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I I would recOmmen at the T> moons �e
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geants-be required to perform the
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duties of sanitary policemen. ` many ° Vii nnuoni n; body
The following report was sunabfit -- , Consuinptro of tls�und h a
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however- mall -sox rnstt :City. .' OR 3�
CITY PRYSICIAN'e OPVICV,, dyptheri -nd -to rlatlnA were ,rc ur
LITTLE Roca, April 3,- 1877.-f - vaiung in rntly cities, `eve wen_ : as one z® a
To the Honorable the - President -and ! providentially .sacred from theses th oW21er�
Council of the City of Little Rock: ; much-dreaded did '
T 9es, and r�3ai1= to `construe �� �n
CL�TL�MEN: I hail3 the honor pox appeared i1eeftit, sfra iC iil su tea. Ynenne� s oar',
herewith _ to lay before you nmy ; three cases which�en e��ital th` owl as< .._
annual re ort of `the vital statistics ' - ° on tllpi
P The greatest inert preva ed I18,.$ hborsl 1e
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city from March, 1876, of Your e la ves$ in A r 1 and 111Iay 1 Q 1%, r t; e demj ou
and t Ie sarrltar condrtiori
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March° are Gaud the
1877. The total number of deaths ,f The most nurse ous v'All �YesE i ne e _ < ve A
is 353, and were reported as follows: children under one
yen, :Yet, ur - as tfi b� _
Alcoholism...... .N ................................. 3.i �7 �>
An nzia,,...... ........................... 1 notwithstanding all this? sin - _� T vlt .earn ly reconamond _
Angina pec�oris ........................., 1 try conditirna of our city, o } re l enfo M4,11- 10 i�ue,
Asphyxsia, - 1 with others, was rather rr �0,r a VOr W , jw,O¢ a u _
Bronchitis ........................ ........... Able, as it shows by.a tin of t110 i it 3es� -;e 0- ,
Burned ............................................... 3 20,040 inhabitant o 1 per Amer r� n
Cerebritis, ................................. 1 ° 1000. -!
Gerebro -s inal Meningitis . 2
p g Aec,erding to statistics the $death`r
t�ornotia Cerebri.,... .... I raft' is as follo�'s:
Group Membrane.............................. 1;
Cancer. 3 Per 1000 inhabitants -M, �
Now York City
Convulsions infant 3 "' t 20.22' Tj) Xl
Cholera, infant ` ......................... ..... 13 Philadelphia ......,.... � � WiRWO
Brooklyn ................ 23.41
t y�anosis....I........ , 1 It Oki,
Dropsy ........... ............................... 13 St. Louis Mo.,... >.... , 12.27
Chicago, sill. .......,.. ;. 16.88 CQ p[t o
Drowned ...... ..... ............................... 2 Baltimore, Md reserved
Diarrhea ............... ............................. 5 22.63 p
Boston, Mass.. wd
Dysentery ................... ........ ...... ,... 14 ., 17+ kt't, a �1
Eutro colitis ..................................... 8 Cincinnati, Ohio..,... 20 be sound alb 5,
San Francisco, Cal .., 25.64 h'
ElpilepsyI .................... ............. I....... 1` Washington, D C '
Eingbysema puluzonium ................. l 24.52 � h 9 Q I I
Endocarditis....., Richmond Va 22.23 -This -d of p® f% b e
............................... 2 Charlstori, S. C.,.,.. ....... 20.16 very ntr.erbu§ati{5f
Febris congestiXe ...................... ;. 30
Febris remittent ...... ,.. ..................... 4 M�biTe, Ala... 14.60 110( Only to the a����
T!'obris typhoid..... 3 Memphis, Tenn , 2R,56 private C1n�� o113
Febris typhoid malaria ..................... 0 Loud <an,, EnklRnd, 22.06 "fi tion
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1 Liverpool, EnglRUd,
Febris puerpurahs ... ............ ,. 20.04 11 Bornlbay, Iizdia, , 84.04 th('lri d1�v.
Fracture of the skull....,.,,..... 3 Madras, India. 106.08 ' ey are pia 0A, �d 44
Hydrocephaluss,cuius............:......... 1 .... .........
1Iypet trophia Gordis doxtra ............... I CITY P$YSICIAN'9 PRACTICE. tine County ,
H 3ertro hiWof the liver ......... ........ 2 Ofilce calls.................................... ,.. 347 Court Wo e the
y t P _ parts of the of iu- 4
Calls in various ar
llexomopth ses ....................... 1 yy In goo
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crud(i� g City !'a ,. , ,.:. 32
lnztewounds • .......................... _
Measles, I Vaoclnaolz , ad-
'! ]ts d area.. X38
lIarasnrus ......�.............................. (i Assisted by he $000,%ry, police
place
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Marasmus senil ....................... l0 Ohre r, �fd� by :11he dice force, I eA 31e
Me,zingitis. .......... ... had ordered tl>e nfeation of p g
I\lorbiis Brighty ............................. 2 various rvate houses, and
the ing au%�
Nephritis .. ............................... . I removal ti�other cab, .SeS injurious to socrety
Necrosis . .......................... ...... I the general health. tom'
Nervous prostration..,....
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Neuralgia •••• r n
Peritonitis ...........�......y.... ..... I w Id ost= _ •nestly adv3so.the er
Premature labor....- .... 2 f a v ollse, as iudlEs�e�n
Phrenitis ............................................ 2 Bible fb eirseN f an,e demrci bf s all th
Pericarcetis......... 1 ;per Viso, ;tQ td Ito the : pi op$ed dsp i 3
Pneumonia .......................... 58 bu,Wing Ot' a Ill y prison one addr fro
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Consuuzption ...........................
- tripn� .1oonn4r silk isrs�lners,
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Poisoned by opium...,...,.......,.. 1 .,
Poisonoct by niorphiue.... 1 ' . ; ' hOnoraltile. .body wall take the o
Rheumatism .................: ........ 1 - +notitt a that st�istics dire . not ' au
i5 etc vh1O is n►lueh to be re- Poor 1 _
Stillborn ....................................... �COm counte wo '�
Sunstroke ............................. 1 grettied. Vou*ilt find twenty -three �'
Struck by lightning .......................... x cases without a diagnosis and only paDp aid. t3
do diei1
Shot t► �ouzxl ........ ...............,.....,....,..,. Z •accompanied &ith a deficient report d :
Starvation ..................... - ......... or certificate, s no o
signed t nly by
Scrofula ............................................. 1 wou71 nrfr el a�
Syphilis ............. ............................... 1 par -ties outside of the medical pro-
Syphilis f ion but ii persons = who could of the �7 4n;
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t Tabes messenterica 2 not even wrlteptheir own na=me! � lr '
Trismus raseentium .......................... .., . 3 YOU will als See that other cases- g k
Small -pox.. have not even such defective cef Po
iValvular disease of the heart.: ••... 1 trfiCate as above stated, and conse 'p Y f
I Whooping -cough . ...•. gnently we Have n "o certainty as tt? �$
I Unknown and ill- defined ............... <. 233
— whether a crime has been commit-
Total
......... ................. ........... 353 ted. I am sorry to state that most,
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NATIVITY., burials without certificates took harm
Little Rock and Germany........,.. 14 place in the Catholic Cemetery. of the
ArkansRS........205 Ireland.....,...b..,, 16 I take, therefore, the liberty -most
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United States,,.,. 75 Unknown.. .... 14 respeetfully,to suggest, to av oid not 1 lead
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y. aoI oz;. only the above, but to have in future
White ................ I42j1Colared,.,.,......,.:161 a con1plete st<�tlstic of the .growth, eft ate
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- and casualties of your city, that• try e,
SEX. your honorable body would pass � I1Owl t
Males ..:........... <..:�131 Ii'etnalcs............. 110 ordinance to, compel every person, hearty wel
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Stillborn..,......... 15 From 50 to fi0 yr: 24 P y'�
Under 1 year.,...: v4 I`rom G0 to 70 yrs 23 'house keeper, under a certain )011 -. Official duties,
From Ito,) yrs... 40 From 70.tn 80 yrs 2 ; alty to report reside of a given iine lure 1 or, cclloE '
It'ron-1 5 to 10 Yrs. L1 From fi0 above... 4 F all births, marriages or deaths , .e ll t�4
Front 10 to 20 yrs � Unknown ......... 10 ± which Come to their knowledge pr eon o1 -my �txf
From 20 W 30 yrs !1l1 Coming from their rt spect ve tam- `acrd sarz�ef a age
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From 30 to 40 yrs 42� Total ............ � ilie9.
�'roiri 40 to 50 yi:y 411 JO
It is certainly characteristic that As the -warm season is approach- �T
here, as well as throughout the iugy I Would earnestly recommend
whole Mississippi valle3T,.. malaria, the enforcement of the ordinance in
regard to the clea,uing of alleys, alsq
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