EXPORTS OF FOODS AND DRUGS.

Regulation 30. Preparation of Products for Export.

(Section 2.)

Food products intended for export may contain added substances not permitted in foods intended for domestic commerce, when the addition of such substances does not conflict with the laws of the countries to which the food product is to be exported and when such substances are added in accordance with the directions of the foreign purchaser or his agent.

The exporter is not required to furnish evidence that goods have been prepared or packed in compliance with the laws of the foreign country to which said goods are intended to be shipped, but such shipment is made at his own risk.

Food products for export under this regulation shall be kept separate and labeled to indicate that they are for export. If the products are not exported they shall not be allowed to enter domestic commerce.

Regulation 31. Denaturing.

Unless otherwise declared on the invoice or entry, all substances ordinarily used as food products will be treated as such. Shipments of substances ordinarily used as food products intended for technical purposes must be accompanied by a declaration stating that fact, and must be so denatured as to prevent their use as foods.

Regulation 32. Alteration and Amendment of Regulation. These regulations may be altered or amended at any time, without previous notice.

Adopted by the State Board of Health of the State of California, at a regular meeting of said Board, held January 4, 1908.

N. K. FOSTER, Secretary of the State Board of Health.

STATE BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS.

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

Sacramento

Births. For January there were reported 2,065 living births. The population of California in 1908, estimated by the Census Bureau method with slight modifications, is 2,019,519, and for this population the January total represents an annual birth-rate of 12.1.

The January totals were highest for the following counties: Los Angeles, 486; San Francisco, 440; Alameda, 269; Santa Clara, 96; • Fresno, 71; and Sacramento, 52.

Births for January were registered in freeholders' charter cities as follows: San Francisco, 440; Los Angeles, 359; Oakland, 147; Berkeley, 45; Sacramento, 43; Alameda, 36; San José, 35; and Pasadena, 33.

Marriages. The marriages reported for January number 1,720 and 'for an estimated State population of 2,019,519 represent a rate of 11.7 for the year 1908.

The numbers were greatest for the following counties: San Francisco, 341; Los Angeles, 339; Alameda, 192; Sacramento, 90; Santa Clara, 71; Marin, 65; and Fresno, 64.

Deaths. Altogether 2,920 deaths, exclusive of stillbirths, were reported for January, the registration being now more complete than it appears to have been heretofore. This total gives an annual deathrate of 17.1 on the basis of an estimated State population of 2,019,519.

The January death totals were highest for the following counties: San Francisco, 630; Los Angeles, 609; Alameda, 300; Santa Clara, 119; Fresno, 103; Sacramento, 98; San Bernardino, 95; San Joaquin, 83; San Diego, 74; and Sonoma, 57.

Deaths for January were reported as follows for the leading cities: San Francisco, 630; Los Angeles, 404; Oakland, 133; San Diego, 69; Sacramento, 67; Berkeley, 54; Pasadena, 51; Stockton, 47; San Bernardino, 43; Fresno, 40; Alameda, 38; and San José, 30.

Causes of Death.-In January there were altogether 486 deaths, or 16.7 per cent of all, from pneumonia and other diseases of the respiratory system; 446, or 15.3 per cent, from various forms of tuberculosis; and 397, or 13.6 per cent, from diseases of the circulatory system. The proportions for pneumonia and tuberculosis were each higher than in the preceding month.

The next most prominent causes of death were diseases of the nervous system, violence, diseases of the digestive system, Bright's disease, epidemic diseases, and cancer.

The leading epidemic disease in the month was not typhoid fever, as usual, but diphtheria. Deaths from epidemic diseases were as follows: Diphtheria and croup, 48; typhoid fever, 37; influenza, 27; and scarlet fever and whooping-cough, each 10.

Further details appear in the following table which gives the number of deaths from certain principal causes reported for January, as well as the proportions from each cause per 1,000 total deaths for both January and December: