professions connected with the service, these plans contain the possibility of some improvement over previous conditions. Not, however, until the City authorities authorize at least a small appropriation for the employment of a special staff will it be possible to undertake, effectively, the work that is in contemplation. MAILING LISTS. The mailing list for the Weekly Report will necessarily be restricted for the present to the medical profession, newspapers, libraries, and civic and social organizations of New York City, with the exception of the exchange service with public health officers in other cities. The mailing list for the Monthly Bulletin has now reached the limit of the edition, and further applications to receive this publication can be considered only when the list is revised from time to time. The Department cannot maintain a regular mailing list for the small editions of monographs and reprints, which will be sent on special request, however, to those who are interested in the subjects treated in these papers. Communications in regard to any of the publications of the Department should be addressed to the Commissioner of Health, Centre and Walker streets, New York City. ERNST J. LEDERLE, VITAL STATISTICS Summary for Week Ending Saturday, 12 m., January 4, 1913. Corrected according to borough of residence. 1 l'he presence of several large institutions, the great majority of whose inmates are non-residents of the city, increases considerably the death-rate of this Borough Deaths by Principal Causes, According to Locality and Age. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Noy Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec Dec. Jan. 19. 26. 417 206 : 28 1 25 24 305 292 211 223 182 293 317 309 318 276 187 107 116 170 204 185 52 56 49 52 32 32 338 25 4 tis......... 1913. professions connected with the service, these plans contain the possibility of some improvement over previous conditions. Not, however, until the City authorities authorize at least a small appropriation for the employment of a special staff will it be possible to undertake, effectively, the work that is in contemplation. MAILING LISTS. The mailing list for the Weekly Report will necessarily be restricted for the present to the medical profession, newspapers, libraries, and civic and social organizations of New York City, with the exception of the exchange service with public health officers in other cities. The mailing list for the Monthly Bulletin has now reached the limit of the edition, and further applications to receive this publication can be considered only when the list is revised from time to time. The Department cannot maintain a regular mailing list for the small editions of monographs and reprints, which will be sent on special request, however, to those who are interested in the subjects treated in these papers. Communications in regard to any of the publications of the Department should be addressed to the Commissioner of Health, Centre and Walker streets, New York City. ERNST J. LEDERLE, VITAL STATISTICS Summary for Week Ending Saturday, 12 m., January 4, 1913. Corrected according to borough of residence. + The presence of several large institutions, the great majority of whose inmates are non-residents of the city, increases considerably the death-rate of this Borough Deaths by Principal Causes, According to Locality and Age. Total..... 20 20 Cases of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Reported. Week Ending Oct. Oct. 12. Oct. Oct. 417 388 398 206 307 102 114 95 22 402 485 332 293 223 118 167 182 185 52 56 49 52 808 911 1,010 1,052 1,092 1,071 1,181 1,400 1,213 1,482 1,495 1,636 1,436 | 1,534 1913. |