jan. 12	Jan. 19
Total Deaths	353	325	364	330	336	344	358	317	369	397	468	503	508
Annual Death Rate	17.0	15.7	17.6	15.9	16.2	16.6	17.3	15.8	17.8	19.2	22.6	24.3	2.45
Small pox	––	1	––	––	––	––	––	1	––	1	1	––	––
Measels	––	––	––	––	––	––	––	1	1	1	2	1	2
Scarlet Fever	––	––	1	––	1	1	5	1	1	––	1	2	––
Diphtheria	22	27	36	30	45	29	35	34	31	25	40	17	33
Croup	10	13	10	5	10	6	12	5	6	18	20	5	8
Whopping Cough	6	2	5	2	7	––	5	2	6	2	2	5	1
Typhoid Fever	7	5	5	5	5	5	2	3	2	4	1	2	4
Malarial Fever	2	1	––	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	6
Diarroeal Diseases	17	13	5	4	5	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	3
Diar'l Dis. (under 5)	13	9	4	2	3	3	––	2	1	2	1	1	1
Pulmon'y Tubercul's	38	33	51	44	36	52	42	39	45	47	46	55	59
Bronchitis	11	12	12	13	16	17	14	11	14	25	32	31	29
Pneumonia	21	32	29	42	54	35	47	46	69	54	79	127	98
Violent Deaths	15	14	15	13	8	11	16	13	6	16	20	14	10

Deaths under 1	75	52	67	49	48	74	61	61	67	81	80	99	75
Under 5 years	141	998	131	92	114	116	121	120	124	149	170	142	142
5-65 years	169	174	176	177	171	165	183	166	196	177	226	262	272
Over 65 years	43	53	57	61	51	63	54	41	49	71	72	99	94

Mean Barometer	30	30	30	30.1	30.2	30.2	30.1	30.1	30.2	30.2	30.2	30.2	30.0
Mean Tem. (F)	55	56	43	44	43	35	37	40	40	28	25	35	330
Maximum Tem.	62	63	56	60	55	53	49	53	53	50	33	50	42
Minimum Tem.	48	45	33	31	29	23	28	31	29	6	12	7	12
Mean Humidity	88	79	78	73	79	73	81	85	71	75	69	90	77
In. Rain and Snow	1.98	2.50	1.60	0.42	0.54	0.31	1.12	1.51	––	2.16	T.	2.54	0.90

Death Returns of Some Prominent Cities

Cities	Population	Week ending	Death Rate	Total Deaths	Under 1 year	60 years and older	Small pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria & Croup	Whooping Cough	Typhoid Fever	Diarroeal Dis.	Violence	Inquest Cases	Public Institutions
Brooklyn	1,080,000	Jan. 5	24.5	508	75	116	——	2	——	41	1	4	3	10	39	72
New York	1,992,000	" 5	24.8	949	193	——	1	9	17	33	8	2	4	33	——	207
Boston	501,000	" 5	19.8	191	38	——	——	——	5	11	1	——	——	13	——	46
Philadelphia	1,139,000	Dec. 29	22.2	485	100	121	4	——	1	36	——	2	4	17	——	20
Washington	295,000	" 29	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
St. Louis	540,000	" 29	14.7	153	28	32	——	——	——	12	——	2	6	9	13	356
London	4,349,000	" 22	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
Glasgow	697,000	" 22	24.6	329	72	46	——	18	4	5	7	1	2	15	——	47
Dublin	350,000	" 22	27.3	183	21	45	5	——	——	——	1	2	2	1	5	52
Paris	2,425,000	" 22	21.2	982	128	303	1	1	——	12	6	3	5	23	——	361
Berlin	1,722,000	" 8	17.5	578	174	125	——	9	12	24	6	1	9	25	——	136

Cemeteries to which Burial Permits were issued.

Cemeteries	Still births	Disinterments	Deaths	Total
Bayside (Jewish), Bayside	––	––	––	––
Calvary (R.C.), Newtown	4	––	46	50
Cypress Hills, (Und.), Newtown	––	––	22	22
Evergreens (Und.)	1	1	92	94
Friends (Quakers)	––	––	––	––
Gravesends (Und.)	––	––	1	1
Greenwood (Und.)	4	––	70	74
Holy Cross (R.C.)	8	––	114	122
Holy Trinity (Ger. R.C.)	3	––	22	25
Kings Co. Farms (Pauper)	7	––	13	20
Linden Hill (M.E.), Newtown	4	––	5	9
Lutheran (Und.) Middle Village	2	––	46	48
Macpelah (Jewish), Ridgewood	––	––	––	––
Mt. Olivet (Und.), Maspeth	––	1	9	10
Mt. Zion (Jewish)	––	––	5	5
New Utrecht	––	––	––	––
Salem Fields (Jewish)	––	––	3	3
St. John's (Ger. R.C.), Middle Village	––	––	4	4
Union Fields (Jewish), Newtown	––	––	1	1
Washington (Jewish)	3	––	10	13
Other Cemeteries	––	1	44	45
U.S. Crematory	––	––	1	1
Total	36	3	508	547

Parent-Nativities for Births, Still-Births and Deaths; Nativities for Marriages

Nativities	Births	Still-Births	Deaths	Marriages
United States	120	10	142	65
British America	2	––	1	1
Great Britain	7	1	36	1
Ireland	24	5	101	29
Germany	54	7	90	10
Scandinavia	23	1	21	11
Austria	7	––	2	––
Russia	12	4	18	5
Italy	19	2	11	17
Other Countries and Unknown	––	2	40	––
Mixed - Native and Foreign	57	4	37	30
Mixed - Foreign	19	––	9	15
Total	344	36	508	184
Colored	11	––	10	1

Bureau of Contagious Disease.
Cases visited by inspectors	178
Cases removed to hospital	7
Primary vaccinations	11
Re-vaccinations	5
Certifications of vaccination issued	32

Permit Bureau
Number of shipping permits issued	61
Number of milk permits issued	28
Number of Scavenger permits issued	21
Number of miscellaneous permits issued	2

Bureau of Bacteriology.
Number of primary cultured examined	81
Number in which Diphtheria bacilli were found	31
Number in which Diphtheria bacilli were not found	30
Number unsatisfactory	20
Number of secondary cultures examined	18
Number of examinations of sputa	2
Number in which tubercle bacilli were found	0
Number in which tubercle bacilli were not found	2
Average number of bacteria in 1 cc of water from laboratory tap	273
Number of apartments disinfected	54
Number of articles disinfected by stream	819

Report of Veterinary Inspector

Meat Inspections:
Butcher Shops	425
Packing Houses	6
Fish and Poultry Markets and Stands	64
Slaughter Houses	252
Total	747

Rounds of Meat Condemned.
Beef	32
Veal	7
Mutton	4
Lamb	——
Pork	——
Chickens	7
Fish	——
Total	50
No. of Carcasses	——

Animals Slaughtered.	——
Beef	——
Calves	——
Sheep	——
Hogs	——
Poultry
Total	——

Contagious Disease.
Horse inspected for Glanders and Farcy	6
Horses destroyed	5
Cattle inspected for Tuberculosis	——
Cattle destroyed	——

Dairy Inspections.
Number of citizens' complaints investigated	1
Number verified	——
Number found baseless	1
Number of re-inspections	——
Number of orginal inspections	141
Number of orders issued	——
Number complied with	——
Number referred to counsel	——

Nuisance Bureau
Number of citizens' complaints investigated	46
Number verified	32
Number found baseless, or nuisance already abated	14
Number of orginal complaints by inspectors	——
Number of orders issued on complaints	107
Number complied with	93
Number referred to councel for prosecution	45

Bureau of Santiary Engineering
Citizens' complaints investigated	29
Re-inspections of citizens' complaints	165
Inspections of new plumbing work	206
Inspections of factories	——
Inspections of ventilation	14
Miscellaneous inspections	21
Total inspections	435
Orders issued on citizens' complaints	22
Plumbing plans received	39
Plumbing plans approved	33
Buildings in which plumbing work has been finally passed	53
Plans for tenement houses approved	27
Plans for stables approved	2

Report of Counsel.
Complaints received for prosecution	36
Complaints dismissed because of compliance with orders of Department	15
Complaints dismissed for other reasons	6
Number of fines imposed	0
Amount of fines imposed	0
Cases now on calender	135

Bureau of Chemistry.

Analysis of Ridgewood Water, Jan. 16, 1895
Sample Taken from Tap in Laboratory.
Results expressed in parts by wieght in one hundred thousands

Appearance	Clear
Color	Normal
Odor (Heated to 100° Fahr.)	None
Chlorine in Chlorides	1.3000
Equiv. To Sodium Chloride	2.1400
Phosphates	0.0000
Nitrates	0.0000
Nitrogen in Nitrates and Nitrites	0.2054
Free Ammonia	0.0006
Albuminoid Ammonia	0.0046
Hardness equiv. To (before Boiling	1.8000
Carbonate of Lime (After Boiling	1.8000
Organic and Volatile (loss on ignition)	1.2000
Mineral Matter (non-volatile)	4.9000
Total Solids (by evaporation)	6.1000
Temperature at Hydrant	45.5 F.

Food Inspection
Total number of Inspections of Milk	195
Total number of quarts inspected	2,050
Total number Inspections Fruit, Vegetables and Canned Goods	798
Total number of pounds of same condemned and destoryed	85

Special Inspections.
Citizens' complaints investigated	0
No. of Re-inspections	0
Cases referred to Counsel	6

Analytical Work.
Milk - Found to be watered	1
Milk - Found to be skimmed	0
Milk - Found to be skimmed and watered	0
Milk - Found to be normal	0
Ridgewood Water - complete Sanitary Analysis	1
Special Laboratory Work	4

Meteorlogical Observations taken at the Adelphi Academy Weather Station, Brooklyn, N.Y.
For the Week Ending January 19, 1895.
W. C. Peckham, Meteorologist.
Latitude, 40° 41' N., longitude, 73° 57' W.
Height of Barometer above the Sea about 100 feet.

Day of Week	Barometer			Thermometer (Shade, Open Air, Fahr.)
	Barometer			Dry					Wet
	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	Daily Mean	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	Maximium	Minimum	Daily Mean	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	Daily Mean
Sunday	29.90	29.61	29.76	36	35	42	32	37	33	30	32
Monday	29.78	30.01	29.90	14	22	35	12	24	13	20	17
Tuesday	30.07	30.19	30.13	26	25	30	21	26	23	22	23
Wednesday	30.09	29.99	30.04	35	35	36	32	34	32	35	34
Thursday	29.87	30.03	29.95	35	29	37	27	32	34	27	31
Friday	30.11	30.22	30.17	30	24	36	22	29	27	22	25
Saturday	29.96	29.98	29.97	30	27	32	29	29	29	26	28

Day of Week	Dew Point			Rel. Humidity Saturation being 100.			Direction of wind		State of weather		Rain
Day of Week	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	Daily Mean	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	Daily Mean	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	8 P.M.	8 A.M.	Duration in hours	Inches
Sunday	29	28	29	73	73	73	E.	S. W.	CL'DY	CLEAR	4	0.11
Monday	10	15	13	81	72	77	W.	W.	CLEAR	CLEAR	––	––
Tuesday	16	15	16	62	62	63	W.	S. W.	CLEAR	CL'DY	6	0.14
Wednesday	28	35	32	73	100	87	S. W.	S. W.	CLEAR	RAINY	S. 3, R. 7	0.50
Thursday	32	24	28	91	77	84	N.	W.	FAIR	CLEAR	––	––
Friday	22	18	20	67	74	71	N. W.	W.	CLEAR	CLEAR	––	––
Saturday	27	24	26	89	88	89	S. W.	N.	SNOWY	SNOWY	S. 14	0.15

SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK
Barometer						Thermometer
Mean	29.99			Inches		Mean	30	Degrees
Max	30.22			Inches		Max	42	Degrees
Min	29.61			Inches		Min	12	Degrees
Range	0.61			Inches		Range	30	Degrees
Hum'y Saturation Being 100
Mean		77
Max		100
Min		62
Range		38
RAIN
Total amount of Rain			0.60		Inches
Snow reduced to Water T.			0.30		"
Total			0.90		"
Duration of Rain			17		Hours
Snow			17		"