VITAL STATISTICS

Summary for Week Ending Saturday, 12 M., October 25, 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

Week Ending.

9.

6.

Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept., Oct Oct. Oct.
16. 23 30.
13. 20, 27.
11. 18. 25.

Oct.

4.

172 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.....

18. Apoplexy, Softening of the Brain

19. Organic Heart Diseases....

20. Acute Bronchitis.. 21. Chronic Bronchitis. 22. Pneumonia (ex-) cluding Broncho Pneumonia).....

22a. Broncho Pneumonia

23. Other Respira

tory Diseases...

24. Diseases of the Stomach (Cancer excepted)..

25. Diarrhoeal diseases

(under 5 years),

26. Appendicitis and{ Typhilitis...... 27. Hernia. Intestinal Obstruction....)

28. Cirrhosis of Liver.. 29. Bright's Disease)

and Ac. Nephritis (

30. Diseases of Wom-i en (not Cancer)

31. Puerperal Septícæmia..

32. Other Puerperal

Diseases.

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*If the deaths under one month, numbering 89, 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 July 1, 1912 to July 1, 1913).

Corrected Mortality Among Children, Week Ending October 25, 1913.

26.

2

9

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.

Week Ending-July

!

Oct Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct Oct. 16. 23. 30. 6 13. 20. 18. 25.

27.

4.

II.

12.13 12.72 13.50 12 14 12.86

Total deaths... 1,249 1,310 1.390 1,250 1 324 1,274 1,253 1,184 1,359
Annual death-
rate........

1,237 1,248 1,301 1,153 1,160

12.37

12.17 11.50 13.20

Mean barometer 29 88 29.93 29 91 29.99 29.99 29.86 30.06 30.01 30.08 29 98 29 73 30 01 29.86 29.85 Mean humidity.. 61. 69.3 83. 62.7 72. 67.6 73. 85.3 64. 76.3

Inches of rain or snow...

Mean tempera

71. 68 00 65 4 62.

1.17 in 3 64in 1.08.n 0.13in .49in 18in 4.15in .47in 1.18in 1.20in 5.28in 1 13in 1.00in 3.36in

ture (Fahr- 75. 77-3° 74.9 72.9 75.1° 72.7 71.9° 64.9 61.0 63.7 61.766 3 56.7° 55.10 enheit).....

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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

Telephone, 1600 Stuyvesant.

Manhattan-Willard Parker Hospital, foot of East 16th Street.
The Bronx-Riverside Hospital, North Brother Island. Telephone, 4000 Melrose.
Brooklyn-Kingston Avenue Hospital, Kingston Avenue and Fenimore Street. Telephone, 4400 Flatbush.
LABORATORIES

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, 3471 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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