* If the deaths under one month, numbering 102, from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resultant rate will be 50 deaths of infants per 1,000 births (weekly average July 1, 1912, to July 1, 1913).

Corrected Mortality Among Children, Week Ending December 20, 1913.

* Includes Spiall 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.

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Total deaths.... 1,359 1,237 1,248 1,300 1,153 1,160 | 1,183 1,281 1,250 1,388 1,288 1,372 1.343 1,439 Annual deathrate.... 13.20 12.01 12.12 12.63 11.20

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11.49 12.44 12.14 13.48 12.51 13 32 13 04 13.97 Typhoid fever..

14
21 27
17

8
12 17

6

5 8 Malarial Fevers.

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Small-pox.
Measles

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2 2 1

3

6
5

5 7 8 Scarlet Fever..

4
2 3
3

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4

4 Whooping Cough 6 NI 7 7

5 Diphtheria and

2| Croup.... 7 14 20 9 13 13

18
19 26 20 14 16

21 32 Influenza.

1

4 3 5 7

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7 Cerebro-Spinal

6
Meningitis.
6 5 4 2

3
4 5

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4 4 Tuberculosis Pulmonalis

180
132 131 139 143

122 140

149
171

168

152 159 Other Tubercu lous..... 29 17 23 22 IT 19

20 27 13 18 16 24 Acute Bronchitis 12 7 10 7

9 TO 13 13

11 18

20 13 Pneumonia...

53 41 46
59 +7 51

61 70 92

99
107

86 105 Broncho Pneumonia.... 62 48 45 72

75 71

87

75 81 $9 Violent Deaths..

85
109 63 72

93 74

91

75

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Mean barometer. 30.08 29.98 29.73 30 01 29.86 29.85 29.89 30.07 29 83 | 9 98 0.13 29.97 29.85 29 93 Mean humidity.. 72. 67.6 73.

64. 176.3 64.

63 7
75 3 69.

59 4 59.9 Inches of rain

1.18in 1. 20in 5.28in 1.13in 1.00in 5.36in .20in .25in .6zin .87in .4iin or Snow.... Mean tempera

ture (Fahr- 61.0° 63.70 61.7 66 3 56 70 55.1° 52.70 '51.0 1:5 3' 52.4" 44 1° +5 4° 37.6° 39.°

enheit). Maximum tem

perature 77.0 77.0 74 77.o 69.9 66. o 72. 6;. (Fahrenheit)

12.' 70.9 58.° 57.° 55.° Minimum temperature

42.° 39.0 33.9 33.0 30.0 36.0 31.o (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..

Telephone, 1975 Trengt.
Borough of Brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street.

Telephone, 4720 M2n.
Borough of Queens, 372-374 Fulton Street, Jamaica, L. I..

Telephone, 1200 Jari 1
Borough of Richmond, 514-516 Bay Street, Stapleton, S. I..

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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. Telephone, H400 Flatba

LABORATORIES
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.

INFANTS' MILK STATIONS

Manhattan
1. 172 East 3d St.

8. Vanderbilt Clinic 15. 421 East 74th St. 22. 73 Cannon Se
2. 513 East 11th St.

9. 326 East 11th St. 16. 205 East 96th St. 23. 110 Suffolk St
3. 281 Avenue A

10. 114 Thompson St. 17. 209 Stanton St. 24. 96 Monroe
4. 210 East 28th St.

11. 315 East 112th St. 18. 2287 First Ave. 25. 251 Mona
5. 225 East 107th St. 12. 244 Mulberry St. 19. 108 Cherry St. 26. 259 Teab Art.
6. 241 East 40th St.

13. 508 West 47th St. 20. 122 Mulberry St. 27. 74 Alleo S:.
7. 174 Eldridge St.

14. 78 Ninth Ave. 21. 207 Division St.

Brooklyn
1. 268 South 2d St.

7. 359 Manhattan Ave. 13. 651 Manhattan Ave. 19. 698 Henry St
2. 660 Fourth Ave.

8. 49 Carroll St.

14. 185 Bedford Ave. 20. 552 Sutter.
3. 208 Hoyt St.

9. 69 Johnson Av. 15. 296 Bushwick Ave. 21. 167 liopkins S
4. 176 Hudson Ave.

10. 233 Suydam St. 16. 994 Flushing Ave. 22. 601 Park Are
5. 2316 Pacific St.

11. 329 Osborne St. 17. 176 Nassau St. 23. 239 Graham te
6. 184 Fourth Ave.

12. 126 Dupont St. 18. 129 Osborn St. 24. 49 Amboy Si.
The Bronx-1. 511 East 149th Street. 2. 1354 Webster Avenue.
Queens-1. 114 Fulton Avenue, Astoria, L. I. Richmond-1. 689 Bay Street, Stapletoa, SL

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.

1219 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 I 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 Lenos.
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 (linic, 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 D.m.

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under the Act of August 24, 1912.

New Series. Vol. II.

DECEMBER 27, 1913.

No. 52

THE BOARD'S ACTION ON DR. BIGGS' RETIREMENT. In recognition of the valuable services rendered the department by Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, whose retirement, after twenty-six years of service, was announced in the last publication of the bulletin, the Board of Health of the Department of Health has adopted the following resolution:

"Whereas, The present high standing of the Department of Health is inseparably connected with the work of preventive medicine, and

"Whereas, Through the establishment of bacteriological laboratories, the organization of a disinfection service, the initiation and development of measures for the administrative control of tuberculosis, the provision of facilities for the bacteriological diagnosis and specific treatment of diphtheria and other infectious diseases, the administration of the Department of Health of The City of New York has everywhere been conceded to be a model of its kind, and

"Whereas, All these activities are due almost wholly to the genius and initiative of the General Medical Officer of the Department of Health, Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, whose broad scientific knowledge and sound judgment has been of inestimable value to the Department of Health, and

Whereas, Through the retirement of Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, after a service of over twenty-six years, the Department of Health and The City of New York lose the services of one of the most distinguished public health administrators; therefore be it

"Resolved, That the Board of Health records its appreciation of the high services rendered by Dr. Biggs to the Department of Health, to the community and to the cause of public health everywhere, and be it further

“Resolved, That Dr. Biggs be appointed a member of the Medical Advisory Board; Honorary General Medical Officer of the Department of Health, and Medical Adviser to the Otisville Sanatorium."

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN IN INSTITUTIONS.

In the appropriation for the Division of Child Hygiene for 1913 was included an item of ten thousand dollars, to be expended by the Division in extending to the