Corrected Mortality Among Children. Week Ending August 30, 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. Total deaths.... 1,323 1,447 1,303 1,370 1,182 1,291 1,270 1,250 1,249 1,310 1,390 1,250 1.324 1,274 ≈ 78 85 || 9 02 5 ||5 || 1 || 2 27 28 2 2 28 87 || 9AE ♪ || 2 || 176 192 Other Tuberculous...... Acute Bronchitis Pneumonia.... Under one year. Inquest cases.... 172 170 138 13 JI 94 100 80 95 106 92 55 222 92 268 229 383 429 392 712 228 747 691 271 220 543 615 564 5 162 130 27 64 79 70 27 121 194 232 301 342 639 682 201 218 520 559 154 203 57.9 63.4 73.9 65.4 60. 200 207 212 208 194 61. 171. 168 00 65 4 62. 69.3 Mean barometer. 29.77 29.88 30.00 29.89 29.89 29.89 29.76 29.80 29.88 29.93 29.91 29.99 29.99 29.86 Mean humidity.. 66.7 69.4 Inches of rain .62in. .56in or snow.... Mean tempera 1.34in .08in .67in .63in .45 in. 1.17 in 3.64in 1.08in 0.13in .49in .18in ture (Fahr-61.3° 69.1° 65. 72.9 73 4° 79.0 73.6 75.9° 75.° 77.3 74.9° 72.9° 75.1° 72 7° 82 ©983 13 7 52 44 34 50 43 61 102 463 443 637 625 634 647 642 DIRECTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICES Headquarters: S. W. Corner Centre and Walker Streets, Borough of Manhattan Borough of The Bronx, 3731 Third Avenue. 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. Telephone, 1600 Stuyvesant. Manhattan-Willard Parker Hospital, foot of East 16th Street. The Bronx-1. 511 East 149th Street. 2. 1354 Webster Avenue. Richmond-1. 689 Bay Street, Stapleton, S. I, CLINICS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Manhattan-Gouverneur Slip. Telephone, 2916 Orchard. Pleasant Avenue and 118th Street. Telephone, 972 Harlem. 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. Manhattan-Centre and Walker Streets. Week days, 9 to 10 a.m. TUBERCULOSIS CLINICS Manhattan-West Side Clinic, 307 West 33d Street. Telephone, 3471 Murray Hill. 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. 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 ours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M. B. BROWN PRINTING & BINDING Co. 49 TO 57 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK 522-H-18 (B) N All communications relating to the publications of the Department of Health should be addressed to the Commissioner of Health, 149 Centre Street, New York Entered as second-class matter May 7, 1913, at the post office at New York, N. Y., NEW SERIES. VOL. II. SEPTEMBER 6, 1913. No. 36 THE DENTAL CLINICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. One of the many results of the medical inspection and examination of school children has been the discovery that a very large percentage of children have defective teeth. Sound teeth imply the certainty of proper mastication of food and thereby eliminate one of the important causes of indigestion and, indirectly, of malnutrition. The agony and inconvenience of toothache are well known to most of us. Various forms of neuralgia have proved intractable until attention has been directed to the teeth, and the origin of the trouble thus located. In certain cases abscesses of the submaxillary and sublingual glands have been directly traceable to the neglect of carious teeth. In 1911 it was found that 58 per cent. of school children examined exhibited defective teeth and as very many of these children were unable to defray the expense of dental work the Department of Health requested an appropriation in order to enable it to establish and maintain free dental clinics. The appropriation was granted and, on February 1, 1913, six dental clinics for school children were established, five of which were maintained by the department, while the sixth was conducted by volunteers. The department's clinics are open from 2 p. m, to 5 p. m., from Monday to Friday, inclusive, and from 9 a. m. to 12 m, on Saturday. They are incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, and are subject to the same rules and regulations as other clinics. They are well equipped with the most approved apparatus. There are nine operating dentists and one supervising dentist, and a Nurse is in attendance in each clinic. The following tables show the amount of work performed during the first and second quarters of the year, and the number of children on register at each clinic: (1) 164 Second Avenue. CONFERENCE OF VETERINARIANS. A conference of the Veterinarians of the Department of Agriculture of the State of New York, and of the Department of Health of New York City, was held on August 11. Dr. S. K. Johnson, Chief Veterinarian of the Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Health, was elected presiding officer. Dr. J. F. Devine was the official representative of the Department of Agriculture. All the Veterinarians of the Department of Health of New York City, and many of those of the New York State Department of Agriculture were present. |