Report of the health officer of the District of Columbia. 1899U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
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... order to estimate the number of children under 1 year and under 5 years of age , it is necessary to refer to the United States census of 1890 , for the enumerations by the police department do not include such data . The proportion of ...
... order to estimate the number of children under 1 year and under 5 years of age , it is necessary to refer to the United States census of 1890 , for the enumerations by the police department do not include such data . The proportion of ...
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... order were diseases of the stomach ; then gastro - intestinal diseases ; and , finally , diseases of the liver . Diseases of the kidneys caused 380 deaths , the death rate for the whites being 1.24 per 1,000 , and that for the colored ...
... order were diseases of the stomach ; then gastro - intestinal diseases ; and , finally , diseases of the liver . Diseases of the kidneys caused 380 deaths , the death rate for the whites being 1.24 per 1,000 , and that for the colored ...
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... order follow nuisances connected with privies ; in 2,546 cases action has been necessary in order to secure the removal of the contents of such places ; in 807 they were found to be filthy ; in 102 they were found to be unlawfully ...
... order follow nuisances connected with privies ; in 2,546 cases action has been necessary in order to secure the removal of the contents of such places ; in 807 they were found to be filthy ; in 102 they were found to be unlawfully ...
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... order that the danger of infection with disease germs from this source may be practically eliminated ; and that there have been no epidemics of typhoid fever in the District of Columbia within the past few years may be attributed , in ...
... order that the danger of infection with disease germs from this source may be practically eliminated ; and that there have been no epidemics of typhoid fever in the District of Columbia within the past few years may be attributed , in ...
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... order to pre- vent , by the most approved legitimate means known , the sale of milk in the condition above referred to . The necessity for such a law has recently been somewhat greater , owing to the practice on the part of some of our ...
... order to pre- vent , by the most approved legitimate means known , the sale of milk in the condition above referred to . The necessity for such a law has recently been somewhat greater , owing to the practice on the part of some of our ...
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14th st abscess alley Angina pectoris Annual death rate April autopsy brain Bright's disease Bronchitis Cancer Cause of death cent Cerebral cervical Colored male Congestion convulsions court cows dairy farms Death Popula deaths occurring Diphtheria diplococcus District of Columbia ended June 30 eruption etc.-Continued F. W. Family Gangrene George H st half barrel headache hemorrhage herpes Hospital houses Hygienic conditions hyperesthesia I.-Showing total number inches inspection Intestinal June 30 kidney liver lumbar puncture lungs lymph M. W. Family history Malarial fevers March meningitis milk months mortality muscles of neck muscular number of deaths opisthotonos Order pain paralysis paraplegia patient peritonitis photophobia pipes pulse Pupils dilated recent vaccination respiration Scarlet fever sick spinal spine strabismus TABLE I.-Showing total temperature thrombus tion Total by color Total deaths tremor Tubercular tuberculosis Tumor Typhoid fever unconscious uterus vacant vaccination violence vomiting walls White female White male William zymotic
Popular passages
Page 116 - Secretary shall have his records present at all meetings of the active members of the Association, of the Board of Directors, and of the Executive Committee. He shall keep a list of members as required by Section 9 of Article I of these By-Laws and shall revise said list annually.
Page 123 - This is to Certify, that is the owner of Shares of the Capital Stock of GENERAL LAUNDRY COMPANY. Fully paid and non-assessable. transferable only on the Books of the Company, in person or by Attorney, on the surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
Page 141 - ... by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars...
Page 144 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia...
Page 143 - That any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof...
Page 142 - That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all of squares numbered 490, 491, 533, and reservation 10, in the District of Columbia...
Page 143 - States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant, or agent in charge of any land in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or in the more densely populated suburbs of said city to remove from such land any weeds thereon of four or more inches in height within seven days (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) after notice from the health officer of said District so to do, and upon failure to comply with such notice he or she shall, on conviction thereof,...
Page 143 - That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Page 126 - ... and good and sufficient bonds to the United States, in a penal sum not less than the amount of the contract, with sureties to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, shall be required from all contractors, guaranteeing that the terms of their contracts shall be strictly and faithfully performed to the satisfaction of and acceptance by said Commissioners...
Page 123 - All certificates shall be bound in a book and shall be issued in consecutive order therefrom, and in the margin thereof shall be entered the name of the person owning the shares therein represented, the number of shares, and the date thereof.