DEATHS DURING WEEK ENDED JUNE 7, 1919, IN CITIES. The table following shows the registered deaths from all causes and from pneumonia (all forms) and influenza combined in certain large cities of the United States during the week ended June 7, 1919. The data are taken from the "Weekly Health Index," June 10, 1919, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Registered deaths and annual death rates per 1,000 population in certain large cities of the United States, week ended June 7, 1919-Deaths from all causes, and from pneumonia (all forms) and influenza combined. 1"A" indicates that the rate given is the average annual death rate per 1,000 population for the corre sponding week, of the years 1913 to 1917, inclusive. "C" indicates that the rate is the annual death rate per 1,000 population for the corresponding week of 1918. 2 Population estimated as of July 1, 1919. 3 Rate is based on statistics of 1915, 1916, and 1917. PREVALENCE OF DISEASE. No health department, State or local, can effectively prevent or control disease without knowledge of when, where, and under what conditions cases are occurring. UNITED STATES. EXTRA-CANTONMENT ZONES-CASES REPORTED WEEK ENDED JUNE 14. EXTRA-CANTONMENT ZONES-CASES REPORTED WEEK ENDED JUNE DISEASE CONDITIONS AMONG TROOPS IN THE UNITED STATES. The following data are taken from telegraphic reports received in the office of the Surgeon General of the United States Army for the week ended June 6, 1919. Reports from the American Expeditionary Forces are delayed in transmission, and the "current week" for troops in the American Expeditionary Forces is not the same period as "current week" for troops in the United States. 1 Sick and death rates among troops in the United States will continue to be relatively high, as the numerical strength of troops in the United States continues to decline from week to week as a result of demobilization. Well men only are eligible for discharge, while the sick and otherwise disabled are retained in service for further treatment. The continued influx of sick and wounded (properly chargeable to commands overseas) is another factor tending to increase rates in the United States and to diminish correspondingly similar rates overseas. |