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STATE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS.

N. K. FOSTER, M.D., State Registrar..Sacramento | GEORGE D. LESLIE, Statistician...

Sacramento

STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY.

University of California, Berkeley

ARCHIBALD R. WARD, D.V.M., Director.

VITAL STATISTICS FOR JULY.

Summary. A total of 579 living births were reported for July from thirty-four counties, including thirteen freeholders' charter cities, all except 12 of the children being white. There were 10 sets of twins, and 6 children were at least the tenth born to their respective mothers. However, more than one third were first-born children and over three fourths were no more than the fourth in order of birth. Considerably over half of the white children had one or both parents born in the Golden State, and of the white mothers alone more than two fifths were native Californians. Three eighths of the white mothers were under 25 years of age, and more than four fifths altogether were under 35 years.

For July 547 marriages were reported from thirty-three counties, all except 7 being marriages of whites. At nearly three fourths of the weddings the marriage performed was the first for each party, and only in about one case in fifteen had both parties been married before. Somewhat more grooms than brides had not been previously married, about five sixths of the grooms, against four fifths of the brides, being single. In about five ninths of the marriages one or both parties were native Californians, and of the brides alone nearly half were natives of this State. Three fifths of the white brides were under 25 years of age, and altogether five sixths were less than 35 years old.

A total of 1,211 deaths were reported from forty counties, including fifty-six cities and incorporated towns. The principal causes of death were general diseases (especially other than epidemic diseases), violence, and diseases of the circulatory system, the nervous system, the digestive system, the respiratory system, and the genito-urinary system. One eighth of all deaths in the State were from tuberculosis, but many of the persons thus dying were only recent residents.

51.7 per cent, or over one half, of the white children had one or both parents born in the Golden State......

Marriages. A total of 267; marriages were registered in June in fourteen counties, three fourths being in four counties. In 199 cases, or 74.6 per cent of all, the marriage performed was the first for each party to it, both groom and bride being single. In 24 instances the groom was single but not the bride, in 22 the bride was single but not the groom, and in 22 it was the second or third marriage of both parties. Only one remarriage was reported. Of the grooms, 223 or 83.5 per cent were single, 25 or 9.4 per cent were widowed, and 19 or 7.1 per cent were divorced, while of the brides the single were 221 or 82.8 per cent of all, the widowed 32 or 12.0 per cent, and the divorced 14 or 5.2 per cent. More brides than grooms reported themselves as widowed, ⚫and on the other hand more grooms than brides stated that they were divorced.

Two marriages of negroes were registered. Of the 265 marriages of whites, 144 or 54.3 per cent were unions between Californians or between Californians and other natives, 54 or 20.4 per cent between other natives of the United States, 23 or 8.7 per cent between Californians and foreigners, and 44 or 16.6 per cent between other natives and foreign-born whites. In altogether 167 cases, or five eighths (63.0 per cent) of all marriages of whites, one or both parties were native Californians.

Deaths. The tabulation of mortality statistics by the system to be used henceforth is omitted for June because the great bulk of the returns of deaths were on old forms not giving the necessary data.

Twenty-one reports, representing a population of 911,300, show a mortality of 1,060, and a death-rate for the month of 1.16 per thousand, or an annual rate of 13.96 per thousand. In the public institutions, with a population of 9,231, there were 48 deaths-a monthly death-rateof 5.20 per thousand, or an annual rate of 62.40 per thousand.

The causes of deaths were as follows: Tuberculosis, 170; Heart Disease, 151; Cancer, 67; Pneumonia, 64; Stomach Diseases, 61; Diarrhoea and Dysentery, 24; Typhoid Fever, 17; Diphtheria, 10; Whooping-cough, 10; Cerebro-spinal Fever, 10; Alcoholism, 8; Bronchitis, 8; Influenza, 4; Cholera Infantum, 4; Measles, 2; Congestion of the Lungs, 2; Erysipelas, 2; Scarlatina, 1; other causes, 445.

Distributed proportionally, the deaths from each cause reported per 10,000 from all causes were as follows: Tuberculosis, 1,604; Heart Disease, 1,424; Cancer, 632; Pneumonia, 604; Stomach Diseases, 576; Diarrhoea and Dysentery, 226; Typhoid Fever, 160; Diphtheria, 94; Whooping-cough, 94; Cerebro-spinal Fever, 94; Alcoholism, 76; Bron-chitis, 76; Influenza, 38; Cholera Infantum, 38; Measles, 19; Congestion of the Lungs, 19; Erysipelas, 19; Scarlatina, 9; other causes, 4.198.

HEALTH SUGGESTIONS.

The attention of the Health Officers of the State is called to the danger of disease being spread by means of water. It is the recognized source of dissemination the world over for certain diseases, notably cholera and typhoid fever: There is no case of either of these diseases but what came from a preceding case through the exereta from the

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