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-- -- -- - -- cemetery lots, stiles, etc .... 344 00 - - - - 'ldemlc or ens- 9e[nlC disease. - - -- 5ti11 Born ........................... 5 `2 7 0 7
1 t ,inspector's fees, Inspector ], 7' M I- 1
Lrrir rE Roe] Or11 J vLnuet( zlrtRC�'euue iu'U. S. 35 00 hilrttheediseasps and numberbof deaths «Ur ttl `vn ........................... 1 1 .7 S� Sa 181 trZ;
o I' GENTLEMEN OF rnr: Crry oUNc1L. I during the year 1877:
MCSSa obefore you until tire - - -- X17.15581. ACmn., letel.' abzzker. Tistolnisrases, AccicYentsChildren (i�e,ye.rsoteK+�
have been delayed in laying, ,, tnnu d currency ........................... 10,183 28 42,723 83
:uuI under (,included
g ' Y > 7 above). ... .......... 29 30 43 91. 59 84 !
get a settle ntent front the State `ITreasur- EXPENDITURES. and 011ze Causes Pr•ortzzcin,7 Death, as, D:aths in 1 ideas' Rerievo-
er, and gather im every item of indebt- General expenses pall per Shown from the Certificates of I'hrysicians on lent Hospital (included
' edness a gaunt the City, k nowitt that a statement ............... Zile in the Clerk's Office o t /re City o L- ltle above) and nearly all of
6 93,283 05 f I f
g Jed ement of Julius Win- Rock, ronz, /an:accrz 1, 187t, to arzrl Inelucliugl \which were non -resi-
correct statement of the financial condi- ' teal costs 'fees............ 181 37 _ dents of Little Rock.... 28 1 4 2 29 6
Y Y o December 31, 18r7. I'
lion of the City would be of interest to '� -'
ever citizen. The books of the City On account notes ................. 1 580 40 The whole number of deaths for the
have heretofore been kept in such a Old indebtedness ................. 617 00 a
loose manner that it was an iinpossibili_ Refunding taxes ................. is 30 a year, three hundred and fifty -nine (359). V
Interest on notes ................ 1,018 14 .. 2 E ° This includes the still -born, twenty (20),
ty to get at anything like a correct state- In inc,tds of City Treasurer ` w = ° the congenital (where death occurred
meat. I feel justified in Saying that the January 1, 1878 ................. 428 03 3 ) ;within rive days after birth), twelve (12
report of the City Clerk is, or pearly so, t•147,18.5 81 ` -z and those that died at th Ladies' Bed
i a correct report, 1 refer you to this re- ' Very respectfully submitted, y = o o o .,and Hospital, thirty -five (35). The i
I port to show you the resources and ex- CffARLES E. KIDDER, � 3 � o E. 1. i ]urger proportion of the latter can well I
pepdittlres of the city. Tha outlay has City Clerk. CLASS 1— ,Y�ro•r.rC ms- �'be classed as non - residents, as a majori- 1
been large, but when we look back to �.r
CITY CLERK'S Oer•rcE, r tsts. ty of them were not citizens, and only'.
; the organization of our City Govern- LirrLE ROCK, Anti%, July 11, 1878. } Order 1 -17Ic + +uncurls Dis. drifted to the city for treatnnent and sup- ?
rent, with its small population 'p, 1-ion. John G. Fletcher, Mavor' eases. I. ••
i Intermittent lever............ 1 1 1 Port. Stith all these included the death ,
and limited resources and Compare it
p' DEAR Srtz: T. have the honor to hand R.,,nittent Fever .............. !) 1 8 4 10 12: rate, estimating the population 0i the
with our present population and level- you below a statement of the debt of the p- lalarial Hemorrhagic Fe. city proper and its surroundings at
opments in everything calculated to i;ity at end of quarbir ending June :30, vet ..... ............................... 1 1 twenty thousand (20,000), is a fraction
Soften the rigors of life, and conduce it 137S: Congestive A'ever ............... 7 3 7 1 10 - - to the pie stirs and happiness of its in -' Typhus
Malarial Fever..... 4 4 1 2 8 Illess than eighteen persons per one thou-
habitants, the advance made should I nF''lll sr.vrenr'aT of THE criw r,H Lrrrr.r• Typhoid Fever .................. 1 1 1 1 sand. Had the ,still -born, the conger-
' stimulate us with a degree of ride and ROCK JUNE 80, 187• . Chronic Diarrhn a .............. 5 1 G ital, and the deths at the L. B. A. Hos••
g P (Acute Dysentery ............... 2 3 5
constrain us to omit no effort to acid to City Clerk's receipts on indebted- Chronic Dysentery ........... 2 1 1 3 pion,, not been computed in our therc a-
°' ness called in for cancellation � 3 1 lion as is not annuli done in Othereit-
I;our growth in population and wealth. and re;s ue under ordinance ' F^ resypelas ........................... 1 2 I Y
Darin the last year Providence has ; ! , General Debility ................ 4 r - is our death rate would have been less
g S' Passed April 2), 1875 ..................... 8 81,90 3: 4 5
blessed our country with one of the most Ten Per cent ore year bonds, issu bed bt. inn....- ...•,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 1 than fifteen per one thousand.
ttrdrn P Erzthetic Diseases h mots
health and reductive ears ever of Argent 15, ndin .......:.................. 21,331 22 The they mortality of the city was
Y P Y• Syphilis .............................. 2 1 `2 2
I ,known in our annals, for which we Six Per cent funding bonds, issue Order 8— Dielelic Diseases. 3 as follows:
of September 1. 1875 ....................... 117,089 a',
- I1ought to he deeply thankful; and I look Six per cent funding bonds, issue Chronic ellcoholisrn ........... 2 2 January . .................. 3fi •7uly..,,,...,,,,••,.•,•,• -,,, 41
upon itaS a harbingerof better and more nfJuly 1, 1877 ............. 'CLASS '1— ross•crrt;TloNat. February................ 35 August.................. M
..ertificates 9,18152 DISEASES. March .....................26 Se,tember.............41
prosperous Limes. M. L. R. R. R. bond certificates i
estimated as outstanding le ad- Order ]— Diathetic Diseases. April L ........................ 12 October. er.............. 35
I things are Settling down t0 the Solid (estimated
amounts included in ,Chronic Rheunn,tlsm...•.... 1 1 I stay ........................ 18 November.............. 26 I
earth, after passing through a period of Judgme -ts and Clerk's receipts).. 11746 5:3 Chronic Rl....... siti ............. 2 2 Juue........................ 3U December............. 25
(depression and bankrupteis copse- Certitic•+te+ of indebtedness and Order 2- 7"abercnlar Dis-
eases. Thus in April and May there was coin
j 'quent on art excitement and ballooning warrants .......... ............................... r,VNS 55 ......... 10 9 913 19 , ar'aLlvel a small May the
( never before equaled. Men are return- Bills taxable ...................................... 35,035 91 Consumption ........... _2 p y y. while in'
q Judgmentsin United Slates Cir- Dlarasmus.. °•••• °•• ••• °,--•••••• 1 3 4 s 4 9 July and September it reaehedtire high -
ing to the conviction that a new el•a is I Scrofula ............................ 1 I
dawnili on us; that economy is to be crlt (,Dort L. D. of Pulaski 48,805 IS CLASS 3 —LOCAL DISEASES. est number, viz: forty-tine deaths each:
R Y judgments in Yu... ki Circuit '
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practiced not only � 19,503 3U Order I— Diseases of t /ze month. In July the mortality was I
]. .. Per�ona,lly, hnG w ' Court ..................... ...... ...... r �
i Lad ger accounts, audited' and Aervoas System, greatest among children, and in Septoni -!
government
investments, quick t and the exorbitant bold brought from old ledger ............... 29,359 0'3 Inflat o- Spinal Meningitis 2 2 • 8 4 I, S
$301,931 71 Cereb o-spionoflheBrarn d 1 3 3 +grainer' adults. It will de observed;
turns and fortunes acquired without ,Cerebral A o,lex ............. 2 21;hundr d and lfty-niber(359) hsthree: i
q Total ............ ................................. P i 3 hundred and fifty-nine 35x1 re ported,
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label-, have passed away, never to return — Paraocc .,.- ............... 1 1 gone hundred an'd ei lit; -s p
during our live -,if ever. Submitting the above I would state l analysis ............................. 1 1 g y -seven (187) I
t i Qar advancement in growth in rho', that my report at end of current quarter iCinvit !Sion: ........................ :3 2 3 5 3'' were white and one hundred and sev -'
i I future dS in the ant, must depend t in a —the Tax Collector having then made'Dentitiaar ............................ 1 1 1 2 1. verity -two (172) colored, leaving a differ --
P his full report, and some needed state- ;Zrisrnus Vaseentiunt......... 2 2 ence of only fifteen (15) more white than,
great measure on the hiereaso ' f our Pertussis ............................. 1 2 2 3 3
imanufacturing interests. And I w'oulrl . inputs having been received front the Trmm�ar,ic Tet:nnis..........., 1 1' colored. According to the ratio of pop -;
most earnestly recommend that as lib - office of State Auditor and Treasurer— Order 2— Dis,as,s of the I elation bet•wepu the races, the death
ll will show a decrease from above total. Throa.l, I:feart Lungs aral, rate among the colored tar exceeds. I
s I era, a policy bo adopted in frrtheranr'e Dites'ive +S;y stem- I
I Very respectfully, / / i that of tire whites. The number of
II of this end by you as is consistent with Cynauche Trachealis......••• 1 2 2 1
your powers. Our city standsunrivaled
CHARLES E. ]ZrnnER, City Clerk. HeartDisease(unclas sided) ll 4i deaths among children five years of agp
Valvulacr Disease of the 1 and under, including the still -born and, I
'tn its uattnal advantages for uranufac- LITTLE Roux, April 15, 1878. Heart ............................. 1 1 1 11icongenital, is one hundred-'arid forty-
luring. Situated on a fine navigable To the Honorable M"yor and City COUP.- Dropsy from 1- ieartDisease 1 . 1 three (143), which is twci -fifths of all the
river, and a net work or railroads ei], City of Little Rock: Endocarditis ....................:. l 1
running to every direction, healthy 10- Aortic Aneurism ............... 1 1 deaths. Of the one hundred. and forty-
,. , I GENTLEMEN: Having served you the ' three 143 deaths among Children tl-pre
i+ cation, its mortuary record comparing past year as City Physician, an otfiee I'Pneuhior Bronchitis ............... 18 114 4 'Li ( ) ` g
favorably with any of the Cities of the 18!r were fifty -Wino (5J) white and eighty-
favorably through your generous sup- Hannoptysis ....................... 1 1 • four(84) colored; the mortality among
w Unit d States,.supplied with nearly all port, it is proper that I render you an G astritrs ............................. `2 1 3 •2 4,Icolored children exceeding that of the'
tho modern appliances cif life. Wa- g
PP Y annual statement of the duties I have Ulceration of the Stomach 1 1 of,
the'
by twenty -five (25). The cause
ter, grin and street rail ways,and a tried- Cholec3lnfantum .............. 1 2 2 2 3 q �
1 perlor•need during this period, with ainaiitiatiouoftheBow- 8 3 1 5 11 , of the teat mortalitv anion colored
I,era'e debt, and educational facilities un- tabular statement of the disuses that g g
!!surpassed. Few- eitis offer greater ad- els .............. 01 children is ti apparent that it requires
have proved fatal; together with a few Ohstractron of the Bonvcls 1 1 no explanation from rue. A careful ex- l
vantages to those seekirg.a location for
Chronic He
• i suggestions as to Lite Condition and gPn- patios .............. 1 1 1 1, "amivatinn of the mortuary table disclo-
\ l I manufacturing or residence than ours. eral health of the city. Dropsy from Hepatic Dis- ses the fact that Pneumonia ConSUm
V �i i dde�r, City maker les I hru e promp.l „v respondad to each Dropsy ((lot, classified) ...... 3 1 2 3 9 tion, and Remittent Fever have claim df
Y apart and every Call upon trio, leaving tre:.ted Coxorunt Morbus ............... 1 11 the greatest number of victims. These
11,01 .this message; also to Dr. J. H. Le- four hundred and ninety -three (4!13) per- Order:,— Diseaseso'the Uri- diseases ale in nowise incident to locali-
; row's mortuary report, showing the sorts, of every sex and color, mak_ nary Organs.
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I, number of deaths arid or Climate, exeopt perhaps the latter;
nd causes. Bright's Disease .................. 1 1 2
ing a total of one hundred and sixty - Order. 4- Diseases 1cculiar li but even this is Common to all l0exlities'
i litrrLE Roc r., Aax., April 27, 1578. eight (168) visits in various sections of to Females. and to all climates. Compared to of hen
;I TOMS F"lmnor John G. Fletcher, .\layor the city. Puerpural Fever ................ 2 2 and more populous cities, the death rate
City of Little Ro+:k, Ark.: I have also, during the spring and Dietriti+ .............................. 1 1 'I per thousand of our city is below the
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DEAR ,'nt: f have the honor to soh_ sumhnor, as often as once per week thor_ CLASS 4—\ n'rEST cnusrs i average iu most of thern. The popula-
oi Or ads,
Writ the following statement of receipts oughly inspected the Sanitary condition Order 1— t1 ourr.ds, Injuries � lion of Little Rock has steadily inca•eas -1 I
I (roll] expenditures on account of General ofthe d'.fferent streets and alleys of the and Acciden. ed while the mortnlity has fallen below'
Revenue Fiend for the ,year 1877: city, and directed the attention Of the Gun -Shot Wounds......Y..•• 2 2 that of the ant two ears, a fact which i
In hands ofCit•y reasurer ' police to the necessity of such measures ,Other Wounds and lriju- P 3
i, y $1 +461 98 ' as were b me deemed essential for the, 2 - atlords me yrpat pleasure not only to
Jauuary1,1877— Cnrrenc Y rtes .... ............................... 1 2 - 3 2 congratulate ynu, gentlemen, [JUL, the
tECEIPTS. �Drownea ............................. 2 2 I
Police Court: tine s, etc........ 8,90995 ipr'eservation of the public health. Burns .... ............................... 1 1 2 6inhahitantsof our city generally, Nc _
1,Collector: license and -Through the prompt and energetic aid lOrder 2— UrzekessiJied Dis- withstanding this, I would urge upon
! wharfage .. .........................17,898 70 Or your police the inhabitants ofyour cases. !you the necessity of renewed exertion,,,
- Market: rentofstalls,lease city have enjoyedaeooddegreeofhealth ,iExporeand Neglect....... 1 2 1 1 3 and Continued enforcement of ever l �
L etc........... .................... 852 90 Old Age .... ... ?.............. 4 2 6
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