Boroughs.

VITAL STATISTICS

Summary for Week Ending Saturday, 12 M., May 17, 1913.

Death-rate.

1912. 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.

Week Ending. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May

15. 22.

I.

8.

15.

22. 29.

5.

12. 19. 26.

3

10.

17.

Total...... 1,773 2,090 2,462 2,509 2,610 2,634 2,674 2,508 2,671 2,738 2,837 2,874 3,029 2,769

*If the deaths under one month, numbering 101, from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resultant rate will be 58 deaths of Infants per 1,000 births, (weekly average of 1912).

3

:

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:

2

I

2

2

4

38

105

40

12

I

1

3

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Corrected Mortality Among Children, Week Ending May 17, 1913.

* Includes Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough.

Deaths According to Cause, Annual Rate per 1,000 and Age, with Meteorology and Number of Deaths in Public Institutions for 14 Weeks.

1.

8.

15. 22.

29.

5.

Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr Apr. May May May. 19. 20

12.

3

10. 17.

Total deaths.... 1,732 1,836 1,699 1,723 1,848 1,685 1,660 1,512 1,460 1,567 1,677 1,532 1,543 1,531 16.82 17.83 16.50 16.73 17.94 16.36 16.12 14.68 14.18 15.22 16.28 14.88 14.98 14.87

Annual death

rate.......

Mean barometer. 30.01 29.89 29.81 29.95 29.93 30.18 30.05 29.83 30.10 29.74 30.09 29 80 30.08 29.90
Mean humidity.. 52. 62.6 66.9 56.3 79. 64.1 70.0 57.3 65. 69.7
Inches of rain .52in.40in. 1.37in 0.26in 1.90in 1.98in 2 29in .26in 2. in.

or snow....

Mean temperature (Fahrenheit)..

Maximum tem

52. 51.9 583 55-7 .03in 1.38 n

.08in

27.0 40.0 33.7° 32.3 48.6' 46.4° 50.9° 50.3 44-7° 53.9° 58.6 64.3° 58 7° 55.9°

perature 49. €2. 59. 50. 65. 66.

(Fahrenheit)

DIRECTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

OFFICES

Headquarters: S. W. Corner Centre and Walker Streets, Borough of Manhattan
Telephone, 6280 Franklin.

Borough of The Bronx, 3731 Third Avenue..
Borough of Brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street.
Borough of Queens, 372-374 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. I..
Borough of Richmond, 514-516 Bay Street, Stapleton, S. I..

Telephone, 1975 Tremont.
Telephone, 4720 Main.
Telephone, 1200 Jamaica.
Telephone, 440 Tompkinsville.

Office Hours-9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 m.
HOSPITALS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Manhattan-Willard Parker Hospital, foot of East 16th Street. Telephone, 1600 Stuyvesant.
The Bronx-Riverside Hospital, North Brother Island. Telephone, 4000 Melrose.
Brooklyn Kingston Avenue Hospital, Kingston Avenue and Fenimore Street.
LABORATORIES

Telephone, 4400 Flatbush

Diagnosis Laboratory, Centre and Walker Streets. Telephone, 6280 Franklin.
Serological Laboratory, Centre and Walker Streets. Telephone, 6280 Franklin.
Research Laboratory.
Chemical Laboratory. Vaccine Laboratory. Drug Laboratory.
Foot of East Sixteenth Street. Telephone, 1600 Stuyvesant.

CLINICS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

Hours: 2-5 p. m. Saturdays, 9-12 m.

Manhattan-Gouverneur Slip. Telephone, 2916 Orchard.

Pleasant Avenue and 118th Street. Telephone, 972 Harlem.
164 Second Avenue. Telephone, 2081 Orchard.
449 East 121st Street. Telephone, 3230 Harlem.

P. S. 144 Hester and Allen Streets. Telephone, 5960 Orchard.
Brooklyn-330 Throop Avenue. Telephone, 5379 Williamsburg.
124 Lawrence Street. Telephone, 5623 Main.

1249 Herkimer Street. Telephone, 2684 East New York. The Bronx-580 East 169th Street. Telephone, 2558 Tremont.

Richmond-689 Bay Street. (Dental only). Telephone, 686 W. Tompkinsville.
DIAGNOSTIC CLINICS FOR VENEREAL DISEASES

Manhattan-Centre and Walker Streets. Week days, 9 to 10 a.m.

307 West 33d Street. Wednesdays, 8 to 9 p.m.

TUBERCULOSIS CLINICS

Manhattan-West Side Clinic, 307 West 33d Street. Telephone, 3171 Murray Hill.
East Side Clinic, 81 Second Street. Telephone, 5586 Orchard.

Harlem Italian Clinic, 420 East 116th Street. Telephone, 2375 Harlem.

Southern Italian Clinic, 22 Van Dam Street. Telephone, 412 Spring.

Day Camp, Ferryboat "Middletown," foot of East 91st Street. Telephone, 2957 Lenox. The Bronx-Northern Clinic, St. Pauls Place and Third Avenue. Telephone, 1975 Tremont. Southern Clinic, 493 East 139th Street. Telephone, 5702 Melrose.

Brooklyn-Main Clinic, Fleet and Willoughby Streets. Telephone, 4720 Main.

Germantown Clinic, 55 Sumner Avenue. Telephone, 3228 Williamsburg.

Brownsville Clinic, 64 Pennsylvania Avenue. Telephone, 2732 East New York.

Eastern District Clinic, 306 South 5th Street, Williamsburg, Telephone, 1293 Williamsburg.
Day Camp, Ferryboat "Rutherford," foot of Fulton St. Tel., 1530 Main.

Queens-Jamaica Clinic, 10 Union Avenue, Jamaica. Telephone, 1386 Jamaica.

Richmond-Richmond Clinic, Bay and Elizabeth Streets, Stapleton. Telephone, 1558 Tompkinsville.
SANATORIUM FOR TUBERCULOSIS

Otisville, Orange County, N. Y. (via Erie Railroad from Jersey City). Telephone, 13 Otisville.
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL ADMISSION BUREAU

Maintained by the Department of Health, the Department of Public Charities, and Bellevue and Allied
Hospitals, 426 First Avenue. Telephone, 8667 Madison Square. Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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