they can obtain these necessary certificates without unnecessary delay. The great majority of people applying for certificates are poor and are compelled to bring their little ones with them, and these children, as well as their mothers, are occasioned much discomfort while waiting in the crowded corridors of the department building. It is hoped that in the future applicants will realize that these certificates can be procured at any time during the year prior to the admission of the child to school, and that it is not necessary to wait until immediately before admission in order to make their applications. Another complication results from the fact that a large number of persons apply to this department for certificates of birth not only for children born in other parts of the United States, but also for those born in all parts of the world, not realizing, apparently, that only births occurring within the limits of the City of New York are reported to and recorded by this department. DEATH RATE FOR THE WEEK. There were 1,248 deaths and a rate of 12.12 per 1,000 of the population reported during the week just past, as against 1,274 deaths and a rate of 12.85 for the corre sponding week of 1912, a decrease of 26 deaths in absolute figures and a relative decrease of 79 deaths. There were only 2 deaths reported from measles and 2 from scarlet fever during the week. Diphtheria showed an increase of 7 deaths, whooping cough 5 deaths and typhoid fever 6 deaths over the corresponding week of last year. There were 105 deaths reported from diarrhoeal diseases under five years of age, a decrease of 25. Pneumonia showed exactly the same number of deaths in each of the weeks under comparison. There were 124 deaths reported from tuberculosis, a decrease of 21 deaths. The greatest decrease was shown in the mortality from Bright's disease and nephritis, 77 deaths being reported, as against 115 deaths for the corresponding week of last year. There were 95 deaths reported from violence, an increase of 30, 19 of this increase being due to accident. Heart diseases showed an increase of 20, the figures being 195, against 175 for the corresponding week of last year. There were 14 fewer deaths of children under five years of age, which was exactly counterbalanced by 14 more deaths of adults over sixty-five years of age; between five and sixty-five years there was a decrease of 26 deaths. The death rate for the first forty weeks of 1913 was 14.09, as against 14.34 during the corresponding period of 1912, a decrease of 25 of a point. VITAL STATISTICS Summary for Week Ending Saturday, 12 M., October 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. Week Ending. 9. 16. 23 30. July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept., Sept. Sept. Oct 19. 26. 2. 6. 13. 20 27. 4. Total..... 193 114 52 122 237 219 171 303 182 214 96 114 102 2 5 13 II 7 167 188 150 74 75 7 27 27 1,626 1,377 1,271 1,141 1,120 1,118 1,367 983 1,215 1,386 1,274 1,386 If the deaths under one month, numbering 80, from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resultant rate will be 73 deaths of infants per 1,000 births (weekly average July 1, 1912 to July 1, 1913). Boroughs. Corrected Mortality Among Children. Week Ending October 4, 1913. Includes Sniall 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 July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. 16. 23. 30. 6. 13. 20. 5. 12. 19. 26. 2. 9. 27. 4. Total deaths.... 1,291 1,270 1,250 1,249 1,310 1,390 1,250 1,324 1,274 1,253 1,184 1,359 1,237 1,248 Mean barometer. 29.89 29.76 29.80 29.88 29.93 29.91 29.99 29.99 29.86 30.06 30.01 30.08 29 98 29.73 61. 71. 68 00 65.4 62. 69.3 83. 62.7 72. 67.6 73. Mean humidity.. 65.4 or snow.... Mean tempera 60. 59. .67in .63in .45 in., 1.17 in 3.64in 1.08in 0.13in .49in .18in 4.15in .47in 1.18in 1.20in 5.28in ture (Fahr-79.° 73.6° 75.9° 75.° 77.3° 74.9° 72.9 75.1° 72 7° 71.9° 64.9° 61.0 63.7° 61.7 enheit)... Maximum tem perature (Fahrenheit) Minimum tem 95.0 91. 90.0 88.. 95. 90.° 195. 194. 84.9 84. 86. 77.° 77.° 174. perature 66.1 58. 62.60. 64. 63. 60. 61. 60." Fahrenheit) 207 208 212 194 182 152 、||ཙ། 8,༅ 132 134 23 10 96 270 367 667 214 457 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. 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. Telephone, 4400 Flatbush. CLINICS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Manhattan-Gouverneur Slip. Telephone, 2916 Orchard. Pleasant Avenue and 118th Street. Telephone, 972 Harlem. P. S. 144 Hester and Allen Streets. Telephone, 5960 Orchard. 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. 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. Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. M. B. BROWN PRINTING & BINDING co. 49 TO 57 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK 522-J-13 (B) 2000 |